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 6, 2016

February 20 - 23, 1961



Monday, February 20, 1961

A very nice day. Kids got up about noon, got ready after they ate and went to town and to movies. Came home, had supper and now have gone to Auburn. They have had a good time today. I got my wash out very early. A big one. Aunt Ava called, we went over and called on Lida Brackett. Dr. Taylor called. Billie’s check came today from internal revenue. Art Ward up here in a 1959 station wagon



Tuesday, February 21, 1961

Another nice day. I got my ironing done early. Churned, cooked, swept up the upstairs. Dr. Taylor came today and took the impressions of Mama’s mouth for her teeth. Betty, Mike and David came about eight o’clock, got ready, went to the Record Hop. Mike and David came back here and stayed all night.




Wednesday, February 22, 1961

Got my work done up. Kids got up late. Got breakfast then they left to take Mike home.



Thursday, February 23, 1961

Cloudy today. I washed, cleaned up the house, worked on my puzzle. Betty stayed up to Irene’s last night. They came in p.m. and got water. Down to Rowena’s to stay all night to go to Portland tomorrow.

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