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, August 26, 2015

April 22 - 26, 1956



Sunday, April 22, 1956

A fair day. Kind of cold. Bill and Billie helped Lloyd saw wood. Dorothea and Joy went to church today. Wyvern and family called. Kids are very cunning. In PM Dorothea and I went down to Jean’s, Ferns, Aunt Ava’s, Kennie’s and Dot’s and over to Aunt Linnies and Conant’s. She was dressed in her uniform. She looked very nice. In evening she went out with Dickie Smart. Kail here all day. Billie’s veal calf went today.



Monday, April 23, 1956

A Bum day. It SNOWED about 3 or 4 inches. I washed. Bill didn’t work. Billie gone all day. Dorothea and Judy over to Norway in a.m. In PM Judy and Barb were here. B made a dress for Dorothea. Pig went this p.m.



Tuesday, April 24, 1956

A fair day but on the cold side. Bill and Billie worked in the woods. Snow went. Dorothea and kids, Joy, Judy and Barb went to Portland. Dorothea’s suitcase came.



Wednesday, April 25, 1956

A nice day but cold. Bill and Billie finished up the cutting today. Barb and Dorothea here in p.m. I went down to B’s for supper. Raymond called.

Thursday, April 26, 1956

A rainy day. Billie, Dorothea and Donnie and I over to Lida’s in p.m. Bill back to work. Betty rollerskating tonight. D and Judy gone to movies.

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