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!

Thursday, January 28, 2016

January 15 - 18, 1958




Wednesday, January 15, 1958

A big storm again this morning. Bill and I down to Ferns and worked in her dining room. A bad blizzard. Betty and Randy Harmon walked home in it.



Thursday, January 16, 1958

A very heavy rain. It has settled the snow. Bill and I finished up the papering at Ferns. Bill to East Waterford with Hayd. Betty had two exams. She was going to stay at Dawn’s. Bill had her come home. It made her so unhappy. Aunt Ava’s dog got lost but found.



Friday, January 17, 1958

Cloudy, rained some. Evelyn and Gail called. Bill worked down to Ferns again today. Billie shoveled off camp roofs today. Betty finished up her midyear exams, very unhappy. I cooked and churned. Betty to movies. Wayne Chadbourne married tonight.



Saturday, January 18, 1958

Another cloudy day. Snow flurries all day. Bill worked at Ferns. Billie, Delores and I went to town. Betty went down to Ferns through the woods on snowshoes. Betty cleaned out her birds.
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