The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, June 14, 2015

April 23 - 29, 1955



Saturday, April 23, 1955

Went to Portland to see Mama. We also done some more shopping. Got my dress and shoes. Got Bill some underclothes.



Sunday, April 24, 1955

Cloudy and not a very good day. Fern and Lloyd came up. Fern fitted my dress to me.



Monday, April 25, 1955


I washed. Rained. Hung clothes on the porch. Billie began up to Chet’s today.




Tuesday, April 26, 1955

Rained. I cleaned the china closet, buffet draws. Draws in Mama’s room and shelves in bathroom. Billie home today.



Wednesday, April 27, 1955

I clean the upper cupboards in the kitchen today. Rained. I got the clothes in. Fern down to see Mama, she seems quite good.



Thursday, April 28, 1955

I clean Mama’s room and bathroom today. Cloudy but not any rain, a little sun.



Friday, April 29, 1955

I cleaned Betty and Billie’s rooms today. Went down to see Lill (?) Erose tonight. Got a call from Eye and Ear Hospital, Mama can come home tomorrow.



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