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!

Saturday, March 19, 2016

August 19 - 24,1958



Tuesday, August 19, 1958

Nice day, cool. I cooked, churned, done up the work.



Wednesday, August 20, 1958

Dennis Harvey Adair  (blank space)  years old today. Cleaned up the whole house. Betty cleaned up the barn. Betty went to Portland with Bill in p.m. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening. She is bad. I set up at night with her.



Thursday, August 21, 1958

A nice day. We had showers in p.m. In a.m. Dawn, Betty, Norma and I went to Norway to get Betty’s school clothes. In p.m., over to Aunt Linnie’s. She isn’t good.



Friday, August 22, 1958 Perm.

A nice day. Billie home all day. He penned up electric fence. Betty got a permanent and a very pretty dress. Bill and I to town, paid the taxes $105.00. Raymond, Kennie and Bobby called.



Saturday, August 23, 1958

I cooked and churned. Betty and Norma did up the housework. They helped Raymond mow lawns at his house. Nice day. Aunt Linnie not very good. Thena up there with her.



Sunday, August 24, 1958

Cloudy. Kind of cold. Bill and Raymond painted. Norma helped to paint. Mama, Billie, kids and I called on Aunt Linnie. She looked pretty good.
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