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, December 2, 2016

October 1 - 4, 1961



Sunday, October 1, 1961

Betty and Mike came about one. He looks so nice in his uniform. Fern and Lloyd called, also Brud and children called to show pictures. Bob and Blanche called. Betty and Mike to movies.




Monday, October 2, 1961

I washed. To town with Betty and Mike to make arrangements to get married. Over to Norway to get the rings. Mike went to Auburn and Augusta today. He didn’t come back tonight. Billie carried them around. Clouded up, in p.m. it started to rain heavy showers.



Tuesday, October 3, 1961

Getting ready for the wedding. Cleaned the house, washed floors, ironed, washed the kitchen furniture. Rowena here in evening. Mike came back from Auburn.



Wednesday, October 4, 1961

Very busy today. Billie took Mike and Betty to town, Norway, Auburn. Came home, we made some more preparations for the wedding. Took their groceries up to the cottage where they are going to go for a honeymoon.


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