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!

Thursday, October 15, 2015

November 27 - December 1, 1956



Tuesday, November 27, 1956

Bill moved refrigerator over to its new place in the kitchen. He got the barrel up for the new stove.



Wednesday, November 28, 1956

Today Bill got the new Atlantic heater set up in the kitchen. Cecil Hager put in plug for the electric stove. And it came tonight the new electric stove from Potter and Thurlow a Kelvinator. Fern and family up tonight. I ironed.





Wednesday, November 29, 1956

In forenoon I did up the work. I wrote to Dorothea in PM. I went to Norway with Bill, he hired out with Wilner wood (?) company. Betty came home sick tonight.



Friday, November 30, 1956

A nice day. I churned and cleaned up the house and washed kitchen floor. Dolores called in a.m., Aunt Ava called in p.m. Betty still sick, went to school today. Jerry Bishop came and got the old stove today paid $15 for it.


Saturday, December 1, 1956

A nice day. I cleaned up the house, cooked etc. Bill helped. Lloyd put his pipe to his oil barrel. Betty better.


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