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!

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

November 5 - 8, 1960 Election Day



Saturday, November 5, 1960

A very nice sunny day. I cleaned the sitting room. Done up the work. Billie worked at Chet’s for a few hours. He also fixed the raspberries. Billie didn’t work at all today because he worked two night’s first of the week. Bill fixed the radiator on the tractor. Betty to town in evening. Dawn, Steve and Dawn’s friend and her son called.



Sunday, November 6, 1960

Very nice in a.m. I washed all the outside windows. Billie put the storm windows on. Bill fixed up the backside of the barn. Betty done some study. Got two calls from Mike on the phone. A little trouble I surmise. Betty to town. She came back very happy. I hope it was because she saw Mike. Raymond called. Kennard, Fern, Lloyd, Bob, Blanche, Kennie and Dot.



Monday, November 7, 1960

I washed. A very cold day. Clothes froze as I hung them on the line. Rowena came up with Betty. In evening Linda came up. They studied.



Tuesday, November 8, 1960 ELECTION DAY

John Fitzgerald Kennedy is our new US president. A very nice day. Cold. I churned, done a very big ironing. Betty home for supper. When Bill and I went down to vote she went down to Rowena’s for the night. I’m going to set up till late.
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