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!

Thursday, June 18, 2015

May 16 - 20, 1955 Getting Ready To Go To Ohio



Monday, May 16, 1955

Washed, ironed, churned. Cooked. Cloudy but clothes dried good. Mama very bad today.



Tuesday, May 17, 1955

Cleaned the house from one end to the other. Mama little better this morning.



Wednesday, May 18, 1955

Mama not very good today. Packed some of my suitcase today. Pick some greens etc. Dorothea left to go on her class trip to New York City.



Thursday, May 19, 1955

Cooked, washed and ironed. Kind of cloudy and windy. Got my new white shoes today. Down to Ferns to try on dress. Mama better, Dr. came. Washed windows. Fern gave me a new bag for trip. Dr. came.



Friday, May 20, 1955

Very nice day, got up early and went down to get my hair done. Made couple of pies, cleaned up the house. Got Donnie’s hair cut. Washed kitchen floor.
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