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!

Sunday, April 3, 2016

October 25 - 29, 1958



Saturday, October 25, 1958

Cloudy and rain. Bill stayed at home, he fixed the septic tank (dug it up). It is okay now. Kay here today. Cold all day. Baby is good. We moved couch in from back porch. I slept down there in D. R. with Bruce tonight. Dawn called.



Sunday, October 26, 1958 Billie Hauled SAWDUST

Cloudy. Cool side. Been quite busy all day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Bill got wood, worked on the septic tank. Bobby helped Billie. Betty, Randy Harmon and another schoolmate went hiking. Raymond came over.



Monday, October 27, 1958

Rained. I didn’t wash. Bill didn’t work. I wrote letters. Sent Bill’s insurance. Billie got a new calf tonight. Worked all day. Betty late getting home tonight.

Betty riding Lady - Dolly Martin's horse which boarded at Sweetie Sargents on Kennard St.




Tuesday, October 28, 1958

RAIN. Bill up to LAHEY Clinic in Boston, went up on the train. He had a thorough going over today he said. I washed. Delores called. Poor girl I pity her. She has an awful life. Bruce very good. I churned etc.



Wednesday, October 29, 1958

Still rain. Bill didn’t work. Clothes still on the line.


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