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 11, 2016

March 13 - 16, 1961



Monday, March 13, 1961

A very nice day, warm and sunny. I washed, the clothes dried good. I washed, went to town and churned. Linda came home with Betty. They went over to Mrs. Parker’s tonight for a call. Linda borrowed Mrs. Parker’s typewriter. David here. The champion fight tonight. Patterson won the title again. I washed out on the back porch.



Tuesday, March 14, 1961

Another one of those northeastern’s. Not so much wind today though. About 12 inches of new snow. I ironed. No school. Linda here all day. Kennie, Dot and Kennard called. Bill plowed out the driveway tonight.







Wednesday, March 15, 1961 Blanche L. Smith’s Birthday

I made her a cake for Robert. Betty, Bill and I went over. She fixed Betty skirt. I sent off some negatives today. Didn’t do much except to prepare supper.



Thursday, March 16, 1961

A very nice day. I washed, clothes dried very good. I got them in. Betty home early and up to Irene’s to babysit. Bill and I called at Aunt Ava’s and Lewis’s for evening.

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