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!

Thursday, September 15, 2016

December 5 - 8, 1960



Monday, December 5, 1960 LETTER from D & D ADAIR

Today got a letter from the Adair’s, first one for over a month. Dorothea and family are living in a motel. She has a maid. They are very happy. I washed. Kennard called. Nice and warm all day. A beautiful day. Bill got the cow bred tonight with Lawrence’s bull. Cow bred.



Tuesday, December 6, 1960

A very nice day. Today Kennard and I to Portland to meet Delores at the Greyhound bus terminal. She has been at Carlton’s for months during the time Amy Louise Smith was born October 1960. Delores done some Christmas shopping. I didn’t. In evening I ironed after I got home. Betty came home late. She and Rowena had been over to Jeannie Davis’ at Harrison.






Wednesday, December 7, 1960

A nice day. Mama down to Ferns. I done some figuring etc. Sent for Betty’s pictures. Dr. Nash squared all up with me today.



Thursday, December 8, 1960

A nice day, got cold in late p.m. Very cold. Betty brought her pictures home tonight. Very very good. Rowena came too. Her pictures too are very good. And Linda came later hours all good too. They went to church with Randy this evening to the Catholic. I washed and ironed today.
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