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!

Sunday, December 11, 2016

November 4 -7, 1961



Saturday, November 4, 1961

Cloudy, drear. Warm high temperatures. I cooked in a.m., in p.m. I washed all the windows and storm windows. Bill, Billie got the windows on. Betty and Bill to Norway in p.m. Art Ward called, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Betty away with Jane. Betty got another letter from Mike. Got cards from Es. Billie has had his tonsils all out.



Sunday, November 5, 1961

Cloudy, high temperatures. Done up the work. Bill, Billie put dressing between strawberry plants. Betty didn’t come home last night. Came in late p.m. Kennard, Kennie, Dot, Aunt Ava and Lewis called. Billie, Betty and I at Fern and Lloyds in evening.



Monday, November 6, 1961

Rain. I didn’t wash. I churned. Betty didn’t do much today. Expected Mrs. Parker to call after school.



Tuesday, November 7, 1961

Rained. I washed, looked over some catalogs etc. Rowena called in late p.m., got Betty, took her down to her house.



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