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!

Sunday, September 13, 2015

July 9 - 14, 1956



Monday, July 9, 1956

I did not wash today, it rained. Bill didn’t work. I straightened out the writing desk and papers etc. Kay Fleck up here today. They with Jill gone swimming tonight.




Tuesday, July 10, 1956

Good day. Bill worked. I washed, ironed and cooked. Betty down to choir rehearsal. Bill worked late and Billie did too.



Wednesday, July 11, 1956

Another nice hot day. Betty and I walked way down through the woods. Called at Aunt Linnie’s. In p.m. She and I called at Minnie’s. Fern and Lloyd called here in eve.



Thursday, July 12, 1956

I cooked all day. Nice day. Got letters from Dorothea, Es and McCammons. Mama not too good today.



Friday, July 13, 1956

I cleaned up the whole house. Billie mowed some hay in p.m.



Saturday, July 14, 1956

I did up the work. It rained in forenoon and cleared off. Billie mowed the hay. To town in eve. Bill got some new shoes. Raymond, Kennard and Blanche called in eve. Betty and Jill to movies.
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