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, July 4, 2015

August 19 - 24, 1955 Bad Flooding in MA, CT, NY and PA



Friday, August 19, 1955

Mowed some lawns, washed and ironed. Billie, Betty and I went down into the woods. Had Dr. Newith in the night for Donnie. Very bad flood in Mass, Conn, NY and Penn. Worst ever hit the NE part of this country.



Saturday, August 20, 1955

Donnie still awful sick. Didn’t sleep any last night.



Sunday, August 21, 1955

Very hot. Fern and Lloyd here in a.m. for a little while. Jill here for dinner today. Billie worked.



Monday, August 22, 1955

Had Dr. Hudson for Donnie. Still quite sick.



Tuesday, August 23, 1955

Donnie just the same. Don’t sleep nights.



Wednesday, August 24, 1955

Cooked and ironed. Cool and forenoon. Donnie little better.
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