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!

Sunday, March 13, 2016

July 20 - 23, 1958



Sunday, July 20, 1958

Billie worked at Chet’s today. Bill finished painting the end of the house today. Had dinner out tonight. No one here all day. Norma packed some of her suitcase today.
Jeffrey, 2 weeks old



Monday, July 21, 1958

A nice long letter from the Adair’s. I did a big wash. Norma Gay left early this morning. Went to Portland and to stay with Henry (?) We got some hair of little Jeffrey from Dorothea today.



Tuesday, July 22, 1958

I ironed. Betty not at home all day, down to Kay’s tonight. I called over to Aunt Linnie’s in evening.



Wednesday, July 23, 1958

A very nice day after cleared off about 10. Quite hot too. Ilan and Minnie both went to the hospital. Ilan came home at night. Kennie up in evening. Billie took the cow up to Chet’s. Holly stayed here all night.

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