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 24, 2016

May 8 - 11, 1958



Thursday, May 8, 1958

Rain today, cold. Bill didn’t work. I didn’t do much. Milan and family came, Betty to her brother-in-law’s funeral at Readfield. Bill and I moved the kitchen stove out and moved the refrigerator over. Looks good. Dorothea’s letter came.



Friday, May 9, 1958

Nice day, except it is awful cold. Betty and I worked upstairs on her things. Bill and I to town after he got home from work. We had some of Jim’s beans tonight, good. In evening Billie, Betty, Milan and I to town and up to Bob’s. Betty C and Norma Gay to movies.



Saturday, May 10, 1958

A very nice day but cold. I cooked pies, cakes and doughnuts, bread and rolls, baked beans. Milan, Mama, Betty Crook and Norma Gay went for a long ride. Betty and I stayed home, done the work. Billie got his first pay today after five months. Fern, Lloyd called and Aunt Ava.



Sunday, May 11, 1958

Cold and rainy and showers. Bill and Billie graded the driveway. Bill painted. Billie and Betty mowed lawns for first time of 1958. Milan’s family left at 3 AM. I got $15, wastebasket and pretty card. Kennie and Dot called. Bob and Kennard. Mama got nice gifts and cards.

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