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 6, 2016

October 14 - 17, 1961



Saturday, October 14, 1961 Pres. Eisenhower’s birthday

Heavy rain all day. I cooked, done regular work. Betty downtown to Rowena’s in afternoon and evening. They went to the movies in evening. Ken and Dolores having drunken troubles today.



Sunday, October 15, 1961 SNOW

Ground all white this a.m. I backed wedding announcements.



Monday, October 16, 1961 Betty got a letter from her HUSBAND



I washed. Betty got a letter from her husband. Clothes dried good.



Tuesday, October 17, 1961

I ironed. Nice day. Mama for a ride with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Delores called, also Dot and Lorraine. Betty rode phantom.


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