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, October 20, 2016

April 16 - 19, 1961



Sunday, April 16, 1961

A miserable day. Snow, sleet and rain. Kids got up late. Kennie, Dot, Blanche, Fern and Lloyd here. Dr. Nash down home. Mike, Fern and Lloyd here for supper. Kids smelting tonight.


Monday, April 17, 1961

I washed. Cleared off some. This is vacation week. Betty and Mike up late after being up all night smelting. They went down to his grandmother’s and to movies. They are having trouble. I’m sorry. I hope they make things all right. They really love each other. In p.m. I went to Norway with Fern and Lloyd. They got Uncle Os a pair of shoes. Kids went smelting again tonight late.

Fern and Lloyd - Spring 1961




Tuesday, April 18, 1961

I ironed, cooked and churned. Mike went home today. Trouble is brewing again between them. I sent a letter to Dr. Nash to find a new boarding place.






Wednesday, April 19, 1961

Partly cloudy. I began to do my spring cleaning. Done the draws etc. I sent (blank)


 

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