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!

Friday, April 8, 2016

November 19 - 24, 1958



Wednesday, November 19, 1958

A very nice day. Ms. Kalwall called. We took baby to the doctors. I didn’t do much today.



Thursday, November 20, 1958 CHECK

A very nice warm day. Linwood tested out the furnace okay. My first check for boarding Bruce came. Kay up here tonight. I churned, ironed and did regular work.



Friday, November 21, 1958

Cloudy with rain and snow showers. I did regular work. Bill home again to help Linwood. Jim Chadbourne called.



Saturday, November 22, 1958 FURNACE TODAY

Today at noon we started up the new furnace. We all much pleased. Did regular work. Fern, Lloyd called. Bill and I went to town before supper. A nice day.



Sunday, November 23, 1958

A good day. Cold. Furnace worked good. Billie helped Raymond haul his bedding. Bill worked on furnace. We turned the deep freeze around down cellar. Blanche called. Also Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis.



Monday, November 24, 1958

Partly cloudy. I did a big wash. We got Linwood’s bill today. $449.93. Took Bruce down to hospital to have his tongue snipped. (?) He is tongue-tied.
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