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 16, 2016

December 3 - 6, 1957



Tuesday, December 3, 1957 Oil Came

A nice day, cold and windy. Bill and Kennard down to (?) Rossie’s looking for work. I churned and ironed in p.m. Dolores called. Donnie’s new clothes came today. Betty and Holly skating after school. Oil man came today. I called over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening.

Wednesday, December 4, 1957

US Sputnick is expected to be launched today. But it was not. I cooked in a.m., in p.m. I went up to Dolores and she sewed the tags on Donnie’s clothes. Bill and Kennard went to Norway to look for work. Bill may get work next week.



Thursday, December 5, 1957

Cold. I churned, cleaned up the house today. In forenoon Mrs. Ayres called to say they will call for Donnie Monday, December 9. Betty up to Steve’s birthday party in evening. Kennard and Bill began cutting Christmas trees today. Cut 100.



Friday, December 6, 1957 Cold
Bill and Billie had hard work starting their cars. Bill and Kennard over to Norway and back to cutting more Christmas trees. US satellite exploded before it left the ground at the Florida satellite (?) grounds.


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