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!

Saturday, December 26, 2015

September 14 - 17, 1957



Saturday, September 14, 1957 Letter from Dennis

A very nice day. Quite hot. Bill still working on porch ceiling. I helped most of the day, so didn’t get my work done very early. We froze nine boxes shell beans. My pen came today. Today we got a very nice letter from Dennis.



Sunday, September 15, 1957

Cloudy most of the day, clear in early a.m. Bill worked on the porch. Got rest of sheathing up. Fern and Lloyd called in late p.m. Charlie here in a.m. for eggs. Bob called late in eve for eggs. Billie kept HEIFER in today.



Monday, September 16, 1957 Hot

Very hot. I washed, got Jean’s wedding gift off to Dorothea. To town in p.m. Bill over to Dr. today. Got to put a wide belt on him. Donnie quite good today. Got $15 check from Mrs. Randall. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in the evening.



Tuesday, September 17, 1957 I sent Dorothea and Dennis wedding gift

A nice day. Emma Wheeler here for the day. Blanche called in evening. I cooked, we canned corn. Had a chance to board two students, one from Naples, one from New London Connecticut. Bill began painting today. Today I sent a wedding gift to Dorothea and Dennis. Dolores also sent one. Aunt Ava’s dog got out. $50 bill to Dorothea and Dennis.

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