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!

Friday, January 15, 2016

November 29 - December 2, 1957



Friday, November 29, 1957

A rainy day. I wrote to Dorothea and Dennis, got their Christmas packages wrapped and mailed. Delores called and Raymond. Dolores helped to wrap them. Bill packed the big box. Albert (?) Belise called. Bill hunted. He and Raymond hunted too. To town before supper.



Saturday, November 30, 1957

Rained hard all day. Dark. I churned and cooked. Lloyd and Uncle Os called. Didn’t sleep too well last night, lame in chest.


Sunday, December 1, 1957

Cleared off in night, cold and windy. Very cold today. Did regular work. In p.m. Raymond called. Kennie and Dot in a.m., Fern, Lloyd, Sally, Gordon and children, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis all called in p.m. Bill, Betty and I over to Bob and Blanche is in the evening to get a dress. Billie’s veal calf went tonight $35. A little snow on ground this morning.



Monday, December 2, 1957

A very cold, windy day. I washed, my machine ringer on the blink. Bill fixed it. Bill downtown looking for work. In evening he went down to Pete McAllister’s. Blanche and I went to B. H. S. fall concert in evening. Very good.
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