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!

Sunday, November 13, 2016

July 17 - 20, 1961



Monday, July 17, 1961

Cloudy in a.m. Cleared early in p.m. And hot. Clothes dried good. Susan over to Verna’s swimming with Phyllis and girls. . Betty and Rowena here in p.m. Also Irene’s three kids. Mowed lawns. Betty and Rowena did. In evening Carlton and girls called. Sent a letter to DOROTHEA. Put cows in pasture for first time.



Tuesday, July 18, 1961

Foggy in a.m. I ironed, washed a few buggy windows. It cleared off, very hot all day. Verna and Phyllis and children all came for a little while. Aunt Ava called. Betty and Rowena came up in p.m. Betty rode horse. They came back for supper and took off for movies.









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Wednesday, July 19, 1961 Hot Hot

A beautiful day here. Susan and I took a walk up to the corner to see the boys working on their place. A very nice day. I didn’t do much in evening. Susan and I called at Linscotts and I called on Lida Brackett. A very hot day. Betty looking for a letter from Mike.



Thursday, July 20, 1961

A very hot day. They finished tarring this road. I washed, clothes dried good. Susan down to Ferns in p.m. In p.m. Billie took Mama, Betty and I over to see where the terrible truck crash at Frank Evans. Called at Ed Larrabee’s to see a Hereford. In evening Rowena here, she and Betty gone up to Irene’s. Bill, Susan and I played croquet.


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