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, July 21, 2015

November 16 - 19, 1955



Wednesday, November 16, 1955

A rainy day. I churned, cleaned up the house. Sally and Betty Cross called in p.m.



Thursday, November 17, 1955

Bill and Lloyd went down and got the hens. Betty went. She stayed after school and went to the senior play. We cleaned and wrap the hens for the deep freeze.



Friday, November 18, 1955

A very cold windy day. Charlie 68 today. Fern and I went to the senior drama, very good. Joy was in it.



Saturday, November 19, 1955

Bill, Betty, Donnie and I went to Portland. A very cold cloudy day. We took Donnie down to have his shoes built up for him. Got him some brand-new clothes. His Aunt Lida got them for him. She gave Betty five dollars. She got her a new parakeet bird. Mama home alone. Bill and I down to Jean’s in eve. Bill got some new clothes today.



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