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, July 30, 2016

May 19 - 23, 1960



Thursday, May 19, 1960

A very nice day. I cleaned the living room, also made a pie this morning. Tonight Linda Berry and Rowena Robinson came up here to get ready with Betty to go to the fashion show. Blanche and I went, it was very good. Betty modeled her new dress she made. She was on the Theme Committee.



Friday, May 20, 1960

A nice day. I cleaned the dining room. Also washed. Went to town in evening. Called at Bob’s and Blanche’s. Bill got a haircut. Also tonight he got a pair of new shoes. Betty came home from school lame. She is staying up to Irene’s.



Saturday, May 21, 1960

A very nice day. I cooked, washed. In p.m. Fern, Lloyd and I went to open house at the new dielectric plant. Billie works there and Lloyd too. It is a very nice place to work. Clean and pleasant. Kay Fleck up here for the weekend.



Sunday, May 22, 1960 Mike called

A cloudy cold day. In a.m. sun shown some. Billie and I got the grass trimmed, rest of lawns mowed, and plant set out. I cleaned up the house. In p.m. Aunt Ava here, also Fern, Lloyd and Kennie and Dot and Bob. Also Mike was here this p.m. He and Betty glad to see each other, had a fight, made up and he finally gave her his ring. Mike says he is better.



Monday, May 23, 1960

Cloudy. Rain showers. I washed and done all my ironing. Used the (?) mangle ironer.


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