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!

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

November 16 - 19, 1961



Thursday, November 16, 1961

A nice day. I washed, the clothes dried good. I got them in and ironed. Betty been doing some writing and reading. Billie got new shoes tonight.



Friday, November 17, 1961

Cloudy this a.m. Cleared off in p.m. Betty and I got the house all cleaned up and ready for Mike. Hope he does come. Mr. Smith came to see the Betty’s horse. Bill, Betty and I went to Portland and meet Mike. He was so pleased to see his wife. Betty was to see him. He looked so nice.



Saturday, November 18, 1961

Cold. Well, Mike did come. He is so pleased to get home to see Betty. They went downtown in a.m. Awful cold. In p.m. Bill and I took them to Auburn. Ted Clawson got shot by his brother.



Sunday, November 19, 1961

I got the work done up. Got an early dinner. Mike and Betty didn’t get back until after Mike had left. Bob, Ava and I went to see Blanche. She is quite sick tonight.

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