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, July 3, 2016

January 15 - 18, 1960



Friday, January 15, 1960

It clouded up today. Dorothea and Jeff down to Ferns. In p.m. she and I to town. Billie’s car stopped on us, we got Bill’s car to use in town. After a while Billie’s started. Is stormed hard in late evening, to cleared off about midnight. Betty gone to a skating party and a pajama party at Marcia Edwards at Naples tonight? Billie and Bobby still working in the woods.



Saturday, January 16, 1960

Quite windy but not too cold. I went to town in a.m. with Billie. In p.m. I cooked. Dorothea done some typing. Jeffrey a little devil all day. He was real cute. Betty came home in late p.m. from her visit at Marcia Edwards at Naples. Her glasses all smashed. In evening up to Dawn’s. Jeff to bed early. Billie worked up to Chet’s in p.m. Very windy all day but the thermometer didn’t register. Very cold, about 20 above all day. Billie and Bobby didn’t work in woods today.



Sunday, January 17, 1960

A cold day, windy. We done up the work. Kennie and Dot came up in p.m., was here for supper. Billie worked up to Chet’s today. In evening we all went down to Ferns and Lloyds for waffles and coffee. Had a nice evening. Jeff was cunning.



Monday, January 18, 1960

A cold day. I washed. Dorothea cleaned up the house. After we got the work done,  D and I went downtown, up to Lil and Chet’s, called at Dot and Forrest. Was going to call on Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis but Jeff got sick so we came home. He was sick to his stomach in evening and during night.




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