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!

Sunday, July 19, 2015

November 7 - 11, 1955



Monday, November 7, 1955

Rained all day. I washed, cleaned up the shed chamber. Got my check, went to town and got Donnie’s haircut. Bought a new jacket for Betty.



Tuesday, November 8, 1955

Sun shone this morning, but clouded up in p.m. and rained. I churned. After Bill got home went to town and got cloth for two dresses. Took it down to Ferns and called. After supper over to Aunt Linnie’s and called. Betty had eyes tested today.



Wednesday, November 9, 1955

A very good day. I cleaned up the house and ironed.



Thursday, November 10, 1955

A very nice day. I did a lot of work, cooked etc. Tonight Dorothea came home her first time from college. Very happy and excited. She came with Brud’s folks. Got pig up to Radoe’s.



Friday, November 11, 1955

Bill hunted all day. I washed, ironed. Dorothea studied down to Conant’s. Barb up here in p.m. Cloudy all day. Kennie, Rayburn and Bob called. Also Wyvern and family and Fern and Lloyd.

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