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 1, 2016

October 5 -7, 1957



Saturday, October 5, 1957 Nice day No Rain

Cleaned up the house and cooked. Betty and Holly went to town. Billie home in p.m. He cleaned up outside. Betty mowed some lawns in p.m. for last time. Billie put the picnic table away and lawnmowers. Dawn and Steve took the black cat home with them this p.m. Holly up here this evening. Dolores called in a.m. We used the new separator tonight for first time tonight worked good.



Sunday, October 6, 1957

Nice day. I done some work down to Dearborn’s. In p.m. I went to Sawdust Pile with Billie, he hauled his winter supply for cows and hen. Mama down to Frances and Herman’s with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis.



Monday, October 7, 1957

Partly cloudy, some rain. I washed. They dried quite well. A piece of the wedding cake came today. Very good. It was sent from Riverside California September 26 and got here 7 October and was as nice and moist as could be.



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