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, July 22, 2016

April 11 - 15, 1960



Monday, April 11, 1960 Letter from Dorothea, Den and Jeffie

I washed. Got a nice letter from Dorothea and family today. Evelyn Ridlons called here tonight. Bill took her home. Bill and I down to Marion Dews and got our income tax fixed up. Bare spot in the field today.



Tuesday, April 12, 1960 Dolores’s birthday

Today was nice and warm. Dolores is 57 today. Billie and I to town. Down to Ferns and called a minute. I came home, made of pudding, did a big ironing. Betty and Dawn came up here in p.m. Betty got material for her blouse. Betty home tonight. I sent Dorothea some letter. Quite a nice warm day. The snow went out in the fields today.



Wednesday, April 13, 1960

A very nice day, warm and sunny. I started the shed chamber in forenoon. In p.m. Jean came up for supper and evening. Billie and I took her home. Betty heard today that Mike is seriously sick. Betty to the high school PT exhibition.



Thursday, April 14, 1960

Partly cloudy. I washed, cleaned up the house. Finished doing the shed chamber. Billie didn’t do anything today.



Friday, April 15, 1960

Milan’s folks came very early this morning about 5 AM. We talked, done work etc. in p.m. Milan, Betty and I to town to do grocery shopping. In late p.m. Mama was taken sick with another chill caused from another kidney infection.
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