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!

Friday, November 4, 2016

June 11 - 14, 1961




Sunday, June 11, 1961

Cold East wind. Mr. McAllister came and put some more shoes on Phantom. Kids gone to car races. Billie had to work tonight.



Monday, June 12, 1961

A fair day. Quite on the warm side. I washed, clothes dried good. Betty and Mike up late, went to town. Came home for supper. Got ready, went to Naples with Mrs. Parker to Merle Chaplin’s going away party. Mike stayed at his grandmother’s. Betty stayed at Irene’s. I churned. Aunt Ava and Blanche Sawyer called.



Tuesday, June 6, 1961 HOT HOT.

A very hot day. I ironed. Cooked. Joy and Buddy and girls came. I had the lamb to out today.






Wednesday, June 14, 1961 Kennard and Kennie’s birthday

Cold. A cloudy, cold dreary day. I cleaned up the house, made of pudding. Linda here at supper. She and Betty took a ride. Betty took her home after supper. Bob, Blanche, Joy, Buddy and the two girls called after supper. Billie down to see Hayd.



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