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 28, 2016

September 23 - 26, 1960



Friday, September 23, 1960

Warm. I done up the work, ironed. Picked about 3 bushel shell beans. Blanche here all day. She was in the hospital in Portland Tuesday and had her tonsils removed. She came home last night. In evening Bill and I to town. Billie done chores up to Chet’s. Kennard, Kennie and Dot here in evening. Betty and Rowena came up and went back with Kennie and Dot to the movies. Betty and Row gone to movies.



Saturday, September 24, 1960

Cloudy all day. I cooked in a.m. Dawn and George called in their new Volkswagen. Betty down to Rowena’s all day, in p.m. we went to Norway. Betty and I with Bessie and Rowena spent a lot of money. In evening Bessie gave Betty another permanent.



Sunday, September 25, 1960

A nice sunny day. In a.m. Lloyd came up and they cut up the two forward quarters of beef. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Also Raymond. Betty’s hair looked very nice this morning. She and Rowena back down to Rowena’s to study. I wrote to Esther, cleaned up the electric stove. Billie and I defrosted deep-freeze. Bill dug potatoes. Billie picked pumpkins, melons, squash and rest of cukes.



Monday, September 26, 1960 Letter from Dorothea

Seniors having their pictures taken today. I washed. Rowena here tonight. Kay came up and here for supper. Betty home early from school, a surprise. A letter from Dorothea today.
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