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, November 17, 2015

April 16 - 19, 1957



Tuesday, April 16, 1957

It was a nice day, little warmer. I went down to Ferns to help her with her cleaning. Cleaned Uncle Os room and Esther’s room. Joy and Holly here today.



Wednesday, April 17, 1957 Hair done tonight Permanent

Cloudy. A little warmer. Cleaned Ferns bedroom and upstairs and downstairs hall today. I came home, cooked and in evening went over to June Stackhouses and got a permanent. Betty went down to Kay’s house in p.m and stayed till after choir rehearsal.



Thursday, April 18, 1957 Letter from DOROTHEA

Cloudy most all day. Down to Ferns, did her bathroom and cellarway. Today we got a letter and snaps from Dorothea. Was so glad to get it.



Friday, April 19, 1957

A fair day. Warmed up a lot. I cooked in a.m. In p.m. Esther Allen and I went to Portland to see Lila Allen Walsh who was operated on for a bad carbuncle. In evening Helen Smart called. Bill and I took her home and called at her house. Billie, Hayd, Dennis and Raymond went smelting and get a nice lot of them.



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