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!

Saturday, September 5, 2015

June 9 - 12, 1956



Saturday, June 9, 1956

A cloudy day. Carlton, Phyllis and baby called. Kennie, Joan and Dot called. I washed floors, did some cooking etc.



Sunday, June 10, 1956

A cold cloudy day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in a.m. Es and Susan went down to Fern’s today for a week. Bill worked today all day at the camp with Robert and Lloyd. Tonight Fern and Esther went to B. H. S. Alumni Association meeting at Douglas (?) Jim.



Monday, June 11, 1956

A nice day but awful windy, cold in p.m. I did a very big wash today. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in eve.



Tuesday, June 12, 1956

A very hot day. I have ironed. Tonight we cleaned the two cars. Game warden called. Holly called and Blanche called in evening. Dolores here in a.m. and called.

Susan on steps to the farm house


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