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, July 23, 2015

November 25 -28, 1955



Friday, November 25, 1955

Was a nice cold day. I washed then D and I went to town in a.m. In p.m. I cooked. Ronald called and Joy too. We had a chicken dinner.



Saturday, November 26, 1955

A very good day. Quite cold. I did the work. Billie home from Chet’s all done work. Bill put the new doors on upstairs. Jill here in p.m. Dorothea downtown in a.m. Billie and Dorothea bought me new kitchen curtains and shades and put them up. Donnie pretty good most of day.



Sunday, November 27, 1955

A very good day. Seasonably cold. Bill painted doors over first coat of paint. Dorothea and Betty went skating. Billie worked in the tie up. Donnie still sick. We took D. back to Portland to take the train back to college. She again was terribly unhappy.



Monday, November 28, 1955

Cloudy, warmed up a little. Rained in p.m. Cleared off during night. I washed today. Dolores called in p.m. Cut some more timber. Billie took the Chet Guernsey heifer over to Raymonds. Betty down to Jill’s in evening. Donnie still sick. Dot and Lorraine called today.


Says Lorraine and Phonies Wedding but Nanny never mentions it in her 1955 Diary. Twins Kennard and Kenneth with wives.
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