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!

Friday, September 23, 2016

January 1 - 4, 1961



Sunday, January 1, 1961

Mike and his friend went home this morning. Bill and Betty took them home. Billie downtown. A Snow Storm today. Bill plowed the yard twice today. Dot and Kennie here today. Os Luck sick. I got my two letters written today. In late evening Mike and friend came up. I think it was too bad for Betty to expect them up in such a bad storm. I hope they won’t get cold. They stayed all night. Billie worked on his income tax today.



Monday, January 2, 1961

A beautiful day after an awful storm. Wind blowed so hard last night. I didn’t do anything except regular work. Blanche here for a little while. Watch the parade on TV. Kids got up and went ice fishing. Betty went with them. Betty, Mike and Tommy.



Tuesday, January 3, 1961

Very nice warm day and sunny with snow showers in a.m. I washed and churned. School began. Betty didn’t get home till late. Holly came with her. Bill over to Jim’s after supper. Then to town and got pills.



Wednesday, January 4, 1961

Quite cold today. I got my clothes in and ironed. Fern and Lloyd called today.



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