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!

Sunday, November 29, 2015

June 4 - 6, 1957



Tuesday, June 4, 1957

A nice day. Got cold in p.m. I washed in forenoon, in p.m. Dolores and I went down to Dearborn’s and finished up. Kennie Whitney, Stevie Morgan and Betty went fishing, didn’t get home very early. Milan and Billie went fishing up to Stearns Pond.
Steve Morgan, June 1957 - Fishing- but the fish weren't biting!



Wednesday, June 5, 1957

A very nice day. Harry S Truman had a grandson born early this morning. In a.m. Milan took Mama, Fern and I over to Norway. I got me two dresses, a few underclothes. Donnie went too. I came home, cooked and Milan took me down to Ferns and she marked my dresses for shortening. Betty home early from school. Took Mildred Chadbourne to hospital today. Cold. Milan over to Aunt Ava’s for supper.



Thursday, June 6, 1957

B. H. S. Graduation this p.m. I went down to Ferns in a.m. I ironed, cooked, Milan went and got a nice mess of trout. I got my hair done tonight. Fair today. Got some colored pictures of Dorothea.


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