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!

Saturday, November 5, 2016

June 15 - 18, 1961 Kay Fleck Married



Thursday, June 15, 1961 Lloyd Yates birthday

A very nice day, cold and windy. I churned, washed, went to town in p.m. Got a gift for Kay’s wedding. Dawn, Irene and children called. Betty down town looking for a job in late p.m.



Friday, June 16, 1961

Fair, on the cold side. Today Wesley Gorman moved all the hay. Hope it didn’t get wet. The WBZ weatherman, Don Kent, has promised a good three days, good drying etc. I cleaned up the house. In evening Bill and I to town.

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Saturday, June 17, 1961 KAY MARRIED to Gerald Howard

A very nice day, sunny and not too hot but warm. I cooked in a.m. In p.m. Betty and I to Kay and Jerry’s wedding. A very nice wedding. Both very nice looking. It was at the Methodist Church. In evening Mike,  David and Linda came up, they all went to the movies. Bill and Billie worked on the hay after supper.



Sunday, June 18, 1961

A very nice day, good hay day. Bill, Betty, Billie raked hay. Mike mowed lawns. Billie, Mike and Art hauled it in. I trimmed the lawns. Betty, Mike and Jumper and I went over to the spring. Finished haying. 288 bales.
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