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, June 11, 2016

October 2 - 6, 1959



Friday, October 2, 1959 TOTAL ECLIPSE

A total eclipse of the sun this morning at 6:50 o’clock a.m. A nice day. I washed, churned, cleaned up the house, to town after supper. Dolores called in p.m. Betty babysat tonight at Irene Carsley’s. Bill got his first weeks pay tonight at the transmission company $50.55.



Saturday, October 3, 1959

A nice day except on cool side. I cooked, ironed. Bill and Billie worked outside getting picked up etc. Betty up to Carsley’s. Billie and I to town and down to Ferns. Fern up in the mountains with Mrs. Pike and daughter.



Sunday, October 4, 1959

Hot. Bill been getting his things ready for his piping the furnace up to the….. (?). Fern and Lloyd here also Bob and Blanche. Mama over to Oxford to wedding anniversary with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Billie and Betty and I down to Pete Watkins in late p.m.



Monday, October 5, 1959 Phyllis Osborne Smith’s birthday

I washed. Kind of cloudy yet it cleared enough to dry clothes. I washed dining room curtains. Churned. Letter from Jean today.



Tuesday, October 6, 1959 Jeff 15 months today, Betty Cox Smith’s birthday

I done up the work, made a cake and washed living room curtains and cleaned the cupboards. Called Barbara. Kennard called.



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