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!

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

September 2 - 5, 1960

Friday, September 2, 1960

A nice day, cool and windy. I ironed. We fixed beans. Susan slept on couch all forenoon. Betty worked at Smith’s. In evening I went to town. Susan went with us. David came, got Betty, they went up and got Mike. To Portland to get Gloria. She couldn’t come up.



Saturday, September 3, 1960

A nice day, on the cool side. Billie helped Chet. He cut the old hay in the orchard. Mike and David stayed here last night. They were here for supper. Betty had a good time last night. Susan here all day, she didn’t get up very early. In late p.m., she took a shower and went home to wait for her father. Cliff came to Ferns about 7 PM. Bill took me down. I spent the evening. Lloyd brought me home at 12:30 in his new car. Betty, Mike, David, K, Roger Goodson, Kale Grant, Ricky and June (? Jane? James) all went to Old Orchard for the evening, had a good time.



Sunday, September 4, 1960 Deming’s Left

After a very nice visit of three weeks and very good weather, the Deming’s left at 10:45 AM for home. They all hated to go. They have a very pretty brand-new station wagon. Kay here this morning. They had such a good time last night. Raining this morning.



Monday, September 5, 1960

Labor Day. Very warm and so dry. Bill and Billie home. Betty downtown in p.m. Raymond here in a.m. and here for supper. I washed. Bill dug up the septic tank. Billie mowed the pasture and cleaned out the tie up. The lambs and veal calf went today. Deming’s arrived home today about 7:30 PM

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