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!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

October 24- 27, 1957



Thursday, October 24, 1957

I did some cooking. Bill home at noon, it rained. We worked on Christmas orders. Dawn called again this p.m. Fern and Lloyd called in evening.



Friday, October 25, 1957

A nice day except cold. I done up the work. Donnie sick. Betty not very good when she went to school. About 11 AM Dawn brought Betty home, she walked as far as the four corners. She was sick with flu. Dawn and Steve up in evening. I went to town the Dawn in p.m. Sent Mama’s Christmas orders. In late p.m. went to town with Bill. Blanche and Dolores left for Pennsylvania and Washington DC.



Saturday, October 26, 1957

Betty very sick all day. Don sick too. I cooked, cleaned up the house, churned, took care of Betty and Donnie. Downtown in early a.m. with Billie. Got some things for Betty. Billie got his MOLASSES today.



Sunday, October 27, 1957

Kind of cold and cloudy in p.m. Dawn called to see Betty, also Holly. Donnie quite sick today. Betty better. We get the storm windows on today. Kennard called. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis made a dooryard called.

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