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!

Monday, September 21, 2015

August 15 - 18, 1956



Wednesday, August 15, 1956

A nice day. Milan and Betty here most of day. Betty C and Norma Gay played Monopoly. I cleaned up the house and cleaned up the cupboards. Milan and Henry Cox here in evening. Norma Gay here all night. Fern and Lloyd here in evening. Cold.



Thursday, August 16, 1956

A very nice day. Cool and pretty. Milan called to get Norma about noon. Betty and Norma played Monopoly all forenoon. In p.m. Arthurlene Andrews here. Got $115 from Lida today. Letter from Dorothea. Billie hauled home first load of hay from Rothrock’s.



Friday, August 17, 1956

I washed today. Barbara, Uncle Os, Milan, Charlie and Jean called. In p.m. Milan took Mama, Donnie and I and we went over to Stoneham and called at Osma Abbott’s and drove up to the Len Gammon place.



Saturday, August 18, 1956

A very hot humid day. I cooked and cleaned up the house in p.m. Betty went summing and Milan’s folks came for afternoon and supper. Stayed all night. Billie worked late up to Chet’s. Very hot in evening. Donnie sick all day. Began in the past night.
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