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!

Monday, November 7, 2016

June 23 - 26, 1961



Friday, June 23, 1961

Cloudy and showers. Betty was supposed to go to work, but they didn’t need her. I cleaned up the chambers. Mike over to Camp Zakelo (?) to get a job. In evening kids when to Danny (?) Powers birthday party. Bill and I to town shopping. Kennard called. Dr. Henry Hebb died this morning. His health has been bad for a long time. Too bad.



Saturday, June 24, 1961

Rain. What a day. I cooked, baked beans. Mike down to his grandmother’s in p.m. Bill and Billie making plans to have the barn cellar filled in, cemented etc. Betty might to town in evening.



Sunday, June 25, 1961 First cookout of season

A beautiful day when we got up and all forenoon. Hot. Billie and I down to Ferns and Lawrence to get hot dogs for cookout. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os came up. Kids to car races.




Monday, June 26, 1961 LETTER FROM ADAIRS

Very nice in a.m. and most of p.m. I washed, got it all out before rest of family got up. I wrote to Esther and family. Billie and I to town. Mike mowed lawns. Betty out on the horse for short time. In p.m. Billie and I down to Ferns. Letter from Dorothea, first one for a long time. Betty and Mike to movies. Bill down to Gordon’s.
 

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