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 12, 2016

July 16 - 19, 1958



Wednesday, July 16, 1958

Today we got the announcement card from Dorothea and Dennis. I pick some strawberries.



Thursday, July 17, 1958

Nice day except it was awful windy. I churned and washed. Had Norma Wildberger up in p.m. for strawberry shortcake. Steve and Dawn here. More news on the emergency UN talks. Don’t look good.



Friday, July 18, 1958

A nice day. I ironed, fried donuts and defrosted refrigerator. Betty up to Dawn’s. Dawn called and Aunt Ava. To town in late p.m.



Saturday, July 19, 1958

Cloudy, showers rain. Lee Moynihan here to see about furnace. Sally called. Mama over to Aunt Ava’s for the day. I called on Aunt Linnie in p.m. Fern, Lloyd here in evening. Bill cemented back of barn. Betty and Norma up in top of barn playing.
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