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, August 27, 2015

April 27-30, 1956 Dorothea off to Cheyenne, Wyoming



Friday, April 27, 1956

In forenoon Dorothea, Donnie and I downtown. I paid up bills. Barb here in p.m. Dorothea down to Conant’s for supper. She, Judy, Dick and John went bowling in eve. Betty to dance in eve. Bill worked. Cloudy.



Saturday, April 28, 1956

A very nice warm day. I cooked. Dorothea worked on her clothes and packed some. She done a lot of calling. Lloyd up, they hauled dressing. Bill didn’t work over to Jims. Edith and Judy here. Betty to movies in eve.



Sunday, April 29, 1956

A dreary day. We took Dorothea and Judy to meet the train to go back to the service to Cheyenne Wyoming for 12 weeks school. Hated to see them go. But they are much better off than being here with nothing to do. Dorothea has had a good time.



Monday, April 30, 1956

A very good day except some cloudy in early a.m. Nice clear and warm in p.m. Daylight saving time. I did an extra big wash today. Ironed it all, curtains and all in evening. I cleaned back porch today. Billie began work today for Chet for the summer. Missed her all day.

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