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!

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

August 8 - 12, 1960



Monday, August 8, 1960

Cloudy and showers in a.m. I washed. It cleared off about noon. Betty and Norma went downtown. I fixed string beans and canned them. In evening I went down to Lila and Bills with Aunt Ava. When Aunt Ava brought me home, there was a surprise birthday for me again. Got nice gifts and had a good time etc. Bill finished working over to Jim’s tonight.



Tuesday, August 9, 1960

A very nice cool day. I picked peas and beans, froze beans. Erma Wheeler here for the day and supper. Betty and Norma to town in p.m. Bonnie Denning came up and stayed all night.

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Wednesday, August 10, 1960

Cloudy and rainy today. I didn’t do things I plan to do. I cooked. Kids up and to town with Bonnie. I been picking over some things upstairs.



Thursday, August 11, 1960

A very nice day. After cleared off in mid-forenoon. I washed, done some windows etc. Milan came in late p.m. He took kids, Mama and I for a ride in the car he came in.



Friday, August 12, 1960

A very nice day. I cleaned up all the upstairs downstairs bedrooms and the living room. Norma went today, Milan came after her. Bill and I to town after supper. Betty down to movies. $47 from Dr. Nash paid to August 25 with $14 credit for Dr. Nash.

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