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!

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

November 20 - 24, 1955 Thanksgiving Day



Sunday, November 20, 1955

Very cold, some wind. We washed storm windows. Billie and Bill put them on. Bill put new post in the cellar. Billie cleaned up out in the barn and fixed the sawdust pen down in the tie up. Esther is 43 today. Donnie begun to be sick again.



Monday, November 21, 1955

I washed. Cleaned up the house in p.m.



Tuesday, November 22, 1955

Very cold and windy. Worked all day getting ready for Dorothea. Bill, Betty and I met her at Union Station after supper. She was so glad to see us. Hates to go back.



Wednesday, November 23, 1955

A cloudy day. I did some cooking. Dorothea gave me a Tony permanent. Very good. Donnie pretty good today.



Thursday, November 24, 1955 Thanksgiving Day

Very good day. We had Thanksgiving at Fern and Lloyds and it was a dandy dinner. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis too. Donnie not very good.
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