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, June 30, 2016

January 1 - 5, 1960 Happy New Year








Friday, January 1, 1960

Happy New Year to everyone. Bill didn’t have to work. I cooked. Dorothea and Jeff down to Ferns today. Last night Dorothea and Betty were over to Barbs. We watched the Rose Bowl parade on TV.



Saturday, January 2, 1960

Done up the work. Dolores, Eval Whitney and Blanche called. In late p.m. Dorothea, Blanche, Jeff and I went to Norway. Billie was so mad because we didn’t get home earlier.



Sunday, January 3, 1960

A nice day. Did up the housework. Kennie and Dot called in p.m. Not much happened today. I called at Mrs. Kilborn’s in evening.



Monday, January 4, 1960

A very nice day. I washed and the clothes dried very good. Dorothea and Jeff over to Barbs. Tonight Starlite went much to Betty’s sorrow. He was a cute fellow and I really liked him. A seven-month-old colt. Today I got a desk calendar from Esther.



Tuesday, January 5, 1960

A very nice day. I ironed. A very nice day. Betty stayed at Dolly’s all night. Dr. Nash paid $33.



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