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, October 5, 2016

February 17 - 19, 1961 Betty's Birthday Weekend



Friday, February 17, 1961 Betty Louise Crook 18 years old

I done up the housework, washed living room and dining room floors. Made a birthday cake and a chocolate cake. Dolores called. Hayd brought up some potatoes. This is a last day of school for a week. Kids got up at noon. David, Rowena, Betty and Linda all went to Auburn to get Mike and Tommy. They came up for the weekend. To the Carnival Ball tonight. Bill and I to town. Then took the kids down to the dance. Mike brought me a nice box of chocolates and Betty also a very pretty corsage. Betty had a nice birthday party. Snowed late in p.m.

Mike and betty


Mike, Betty, David Nevers, Linda Berry, and Tom Nolin

Linda and Tommy




Saturday, February 18, 1961 Joy Aleta Smith Wolff’s birthday

Cloudy. A nice day. Kids got up about 11. I got their breakfast, they went downtown. Bill and I went down after them. In evening they went to the movies. I got my cooking done early.


Sunday, February 19, 1961

A beautiful day. Done up the housework. Kids up about three, went down to Mike’s grandmother’s. Came home late. Fern, Lloyd, Kennie and Dot called.


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