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, September 25, 2015

August 31 - September 2, 1956



Friday, August 31, 1956

A rainy day. In a.m. went down to Edith’s and done errand or two. Got rinse for my hair. In p.m. Betty and I moved her into Dorothea’s room. Bill home all day. Got letter from Dorothea today. Donnie came down sick again today.



Saturday, September 1, 1956

Donnie quite sick all day. In a.m. Bill and I went downtown to do the shopping. Mama up to Kennard’s all day. Holly here in a.m. In p.m. I did all the work, cooked, washed and cleaned up the house. In evening we took Donnie to Dr. Skilling’s.  Also Fern and Lloyd called. Rained all day.



Sunday, September 2, 1956

Rained all day. Bill worked at Lloyds. Mama down to Fern’s for the day. Donnie very bad all days. Dr. Skilling’s came to see him. He wanted him to go to hospital tonight, but his folks couldn’t come for him tonight. Thundershowers in late p.m. Ronald and girl friend called.



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