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!

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

September 5 - 9, 1955 School Begins



Monday, September 5, 1955

Washed. Very nice day. Bill home. Billie went to see if he could sell his white heads.



Tuesday, September 6, 1955

Clear, kind of cool. Went to town and mailed Dorothea’s first semester tuition fee $250. I picked all the big cukes. Dorothea ironed.



Wednesday, September 7, 1955

Very nice day. Dorothea, B., and I went to Portland to see Dr. Gordite for a check up on D’s eyes. School began today. Betty began entering the seventh grade. Sent $300 to F. L.B.




Thursday, September 8, 1955

Washed and churned.



Friday, September 9, 1955

Dorothea up to the dentist up to Bethel. Dolores went with us. Did some shopping. She had some filled. We called up to Os Abbotts. A very good day.
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  1. NormaJuly 13, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    My mother was the youngest in her family and my grandmother died on her birthday. Even though I was young I remember my Grammie Cox very well.

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