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!

Monday, August 3, 2015

January 11 - 15, 1956 Dorothea Signed Up For US Service



Wednesday, January 11, 1956

Rain. Dorothea to Portland and signed up for US Service. Judy McAllister too. Phil Autio drove them in. Bill home with a cold.



Thursday, January 12, 1956

Rain. Bill still home with a cold. Billie and I went to town, sent order to Lane Bryant. Got some new sheets.



Friday, January 13, 1956

Cloudy and rain. Cleaned up and did some cooking. Betty to school dance in eve.



Saturday, January 14, 1956

D. And I to town shopping. Bill over to Paris in p.m. He and Jim Emerson. Rainy, very slippery. Bill called out early in a.m.



Sunday, January 15, 1956

Cloudy. Billie worked up to Chet’s today. Fern called in p.m. Also Jill called.
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