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, August 21, 2016

August 25 - 28, 1960




Thursday, August 25, 1960

A very nice day. Cool. Esther and children here today. I washed. Esther did most of the ironing. Didn’t do much today except to visit. Betty to Zayres today with Dawn. She got to skirts and a sweater in Portland.



Friday, August 26, 1960

I done up the work, cleaned up the house, didn’t go to town tonight. Bill worked at Jim’s in evening.






Saturday, August 27, 1960

A nice day but hot. I done up the work in p.m. Billie C, Esther, Betty, Billie D and Susan and I all went up to Denmark grocery shopping. Esther and children here for supper.



Sunday, August 28, 1960

Another nice day. Had the whole family here for a cookout. All seemed to enjoy it. Lloyd trying out a new car. 1958 Chevy.

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