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!

Sunday, September 25, 2016

January 9 - 12, 1961 Fire on the Ridge



Monday, January 9, 1961

A nice day, on the windy side. I washed etc. Rowena up here tonight. Art Ward up here this noon. Not much happened today.



Tuesday, January 10, 1961 Fire on Ridge

A nice day. I got the clothes in. Ironed, made a cake and pudding. Cooked chicken for supper. Bill down to Jean’s tonight. Betty to game.

Today the Hazen Morrison buildings burned up on the Ridge. It burned flat. I went up to the fire with Fern and Lloyd, also Blanche and I went. Dr. Hudson owned that place.



Wednesday, January 11, 1961

A nice day. I done up the work. Dawn was up here for the day. Betty home all day. Dolores called. Betty down to Rowena’s tonight. Dawn, Betty and I up on the Ridge to see where the fire was. We called at Georgette’s to see her new adopted son. When we got back home Dawn trimmed Betty’s hair.



Thursday, January 12, 1961

A nice day. Cooler than yesterday. I washed clothes, dried and got them in and ironed after supper. In p.m. I cleaned up the upstairs. Betty’s hair looked so nice after Dawn trimmed it up and it was curled. Billie down tonight to get his income tax fixed up at Marion Dews. Betty to the FHA meeting.


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