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 26, 2016

September 20 - 23, 1958



Saturday, September 20, 1958

A nice day. Dorothea and Dennis wedding anniversary one year. I washed, churned, cooked, done up the work. Betty to ball game. Minnie and her baby came down this p.m.



Sunday, September 21, 1958

A nice day in a.m., cloudy and cold in p.m. I wrote letters in p.m. Mama went for a ride with Aunt Ava. Betty up to Dawn’s today. Bill helped Bob clean out his well.



Monday, September 22, 1958

Rained in a.m. Bill didn’t work. Cleared off early p.m. I cleaned up the house. The white head Hereford was killed today. Billie and I down to Ferns in evening. Lloyd and Billie down to get liver and tongue. Dolores called in a.m.



Tuesday, September 23, 1958

A very nice day today. Picture of Jeffrey Dennis Adair came today. He is so cunning. A very nice looking baby. Dolores here all forenoon. Also we got a letter from Dorothea and Dennis.




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