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!

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

November 12 - 15, 1961



Sunday, November 12, 1961

Cloudy dreary day, most all day. Mama for a ride with Ava and Lewis. Boutilier girls went home tonight. Irma and Rowena called a minute.



Monday, November 13, 1961

Rain. I went over to Blanche’s and done my washing. In p.m. she and I went to Norway. Betty made some cookies today.



Tuesday, November 14, 1961

Rained and foggy. Bill, Lloyd, Fern and I took Blanche to Portland to the Osteopathic Hospital. Called at Muriel Stanhope’s. Betty down to Rowena’s tonight. I went down to Wards with Billie to get water.



Wednesday, November 15, 1961

Betty got two letters from Mike. A very nice day. I done the ironing. Dot and Lorraine called. Betty came home from Bessie’s this morning. Betty rode phantom. Blanche operated on today for ulcers. Very sick.




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