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!

Friday, July 10, 2015

September 20 - 25, 1955 Dorothea Off To College



Tuesday, September 20, 1955

Ironed. Went to town. Canned pickles.



Wednesday, September 21, 1955

Very windy but cool and nice. Tarred the road today. Dorothea went to the dentist again, had a bad tooth pulled. Fern went with her. I churned 7 lbs. butter. Betty and Holly riding after school.



Thursday, September 22, 1955

Dorothea and I went over to Paris and Norway than in PM Mama, Dorothea, Donnie and I went up to Bethel with D.



Friday, September 23, 1955

Very nice day. Dorothea finished up at the dentist today and packed some more. Aloha Bradley came up with Betty tonight. Barbara, Mama and Janice went up to Bethel with Dot.



Saturday, September 24, 1955

Rained Hard.
Bill and I took Dorothea up to Mass to begin her two-year course at Mt. Ida College. We went to Brud’s for the night. We ate a lunch going up. It rained so hard.


Sunday, September 25, 1955

Very nice day. Brud and family took Bill, Dorothea and I over to Milton Starr’s home, where D. will live during her two years at Mt. Ida College. Also drove out around the college. Also we went into Boston South Station to meet Ken and Dolores. They came from a visit in New York City with the Smiths and Osbornes. We saw a lot of Boston and vicinity, had dinner at Brud’s and came home. Ken and Dolores with us.

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