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!

Monday, March 28, 2016

September 28 - October 1, 1958



Sunday, September 28, 1958

It finally got cleared off in p.m., sunny but cooler. Today they got the furnace down cellar. Ervin helped, also Raymond and Bobby. Raymond here for dinner. Mama over to Blanche’s for the day. Betty to game in p.m., dance in evening.



Monday, September 29, 1958

A good day, cold. I washed. Mama down to Ferns. No fire here, real cold.

Nanny used a green ink pen in much of her 1958 diary - which faded. Many of her words were very hard to read and over the years have been re-written by her or other family members.




Tuesday, September 30, 1958


A nice day. Still on the cool side. I ironed. Dawn called. We went over and got Rayor stove and set it up in kitchen. Warmer. Kennie and Dot came up tonight. They decided not to tackle rest of the furnace. Raymond over tonight. Chet called too.



Wednesday, October 1, 1958


A rainy day. Bill didn’t work. He went to see Lowell. In eve, went to see Lin Hill. He came up tonight. He is going to put furnace in and hook it all up for heat., water, etc. Lloyd, Betty, Billie and I went to get our pullets at Trues from Lovell.












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