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, December 2, 2015

June 12 - 16, 1957



 
Wednesday, June 12, 1957

I worked at Thena’s today. Cloudy and rained in morning, it cleared in p.m.



Thursday, June 13, 1957

I churned, cooked.



Friday, June 14, 1957

A nice day. I cleaned up the house. In p.m. went to town. Betty and Dawn, Stevie, Holly and Kennie all went berrying. Kennard and Kenneths birthdays.




Saturday, June 15, 1957 HOT

A very hot day. Betty came home from Dawn’s in middle forenoon and began to mow lawns. Billie home at noon and they finished lawns. Went to town, Billie got some new pants and a pair of shoes. I cleaned up the house, did some cooking. Lloyd’s birthday. Kennie and Raymond upcountry fishing.



Sunday, June 16, 1957

Hot. We had a light lunch at noon. In PM I wrote letters. Frank Potts house burned. Got my pay from Mrs. Dearborn. Called at Dolores, her grandnephew married this p.m.
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