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, July 6, 2015

August 30 - September 4, 1955 Betty's Getting A Horse



Tuesday, August 30, 1955

Did regular work.



Wednesday, August 31, 1955

Bill and Betty went to see about a horse over to Camp Mel brook.




Thursday, September 1, 1955

Still working on this road, put in new bridge. Cooked today.



Friday, September 2, 1955

Didn’t do much today. Went to town, Dorothea and I.



Saturday, September 3, 1955

Bill came home and told Betty he had a horse for her, come in a few days.



Sunday, September 4, 1955

Bill listened to ballgame.
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