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, February 3, 2016

February 11 - 14, 1958



Tuesday, February 11, 1958

Cold this morning. 10 below, warmed up during day. I churned, cooked, got the clothes in. Billie made two batches of ice cream. He called at Ferns. Bill still at home. Raymond called in p.m.



Wednesday, February 12, 1958

Cold again this morning. I ironed, cleaned up the house. In p.m. Billie and I went over to Lida’s. Had a nice visit with her. Betty called at Dawn’s after school. Bill not working.



Thursday, February 13, 1958

Not so cold. I cleaned up the house. Bill downtown in p.m. It snowed in the night. Betty down to F. H. A. meeting tonight. Bill and I called at Pete’s.



Friday, February 14, 1958

A very very windy day. Snow blowed. I churned. Bill had to work today for Hayd. Billie and I down to Ferns. Kennie called this a.m. School closed today for one week vacation.

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