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!

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

February 17 - 22, 1955 Betty's Birthday - Big Snowstorm




Thursday, February 17, 1955

A big storm on Betty’s 12th birthday. A storm now for at least the last four years. Bill has had to work. We got about 15 inches of snow. Fern and Lloyd and Uncle Os up in p.m. Holly was here all day, no school. Billie shoveled snow. He and Raymond downtown in p.m.



Friday, February 18, 1955

Another day of no school because of storm. Bill got home at 4:30 this morning. Slept till 10. Was sick.



Saturday, February 19, 1955

Bill had to work all day. Billie took me to town. A lot of snow piled up. Nice day.



 Sunday, February 20, 1955

Very nice day. Bill had to work all day. Mama went over to Aunt Ava’s. No better.





Monday, February 21, 1955

I washed clothes, got real dry quick. Pat and the baby called in p.m.



Tuesday, February 22, 1955

Cloudy. Bill didn’t have to work. Billie worked for Chet. Betty up to see Lil. I done up the work and ironed. Mama no better.
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1 comment:

  1. NormaJune 10, 2015 at 9:55 AM

    Of all the animals that resided at the farm, I remember Lassie the most.

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