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, October 31, 2015

February 1 - 5, 1957




Friday, February 1, 1957

Bill and I down town paid Howard for my stove. I didn’t do much today. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Kay Fleck came up with Betty tonight. They went to dance. Billie and Wayne down to Raymond today looking for work but none did they get.



Saturday, February 2, 1957 Nice Day, Poor Groundhog Day.

William Lloyd one week old today. I went to town. Cooked. One here today staying up all night. Bill got home from work about noon. Sylvia, Sally and their children called today. This is a poor Groundhog Day.



Sunday, February 3, 1957

Cloudy. Bill had to work today at Wilner’s. Billie helped Lloyd cut wood. Betty to church and youth group meeting.



Monday, February 4, 1957

A very nice warm day. I washed. Billie and I went downtown. I washed.



Tuesday, February 5, 1957

Another nice day. I cooked. Got the clothes in. Betty stayed down to a ball game tonight. In evening she went up to Terri’s to stay all night.
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