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!

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

February 17 - 21, 1957 Betty's 14th Birthday



Sunday, February 17, 1957 Betty’s 14th Birthday

Betty 14 years today. Terri and Kay came home from church with Betty, had chicken dinner. In p.m. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Also Ferns, Lloyd and Uncle Os came, had ice cream and birthday cake. Kay and Betty left after supper to go down and stay at choose house. They went to Naples with Hayden and Caleb to the Hymn Sing.



Monday, February 18, 1957

A nice day. Kind of cold and morning. I washed, went to town. Everett Larrabee was found dead today, committed suicide. A shock to townspeople. Betty came home from Kay’s today.



Tuesday, February 19, 1957

Busy today. I cooked, ironed and cleaned up downstairs. Betty didn’t get up very early. Billie worked for Dennis.



Wednesday, February 20, 1957

A fair day, but much colder. Didn’t have anything in particular to do, but picked over some things in the desk. Put Dorothea’s old letters away. Billie worked for Chet today. Helen, Kay and Susan Palmer called in p.m. Uncle Os called in a.m. In evening Kay came back with Betty from choir rehearsal to stay all night. Got car fixed today.



Thursday, February 21, 1957

A very nice day. I washed some windows. Did up the regular work. Kay and Betty went up to Lil’s today. Bill got his license today. Betty down to Kay’s tonight. Billie worked up to Chet’s today.

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