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!

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

March 28 - 31, 1960



Monday, March 28, 1960

A nice day, kind of cool. I washed, churned. Started on the curtains in living room. Kennard called. Billie working at Chet’s. Dr. Nash went down home tonight for a few days. Mama better.



Tuesday, March 29, 1960

A very nice warm day, the snow settled quite a bit. I finished living room curtains. Washed the kitchen curtains. Washed sitting room, dining room and kitchen windows, swept, dusted and washed dining room and living room floor. Evelyn Ridlons called. Sally and Linda, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis and Kennard in evening. I did my regular ironing and the kitchen curtains. Billie worked at Chet’s. George Porter died today.



Wednesday, March 30, 1960

Rained all day. Billie worked for Chet. I cooked a chicken dinner for tonight. Cleaned up the downstairs. Mama not too good today. I wrote to Dorothea, Den and Jeff. Betty got a letter from Mike today. Betty down to Dawn’s after supper to get her hair done.



Thursday, March 31, 1960

Rained. I washed, done up the regular housework. Betty home early tonight and spent the evening at HOME. It seemed good to know she was home. Billie up to Chet’s today.


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