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 29, 2016

May 14 - 18, 1960

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Saturday, May 14, 1960

Partly cloudy, some East wind. I cooked, got the clothes in and ironed. Betty up to Dawn’s and up to Irene’s in evening. Bill painted the rest of the front side of barn roof. Billie fenced, got hen grain.



Sunday, May 15, 1960

Another one of those awful rainy days. Billie and Betty finished the fencing. Betty made a tuna fish casserole and cookies for supper. Had Blanche and Bob here than Fern and Lloyd over here also. Kennie and Dot called. Bill and I sat out the plants in the boxes. I hope the next week will be better weather.



Monday, May 16, 1960

Kind of cloudy. A little on the cool side. I washed quite a lot of extras. Got them in, also today I washed Mamas curtains. In evening Bill and I went down to Zayres at Portland with Kennie and Dot. Had a good time. I came home and Bill put my new ironing pad on and I did my ironing.



Tuesday, May 17, 1960

A very nice warm day. I cleaned Mama and Billie’s rooms. Blanche called after supper. Billie did some more fencing. Betty and Bill mowed lawns. Betty painted mailbox. The summit meeting at Paris was given up today. Now what?



The freshly painted mailbox



Wednesday, May 18, 1960

Today I cleaned the hallways, bathroom and cellar way. A fair day, on the cool side. Betty came home happy they won another game. Billie still fencing tonight.




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