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!

Monday, June 1, 2015

February 12 - 16, 1955



Saturday, February 12, 1955

Very windy and got quite cold in p.m. Bill and Billie got haircuts. Holly down here all day. Brud and Verna down from Massachusetts. They called in a.m. We got the cheese today. Mama a little better.





Sunday, February 13, 1955

Very nice day but cold. Didn’t do much. Billie and I took the mattress home to Joy. Betty went to S. S. Mama not feeling very good.



Monday, February 14, 1955

Washed. Quite cold. Mama not feeling very good, lot of pain in her eyes and head.



Tuesday, February 15, 1955

Got to clothes  in sprinkled them ironed. (?) Chet brought 3 heifers down here.




Wednesday, February 16, 1955

Billie worked for Lloyd today at N. D. Grain company. Partly cloudy. Mama feeling a little better, can’t see out of one eye.


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