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!

Thursday, November 26, 2015

May 22 - 25, 1957



Wednesday, May 22, 1957

A nice day. I cooked to get ready to go away tomorrow.



Thursday, May 23, 1957

A very nice day, quite hot. I went down and cleaned Seaber’s cottage. Fern helped in p.m. In the mail today we got a nice picture of Dorothea, a triple one. Very good. Also a letter from her. Donnie little nervous and upset today. Dot, Lorraine and baby up here today.

Wanda Jean Harmon


Friday, May 24, 1957

A very nice day, cooler. I cleaned up the house, took a bath. Donnie not very good today. To town in late p.m. Betty and her classmates at school having fun getting ready for the graduation. Bill got some new pants, shirt, shoes, also haircut tonight.



Saturday, May 25, 1957

A very nice day, quite warm today. Billie worked only in a.m. I cooked, cleaned up the kitchen. Betty up to Kennard’s in p.m. In evening Billie took Mama, Fern, Betty, Donnie and I for a nice long ride and down through Poland, West Poland, East Poland, Minot, Auburn, Danville Junction, Naples and Harrison. Also Donnie went but he wasn’t feeling very well. He seemed better in p.m.
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