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!

Friday, June 26, 2015

July 1- 6, 1955



Friday, July 1, 1955

Another hot day. I churned. Did up the housework.



Saturday, July 2, 1955

Very hot. Went to town in a.m. Washed kitchen and porch floors. Evelyn called and left four boxes strawberries. Brud and Verna came up to Kennard’s today. Got Betty’s new dungarees today.



Sunday, July 3, 1955

Lonnie came up today so to go with Johnnie 4th of July. Very hot. Billie had Chet’s tractor and mowed half the field. Dorothea came up and stayed all night. Dorothea cut Betty’s hair. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os up in eve. We ate outside.



Monday, July 4, 1955 Independence Day

Very hot again. I washed. Cloudy and a shower in a.m. I went down to see the parade with Raymond and Aunt Linnie. In p.m. after sun came out and dried hay, Billie, Bill and Raymond raked and Gordon Sanborn bailed it. Then Bill, Raymond and Billie got it in. Kale up here tonight.



Tuesday, July 5, 1955

Another very hot day. I washed again today. Did a big ironing. Bill and Billie helped Raymond get in some hay after supper. Kale went home today. Betty called on Verna in p.m. Shower in night.



Wednesday, July 6, 1955

Rain today. I cooked. Dorothea, Barb and Nancy called. In evening Brud and family called also Edgar Hilton and two children.



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