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!

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

July 8 - 10, 1957



Monday, July 8, 1957

A very nice day, I washed. Made a pie. Betty went blueberrying was Dawn and Stevie. They called also. William Kimball got run over and killed by a car driven by Mrs. Carol Staley in the early evening. I made another batch of root beer. Kennard called in evening. Andrews girls and Betty went swimming after supper.



Tuesday, July 9, 1957

Rain. I made two blueberry pies. I ironed. In evening I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening. Had showers in evening. Billie sold jersey heifer to Lawrence Boynton for $70.



Wednesday, July 10, 1957

A very nice day. Dawn and Stevie up in a.m. and watch TV. I washed and ironed kitchen curtains. Washed windows and would work. Cleaned out the playpen. Raymond called in evening. Jersey heifer went today.


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