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!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

August 22 - 25, 1956



Wednesday, August 22, 1956

Fogging and cloudy in forenoon. Lonesome all day. Cleaned up the house. Went down to Fern’s with Betty in p.m.



Thursday, August 23, 1956

Did up regular work. Still lonesome. I called Mrs. Ayers. Did regular work.



Friday, August 24, 1956

Cloudy and rain. Mr. and Mrs. Ayers brought Donald home from hospital today. He isn’t any better. Doctors examined him and couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Nerves I guess. Cleared often late p.m.



Saturday, August 25, 1956

A very nice day. I cooked. Wash floors. Donnie still fussing. Betty to town in p.m. Did some school shopping for her tonight. Kay up here all night. Edith and Merle McAllister called in evening. Weldon Brackett and Lida Vitterla married today. Verna and Nola called this p.m.


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