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!

Saturday, August 8, 2015

February 4 - 7, 1956 Giving Consent For Dorothea to Join US Service



Saturday, February 4, 1956

Fair in morning. I did up work, went to town, and came home and cooked. Dorothea down to Barbs. She fixed up her hair, it looks good. Billie over to Raymond’s to work in p.m. It began to snow in the evening. Terrie Moffitt over here with Betty in p.m. Dorothea and kids went to movies.



Sunday, February 5, 1956

A very nice day, it cleared off about daylight. Bill had to get up and go to work early to plow snow. Fern and Lloyd here in p.m. Bill worked till 2 PM. Billie up to Chet’s. Dorothea over to Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s for the day. She gone to the movies with Carl Ridlon tonight.



Monday, February 6, 1956

A nice day. I went with Bill this morning, got my hair done, a permanent. In p.m. I got Donnie’s haircut. I came home from town and washed.



Tuesday, February 7, 1956

Bill called out during night to plow. Get about 10 to 12 inches of heavy snow. Today Bill and I, Pete McAllister and Edith went to Portland with Dorothea and Judy to give our consent to go into the service. A very bad snowy day.


L - R Judith McAllister, her Mom Edith, Nanny and Dorothea.



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