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!

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

February 12 -16, 1961 New Neighbors



Sunday, February 12, 1961

Another nice day. All got up late. Bill and I over to Thena and Lila’s. Dolores called. Kennie, Dot, Ava, Lewis, Fern, Lloyd. Betty and Mike walked down town. Betty and Mike snowshoeing. Mike here for supper. Bill and Billie over to Thena’s.



Monday, February 13, 1961

A very nice day, on the cold side. It was two below this morning. I washed but was so late getting it done. Kennard called. Lloyd called. Linda Berry up her tonight. Bill and I over to Lila’s tonight. Weldon and family are going to move up here to Raymonds to live. Lila now is the owner of the farm.





Tuesday, February 14, 1961

Snowing this morning. I went to town this morning with Lloyd. Thena went too. We went to the cemetery. I ironed in p.m. $47



Wednesday, February 15, 1961

Done up all my odds and end jobs. In p.m. Blanche and I over to Norway. A very nice day. In evening Bill and I over to Lila’s and Thena’s. We all miss Raymond.



Thursday, February 16, 1961

A nice day. I washed, ironed, cleaned up the bedrooms. Linda and Rowena here tonight. Thena left for Florida today. She sent a telegram back to Lila, got there at 5 PM. Weldon and Lida moved in over to Raymond’s today and tonight.

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