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!

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

December 1 - 4, 1960



Thursday, December 1, 1960 Cold

Very nice day, windy and cold. I washed. Done the general work. Betty home from school early. Awful cold her hands. Today Billie’s eye bothered him again. He was sent to Dr. Gedutti (?)in Portland. His eye was very bad when he got home. It pained him very bad. Awful cold tonight. Rowena up here. No snow at all through the month of November.



Friday, December 2, 1960

Very cold morning. Last night coldest night on record so the weather forecasters said. Billie didn’t work today. His eye is better. Betty came home alone from school. I mailed a card to Dorothea today and letter.


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Saturday, December 3, 1960

A nice day. I cleaned up the house, also cooked. Had some very good baked beans tonight. Betty down to Rowena ‘s today. She got a letter from Mike. Billie’s eye not too good.



Sunday, November 4, 1960

A very nice day. Betty looked at catalogs. Bob, Blanche, Kennie, Dot, Fern and Lloyd and Kennard called. Kennard had supper with us. Billie’s eye is better today. Bill and Bobby hauled out the wood. Betty home early from Rowena’s. Dr. Nash came home from his sons today. Bill worked on the water pipe downstairs.
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