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, September 26, 2016

January 13 - 16, 1961



Friday, January 13, 1961

I churned, cleaned up the downstairs. In evening Bill and I to town. Up to Blanche, she cut Bill’s hair. Dr. Bish came up to see Mama for a check up.



Saturday, January 14, 1961

A nice day. I cooked. Called at Fern and Lloyd’s in p.m., Bill and I. In evening Bill Walsh called. Betty to town with Rowena. She came up in p.m. Billie cleaned out the hens. Bill didn’t do much. Snaps came back today.

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Sunday, January 15, 1961

A fair day. Not too cold. Kennie, Dot, Lloyd, Blanche and Pat and two kids called. I wrote letters. Had a oyster stew for supper. Betty home all day.



Monday, January 16, 1961 Letter from Adair’s

Today I got a nice letter from the Adair’s with pictures of their Christmas. Very good. Lloyd up in a.m. Dolores sick.


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