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 13, 2015

February 27 - March 1, 1956



Monday, February 27, 1956

Washed. Nice day, windy and cold. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m. Raymond and Dennis gone to Portland to get a new truck for Raymond. Clothes dried very good.



Tuesday, February 28, 1956

Washed. Nice day. I ironed, cleaned up the house and cooked. Bill came home from work about 11:15 AM. He had got through, Jim Emerson got through too. Edith, Pete and Justin called tonight. Raymond got his new truck today.



Wednesday, February 29, 1956 Leap Day

A nice day, kind of cold and windy. Bill and I went over to Paris to put his name in for a job at the new tannery. Goden, Sally called tonight.



Thursday, March 1, 1956

A very nice day, six below this morning. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over here for the day. We enjoyed their visit very much. Billie up to take Lil to town in p.m.


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