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 24, 2016

September 10 - 14, 1958





Wednesday, September 10, 1958

A nice day, cold and windy. Evelyn called and Dolores stayed all forenoon. In p.m. Norma Wildberger called and Dawn Parks. I cleaned up house, washed floors. Up to Lil’s in evening, got some shell beans.



Thursday, September 11, 1958

(Blank)



Friday, September 12, 1958

A nice day, cool side. Miss (sp?) Kalwell, the child welfare woman called to see us about boarding some children. In p.m. we went to town.



Saturday, September 13, 1958 A good letter from ADAIRS

Cloudy all day. I churned, cooked, done up the housework. Betty took awnings off. Dolores called. Got such a nice letter from the Adair’s. They are coming east at Christmas if possible. Mr. Adair has got plane tickets for them.



Sunday, September 14, 1958

A very nice day. We killed the turkeys, cleaned up the car. Down to Fern and Lloyd’s in p.m. for a cookout and visit. Cloudy in p.m. Raymond called in evening.


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