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!

Monday, August 29, 2016

September 27 - October 1, 1960



Tuesday, September 27, 1960

I ironed and churned, had a nice roast beef supper tonight from new beef. Very good. Rowena here all night. Betty had pictures taken today at school for graduation. Betty home early from school again tonight. Judy bred last night.



Wednesday, September 28, 1960

Partly cloudy. I didn’t do much today. Mama didn’t get up till late. She was dizzy. Judy bred during the night.



Thursday, September 29, 1960

(Blank)



Friday, September 30, 1960

I ironed. Cloudy and rained. I ironed, cleaned up the downstairs. Betty downtown tonight. We went to town tonight grocery shopping.



Saturday, October 1, 1960 Pullets

I cooked. Cleaned up the kitchen. Lloyd up in p.m. and cut up a quarter of beef. Very cold today. Betty to town. Got the pullets. Billie and Art Ward went over to Joe Trues at Lovell and got 18 pullets.
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