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 8, 2015

March 6 - 10, 1957



Wednesday, March 6, 1957

Very nice day. I cleaned up the house today. Looked over the catalog. Betty to choir rehearsal tonight. Sylvia here with her and for supper.



Thursday, March 7, 1957

I worked on a order today for Sears for curtains, bedding etc. Raymond called. Cloudy. Dr. Noble called tonight to see Billie.



Friday, March 8, 1957

I cooked. Cloudy today. Billie and Raymond went down to Raymond today to see about a job. Didn’t get anything. I cleaned up the house today.



Saturday, March 9, 1957

Cloudy and rained all for noon. Bill and I went to town in a.m. Dolores came home from New York today. Billie all nerved up about no work, money etc. Lida called me today. I did some cooking. Betty to Portland today with the Moffitt’s. She got a new parakeet.



Sunday, March 10, 1957

Cloudy. Billie helped Lloyd cut would. Bill sawed down the locust tree out by the house. Dorothy and Forrest called to see about putting up new ceiling in dining room and sitting room.
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