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, January 23, 2016

December 26 - 28, 1957 Milan and Family Arrive



Thursday, December 26, 1957

Cloudy. Susan stayed down to Fern and Lloyd’s last night. Fern making her some dresses for her doll. In a.m. we took out the Christmas tree.




Friday, December 27, 1957

A nice day, quite windy. I went to Norway and finished paying for chair. I came home, did up the housework, washed. Made up the bed for Milan’s folks. Cleaned up the house, got Billie supper. Esther, Cliff and Susan down to Ferns all day. We cared for little Billie. Dorothea’s box came today. Bill got home from his first weeks work tonight since he got through over to Jim’s.



Saturday, December 28, 1957

A good day. Billie and I went up to Kennard’s to built the fire. Came home, done up some more work. Esther washed dishes, ironed. Cliff and Betty Crook down town to get snaps. I made rolls. In p.m. Verna, Brud, Jeff, Nola, Mrs. Nevers, Dawn Parks, Kennard, Dolores called. At supper there were 12 of us. After supper Cliff, Esther, Bill and Betty went down to Georgia and Thena’s. Milan, Betty and Bill went to Thomaston. Norma Gay here all day. Es, Cliff and baby called at Raymonds.

Betty, Norma and Susan



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