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 14, 2016

July 27 - 30, 1960



Wednesday, July 27, 1960

Cleaned up chambers. It was cloudy and showery today. We watched the convention in evening.



Thursday, July 28, 1960

A nice day, good temperatures. I cleaned up the bedrooms, washed, cooked, picked string beans. Evelyn Ridlons called. The Republican convention ended tonight, very interesting. I have enjoyed it so much. The Huntley and Brinkley coverage was very good and I enjoyed the Democratic one too.



Friday, July 29, 1960 DOROTHEA’S BIRTHDAY

Good temperatures. A very nice day. I picked another mess of peas. 3rd mess peas. I ironed, done some other odd jobs. Brud and children called. Mama over to Harrison with Brud. Bill and I to town in the evening. Kennard called. Dorothea 23 years today. We got a LETTER to from her today.


Saturday, July 30, 1960

Mike has been in town all this week. What an awful day this is been. It was the outside fringe of Hurricane Brenda. Been busy all day. Norma Gay came this morning for two weeks vacation. Bill over to Jim’s is p.m. In evening Bill and I down to Jean’s. Kids went to the movies.



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