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 29, 2016

January 25 - 28, 1961



Wednesday, January 25, 1961

20° below again this morning. I churned, ironed. Dolores up and done a few things for Mama. Dorothy and Aunt Ava called this p.m. I done some cooking. Betty got a ride home from school with the Briggs. Tonight we watched the presidents first live televised news conference. Pres. Kennedy. It was very interesting.



Thursday, January 26, 1961 William Lloyd Deming four years old

Billie Deming with his dad, Cliff - 1961


20° below this morning. Billie had to go to Portland to testify in court. Kennard went with him. I washed, cleaned up the bedrooms. Washed downstairs bathroom and Mama’s bedroom floor. Kennard called. Kennie and Dot called also Bob and Blanche. It warmed up a little today, not quite so bad tonight.




Friday, January 27, 1960

18° below. Cold again today. I ironed, done up the work. Dolores here in a.m. Mama sat up. Dot Prescott, Aunt Ava called. To town in evening. Betty to town, Linda and sister came home with her in late evening.



Saturday, January 28, 1961

20° below. A nice day except cold. I cooked, done up the work. Linda Berry and sister here all day. I churned. Raymond here for supper. Mama better.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)