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 1, 2016

October 11 - 14, 1960



Tuesday, October 11, 1960

Betty home early from school. No one came with her. She got ready for dress-up at school tomorrow. We went down and bought her a new jacket for tomorrow. Went to bed tonight and went to sleep tonight. I done a big ironing today. Quite warm all day. Dr. Nash down to doctors.



Wednesday, October 12, 1960

Cold today. I cleaned up the shrubbery outside and cleaned off the porches. Tonight Betty had Rowena and Linda come home with her. Bill and I down to Jean’s after supper. Dolores came down to say goodbye. She leaves for New Jersey.



Thursday, October 13, 1960

A very nice day. I washed, cleaned up the chambers etc. Jim came to see TV. Betty down to Rowena’s tonight. Came home early from school. Mama down to Dorothy Prescott’s all day.



Friday, October 14, 1960 LETTERS and snaps of Jeff

Cloudy and rainy. I have been very busy. I cleaned up rest of house, churned and ironed. Today got a letter from Es and family, Milan and family and Dorothea and some snaps of Jeff. Betty to movies tonight. Fern and Lloyd called today, Betty came with them.

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