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, August 12, 2016

July 17 - 21, 1960



Sunday, July 17, 1960

Not too good a day. Raymond called in a.m. Lloyd finished haying. Billie, Betty, Mama and I went for a ride up Waterford way. Fern, Lloyd, Kennie, Dot, Bob and Blanche called. Betty all through up to Irene’s. Her mother has gone to work for her.



Monday, July 18, 1960

Cloudy most all day. I washed and the clothes got dried quite well. Betty down town in evening.



Tuesday, July 19, 1960

Rained all day. Cleared late in evening. We ironed and churned. Betty and I down to Ferns a little while. Betty, Lloyd and Lassie got a woodchuck. Bill fixed TVs tonight. David Nevers called. LLOYD to town on special BUSINESS. They at last got one small break, hope they get another soon too.




Wednesday, July 20, 1960

Another one of those miserable days. I defrosted refrigerator. Cleaned up the chambers. Cleared in late p.m. Betty downtown, got a job at Albert Smith Sr.



Thursday, July 21, 1960

A very nice day. I washed and ironed. Today Mama spent the day with Fern. Betty’s first day at work. She is going to try it out. She drove the car up in the field tonight. Betty at home tonight.

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