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, April 23, 2017

April 6 - 10, 1963



Saturday, April 6, 1963

Fair. Still kind of windy. Got my work done up. Bill and Betty out looking for car. Fern came up for supper. Betty down town after supper. Kennie and Dot called in p.m.



Sunday, April 7, 1963

A nice day. Got up early. Had a lot of family callers today. Wind blowed awful hard.



Monday, April 8, 1963

Washed, clothes dried very good. I got them in, churned today. I done some cooking. Fern, Lloyd called in a.m. Betty and I called at Ferns in evening. Bare spots in the field.



Tuesday, April 9, 1963

Busy all day. Done up the housework. Did a very big ironing. Betty away in PM.




Wednesday, April 10, 1963

Cloudy. Betty got a permanent today. Blanche and girls were here today. I washed clothes and ironed Betty’s curtains. Carmen good all day. Blanche got a call from Joy, she arrived at Portland. She and Betty met her. I ironed my kitchen curtains tonight.


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