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!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

October 18- 22, 1956



Thursday, October 18, 1956

I cooked and churned. It was cooler today. Paid the taxes tonight $105.50. Holly down after school.



Friday, October 19, 1956

A very nice day but much cooler. I cleaned up the house. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening.



Saturday, October 20, 1956

A very nice day. I did up the work. Bill home at noon. He and Lloyd worked on the strawberry plants. We went to town in the evening. Betty came home from Kay’s this morning. I get a $15.00 check from Lida today.



Sunday, October 21, 1956

A very nice warm day. Kay came home with Betty from church. Betty was on the mean side this morning. In p.m. Mama and I went down to Ferns to visit on her birthday while Bill worked with Lloyd. Sara married again to Norman and left for Florida. Billie worked over to Raymond’s today. Delores called. Betty down to Kays tonight.



Monday, October 22, 1956

A nice day. I washed, churned and done up the work. We cut up and wrapped a quarter of beef tonight. Took hamburg over to Raymond’s and ground in his meat chopper.



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