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!

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

February 17 - 21, 1956 Betty's 13th Birthday



Friday, February 17, 1956 Betty’s 13th birthday

A nice day. I cleaned up the house, cooked and made a birthday cake. In evening Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os was up here and Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis were here also. For Betty’s birthday. She got lot of nice gifts.



Saturday, February 18, 1956

Bob and Blanche called in a.m. Billie took me to town. Bill worked in p.m. till about 11 tonight. Got our first letter from Dorothea. Cloudy, a snowstorm.



Sunday, February 19, 1956

Very nice day. Betty over to Aunt Ava’s for the day. I went over to the Pleasant Mountain ski with Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os. Bill worked most all day. Lawrence up and bought the two heifers of Billie’s.



Monday, February 20, 1956

I washed. Fair. Vacation began today for one week. Billie worked up to Chet’s today. Got a letter from Dorothea. Bill and I down to Jean’s in the evening. Kail up here today. They went down town horseback riding. Susan got the measles. The Guernsey and Jersey heifer went this morning.



Tuesday, February 21, 1956

I cooked, ironed, Mama made cookies. Betty put puzzle together and downtown in p.m. to get Jet. Terri came back with her to stay all night. Billie and Raymond finished up the logging today, quite cold.
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