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 30, 2015

September 20 -24, 1956



Thursday, September 20, 1956

Rained again today. Bill home at noon. I cooked etc.



Friday, September 21, 1956

Quite cold, had an awful frost last night. I get the plants in today. Cleaned up the house some. Raymond here in evening.



Saturday, September 22, 1956

A nice day, a little warmer. I did the regular work. Kay Fleck came up with Betty in p.m. They went up where Bob Smart and Lloyd were hauling out the logs. Edith McAllister called in p.m. We went to town and over to Harrison in eve to pay house insurance at Earl Davis. Donnie sick again.



Sunday, September 23, 1956

A fair morning but it began to cloud up about noon. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os came up. They watched the ballgame. We had a hot dog and hamburger cookout. Had to have sweaters on, it was so cold and damp. Andrews finished moving today. Donnie getting sicker.






Monday, September 24, 1956

A rainy day. Bill didn’t work. He went to Norway to see about work no go. He fixed closet in Mama’s room. Donnie sick. Joy to Portland tonight.
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