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 12, 2015

February 22 - 26, 1956 Donnie's Birthday



Wednesday, February 22, 1956

Very nice day but awful cold. Bill didn’t have to work. Terrie, Betty and Holly went to the movies in p.m. Mama over to Aunt Ava’s today. Bill, Donnie and I over to Lida’s.



Thursday, February 23, 1956

Very nice day. Cooked. Billie, Betty and I down to Ferns in p.m. Billie and we took Fern for a ride in his new car. She liked the car and enjoyed the ride.

Billie's New Wheels


Friday, February 24, 1956

I cooked, cleaned up the house. Very nice day. Billie worked for Chet. Took Donnie over to Dr. Ruby’s tonight.



Saturday, February 25, 1956

Snow and sleet. Bill worked for a while in p.m. Billie took me to town. Got letter from Dorothea.



Sunday, February 26, 1956 Donnie’s 12th birthday



Quite cold and windy. Did up the work. Bill fixed chairs. Billie went over to Raymond’s, downtown. I wrote letters in p.m. Robert called in p.m. Raymond called in eve. Billie hitched Judy over today (?) $1-. Donnie’s birthday 12 yr.
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