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!

Friday, December 25, 2015

September 11 - 13, 1957



Wednesday, September 11, 1957

I cooked. Bill read all day. Betty down to Kay’s tonight. She got ready tonight for her initiation tomorrow. Dawn called tonight.



Thursday, September 12, 1957

A nice day. Got hot. Mama up to Dolores. I did a big wash for Mrs. Dearborn. Bill and I downtown to see the freshman parade. Very good. Betty walked home with Holly and Steve. Don Chadbourne called to see Bill. Bill and Billie hauled some sheathing home to fix porch ceiling. Donnie still nervous. Billie and I up to Lil’s tonight.



Friday, September 13, 1957 Hot
A very hot day. I did Mrs. Dearborn’s big ironing. Went downtown with Ken and Dolores to see the old cars that passed-through town. Bill began putting ceiling on porch. I helped him a little in p.m. One did Betty’s hair up. She and Steve were up for a cookout. Had a good time. Also Holly was here. After supper Betty got ready and went to the freshman reception. She looked VERY NICE. We all went down when Billie took her down. Don fair.



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