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 25, 2015

May 18 - 21, 1957



Saturday, May 18, 1957

A nice day. Dolores, Betty, Kay and I over to Norway in a.m. Got Betty’s clothes for her graduation. I cooked before I went and girls and I did up the housework. In p.m. I washed floors. John Linscott’s funeral this p.m.



Sunday, May 19, 1957

Betty to church. I did up work, got dinner. Started my letters. Fern, Kennie, Dot, Sally and girls and Blanche called in p.m. Cloudy and cold.



Monday, May 20, 1957

A very heavy rain today. Billie didn’t work. I washed in p.m. I went to town, got a rose bush for Mama. Bill set it out. Carlton and Phyllis and girls came today. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in the evening.

Carlton, Phyllis, Cindy and Linda Smith  1957

Linda Smith - 3 months old


Tuesday, May 21, 1957 Churned

A very nice day. I churned today, first time since last December. Did up housework, got clothes in. Done some ironing. Nancy Conant and Lewis Burdette (?) married today. Carlton called, also Phyllis and children. Very cunning.

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