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, October 16, 2015

December 2 - 5, 1956



Sunday, December 2, 1956

A nice day seasonable temperature, very cold tonight. Did up the work, had broiled steak for dinner, first time in new stove. Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, Dennis Chadbourne, Charlie and Jean, Gordon, Sally and children, Bobby here to call. Kay Fleck here all day with Betty. Billie worked with Dennis today. Kennard called today. Raymond went up to Brud’s today to go to the clinic in Boston.



Monday, December 3, 1956

Light snow. Bill begun work out Wilner’s wood (?) at Norway today. I washed. Bill didn’t work but a few hours because of his eyes, had to come home. We went to town in p.m. It snowed all day. Billie had to go to Norway to get Bill. I cooked some.



Tuesday, December 4, 1956

Very nice day. I worked on orders for Mama. Bill gone all forenoon. Sally W and Linda called in p.m. Bill and I went to town. I did a little shopping for Mama. Very cold.



Wednesday, December 5, 1956

A very nice day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis over for the day. Bill down to Gordons. He hired out with Lawrence Howard. Later in the afternoon they called him from Wilner’s wood company and he went to work tonight. Betty to choir rehearsal tonight.

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