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 27, 2016

May 13 - 16, 1961 Mary Lorraine Wolfe is Born!!



Saturday, May 13, 1961



A nice day. At last. After a spring of quite cloudy and rainy and cold weather today it cleared off and it has been so hot. It sure is good. Betty worked at Mrs. Parker’s. I cooked. Mr. Benway came to see Bill to work for the town. Billie hauled bedding and some hay from Raymonds. Betty and Irene down to Dawn’s in p.m. Kennard up, he and I picked some greens. Billie went smelting with Art and (?) Pete. Art and family called.







Sunday, May 14, 1961



HOT HOT. Kennie, Dot, Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Bob and Blanche and Kennard all called. Rosalie and kids called. Betty horseback riding all afternoon. She is so happy. I took a pie over to Uncle Lewis.






Monday, May 15, 1961 Lewis Keen’s birthday



Another one of those nice days. It got cooler in late p.m. I did a very big wash. Billie is home for a weeks vacation. He helped Chet to fence today. Dawn and George called today. Irene and children. Linda up here tonight. Bill hired out with Mr. Benway to work for the town of BRIDGTON. He begins work next Monday. Betty got a nice graduation gift from Fern and Lloyd.







Tuesday, May 16, 1961


Mary Lorraine Wolfe born tonight at 11:08 in Beaumont Texas. Today it was cloudy with showers at supper time. Tonight we had a bad thunder shower. I cleaned the downstairs bathroom and hallway. Also ceiling in kitchen. Billie and the lamb Jumper fenced all day. Betty didn’t get home till late, up to Irene’s. Delores called, Kennard sick.
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