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!

Sunday, April 26, 2015

July 8 - 14, 1954 Betty goes to Massachusetts



Thursday, July 8, 1954

Mowed lawns, worked in garden. Bill and Billie down to Herbert’s to help hay tonight. Dorothea came up a few minutes, a very nice day. Kail went home.



Friday, July 9, 1954

Cloudy, some light showers. I finished up the garden. Cleaned up the house. Brud and Verna and Nola Raye called in p.m.



Saturday, July 10, 1954

Herbert began mowing today. Rita came up at noon and got him. A wonderful day.



Sunday, July 11, 1954


Hayed all day here. Vern here for dinner.


Monday, July 12, 1954

I washed, we churned. Betty left today for Massachusetts with Brud, Verna and Nola Raye to visit.



Tuesday, July 13, 1954

Billie home and they got in five loads of hay.



Wednesday, July 14, 1954

Quite hot. Mowed some lawns. Holly helped. She was here for supper. Dorothea here too. Got a shower. Herbert raked up the scattering’s. Got our first letter from Betty today.

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  1. NormaMay 4, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    Cute picture of Betty send Nola. Cannot believe Nola is gone now at such so early sge.

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