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, June 20, 2015

May 26 - 30, 1955 Dorothea Graduates High School



Thursday, May 26, 1955

Cloudy again this morning, cleared in a.m. and a very nice day. We went to Wadsworth in p.m. came home. Had supper. Dorothea did some packing. She and Joy gone to movies. Cliff gone to green keepers meeting. Done some shopping today.



Friday, May 27, 1955 Dorothea Jean Crook

Quite warm. Went to Barberton in a.m. Dorothea and I got our hair fixed, done a little shopping, Es got groceries. It evening we went to Barberton high school graduation, Dorothea graduated. Very pretty and was nice. We were very proud of Dorothea. We sure appreciate all Cliff and Esther have done for her these past two years. Graduated from Norton high school at Barberton, Ohio.

Dorothea Jean Crook - High School Graduation photo 1955
Popcorn after graduation - Kennie, Joy, Althea, Dot and Susan

Dot, Cliff, Bill, Susan and Esther



Saturday, May 28, 1955

Left Esther and Cliff’s at 6:10. Fair. We ate dinner at Dunkirk, New York at 11:30. Drove on up by Lake Erie to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Then drove on to Lima, New York for supper and onto Seneca Falls for the night. Bad showers. Had a very wonderful time at Cliff and Esther’s. Appreciate it all very much.
6:00 AM  - all packed and ready to go


Joy, Bill and Kennie eating breakfast in NY

Kennie in NY

Niagara Falls





Sunday, May 29, 1955

Left the cabin at 5:25, had breakfast at Brouksville, New York. Dinner at Bennington, Vermont. Got home at 7:30. Ran into showers in New Hampshire.

Diner where they ate

Sights of Vermont



Monday, May 30, 1955 Memorial Day

Cloudy. Washed some things out, cooked a little. Dorothea down to Barbs and to Dot Libby’s.



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