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 8, 2016

November 9 - 12, 1960



Wednesday, November 9, 1960

I sat up last night till 3:30 AM watching the election returns with the Dave Brinkley and Chet Huntley report. Well I was so tired and sleepy when I wrote the above. I set up last night till 3:30 AM and listen to the Chet Huntley and David Brinkley election returns. It was very interesting all along.



Thursday, November 10, 1960

It rained some this morning. Cleared off late in p.m. I finish cleaning the kitchen. Done Mama and Billie’s bedroom, bathroom and hallway. Betty home from school, studied, back down to Rowena’s. In evening we went to town. Tomorrow is a holiday.

Our cake mixes will blow your mind & taste so much better than a store-bought mix! 


 Friday, November 11, 1960

A nice day, but quite cold. Bill didn’t have to work. He made a new well top. Also cleaned the well out. I washed, cleaned up my upstairs bedrooms and got the clothes in. Betty down to Rowena’s. She went to movies with Bonnie.



Saturday, November 12, 1960

Another nice day. I cooked, churned, ironed, done up the housework. Betty came home about 10 o’clock. Bill and Billie worked in the tie up to get the wiring done over.


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