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!

Thursday, March 3, 2016

June 10 - 13, 1958



Tuesday, June 10, 1958

Cloudy and cold. I churned, cooked and ironed. Betty up to Dawn’s. Began to rain in late p.m. Aunt Ava called after supper and Dr. Bish. Dawn and Holly here. Bill got Father’s Day card from Dot and Den.





Wednesday, June 11, 1958

Cold and cloudy. Not much to do. Betty up to Dawn’s and downtown. Dolores called. I cleaned up the house.



l-r Kay Irish, Vicky Cushman, Donna Burnham, LindaWeeman, Front - Linda Wiley and Marcia Edwards   
Linda Rand, Kay Irish, Donna Burnham in back of Aloha Bradley, Linda Wiley behind Vicky Cushman, Marcia Edwards, and Kay Fleck


Lassie wearing lilacs



Thursday, June 12, 1958

A very nice day. I finished up the planting. Sally and kids called. Betty up to Dawn’s all day. Bill and I down to Prescott’s in evening. Mrs. Rushmore called. Letters from Dorothea and Esther. Betty’s card came, she is a sophomore now at B. H.S.



Friday, June 13, 1958

Cloudy today in p.m., fair in a.m. I done up the work. Betty and I down in the woods with Lassie and Penny. In p.m. Betty and I down to Dearborn’s. Bill and I to town in p.m. Bill got shoes. Helen and Kay called. Kay stayed up tonight. Dolores called.



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