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!

Sunday, January 31, 2016

January 29 - February 2, 1958



Wednesday, January 29, 1958

Snow snow and more snow. Ironed in a.m. Bill over to Blanche’s. Billie up to Chets and downtown. Raymond got stuck in snow bank.



Thursday, January 30, 1958

Another stormy day. Very pretty riding over to Norway this morning with Blanche. Came home, churned, cleaned up the house. Bill worked for Hayd today. Kay up here tonight first time for a long time.



Friday, January 31, 1958

Sun came out today. A very nice warm day. I did work, read papers in p.m. Bill worked for Hayd today. Billie worked for Raymond. In evening I went down to Ferns. Today U.S. sent up first satellite, it was successful.



Saturday, February 1, 1958

Another nice day. Billie still working for Raymond. Bill worked for Hayd. I did some cooking. Betty snowshoed down in woods. In evening Billie went away. Kennard and Dolores called, they came up from Portland.



Sunday, February 2, 1958

A very nice day. Had Ken and Dolores down for dinner. Betty to church with Dawn. Billie and Bill down to Lloyd's. Bill and I downtown in p.m. Billie with Dennis in p.m. Betty to movies with Holly in p.m. I wrote to Es and family. Cliff at Carlton’s and Phyllis this weekend.
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