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!

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

January 17 - 20, 1961



Tuesday, January 17, 1961

A very nice day. I cooked, made a soup and cooked a pot roast dinner. Busy all day. Lloyd called and Kennard. Linda and Rowena here again tonight. They are getting ready for the midyear exams. Bill and I to town after supper. Bill hurt his hand today I work. I took some cupcakes and soup up to Dolores and Kennard. Dawn called this p.m.



Wednesday, January 18, 1961

A very nice day. I cooked, ironed, done up the work. Rowena and Linda up here tonight. Kennard called. Betty got a letter from Mike. Mama taken sick tonight. Kennie and Dot here at supper time.

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Thursday, January 19, 1961

A nice day here. It snowed in Washington DC. A very bad storm. The inauguration is for tomorrow. Mama sick in bed all day. Rowena came home with Betty after school. They went down to Dawn’s, got a ride down. Fern and Lloyd here in p.m. I washed floors upstairs and cleaned up. The kids finished up their midyear exams. I washed. Awful cold.



Friday, January 20, 1961 Inauguration of Kennedy

A bad storm, a blizzard. Today Dr. Nash and I watched the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president. It was very nice. He is 43 years old. I got the clothes in and I ironed in the living room. Mama not too good, still in bed. Betty called me from Dawn’s.

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