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 1, 2015

September 25 -28, 1956



Tuesday, September 25, 1956

Bill’s father and mother 60th wedding anniversary. They had anniversary party at (blank). It was a nice day and I washed. Bill came home for dinner. I churned today. Andrews led his cow up to their home tonight. Holly down. Betty’s new birdcage came today. Very pretty. Donnie better. Joy left Portland for Connecticut at Kenneth and Bessie’s.




Wednesday, September 26, 1956

A nice day. Mama not feeling very well. The wheels for Fern’s airway came today. We got a letter from Dorothea.



Thursday, September 27, 1956

A nice day. I cooked some. In p.m. Mama, Aunt Ava, Donnie and I over to Norway to see Os Abbott. He is very bad. We did some shopping. Had a nice ride. Fern didn’t feel very good. Brud’s folks came today. Bill brought home some potatoes tonight.



Friday, September 28, 1956

A very nice day. I churned, cleaned the house up. Billie home at noon and shaved, change shoes etc. Bill brought home some more potatoes. Fern not very good. Betty got her skirt tonight. M & M Bakery cart called today for the last time. Mr. (?) Serebree goes to work for Cushman Baking Company.

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