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 25, 2016

September 1 - 4, 1961



Friday, September 1, 1961

Hot. A nice day. I done up my work. Billie and I killed and froze 11 hens. Went to town in evening. Bill home tonight and don’t have to go to work until Tuesday. Betty, Bill and I over to Mr. Norman Smith, she paid more money on Phantom.



Saturday, September 2, 1961

Cloudy in a.m. Rained in p.m. Dawn and Steve here for supper. Billie finished the hens. Billie home. Errol Briggs here for supper. Got pullets.



Sunday, September 3, 1961

Cloudy. Cleared a little.  Bill, Billie and I down to Ferns and Lloyds for a cookout. Billie home.



Monday, September 4, 1961 Labor Day (Hot) Hot

I did my washing today. A very hot day. Bill, Billie home. Betty came around 2 o’clock with Rowena and Jane and went to a party at Sandy Creek. Also Ed and Bessie. Bob’s folks came with Joy and Buddy to say goodbye. Betty got hurt today. We took her to Dr. to have a cut taken care of.  She finished work at Irene’s today. Betty home tonight.


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