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!

Monday, January 25, 2016

January 1 - 4, 1958 Happy New Year



Wednesday, January 1, 1958

A cloudy stormy day. So quiet all day. I churned, cleaned up my desk. In p.m. Billie and I called on Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Betty up to Dawn’s in p.m. Bill got cold.



Thursday, January 2, 1958

School began today. Fair and cold. I did a big wash. Bill helped. In p.m. Norma Wildberger called. Bill went down and got her at town where she works. Ken, Dolores and Dawn called. Very cold and windy in evening.



Friday, January 3, 1958

I made two pies. Did a big ironing. Read papers in p.m. 8 above this morning. Very cold tonight. Betty skating tonight.



Saturday, January 4, 1958 Cold

Very cold last night and all day. Didn’t do much. Regular work. Betty and Lassie walked way down in the woods. Billie worked for Dennis in p.m.


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