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!

Monday, April 17, 2017

March 13 - 16, 1963



Wednesday, March 13, 1963

Mild. Cloudy most of the day. I churned, cooked. Betty down and got the car. Over to Auburn to see Alice about Mike. Carmen good all day. Betty had awful bad traveling coming home tonight. Lloyd sick, flu. Kennard called.



Thursday, March 14, 1963

No letter from Mike. We done up the housework.



Friday, March 15, 1963

A nice day. Mild. Letter from Mike. Betty got her letter from Mike. He is so mixed up. (?) this army ever gets through with him. Betty to doctor’s with Carmen for her checkup. I took care of Debbie and Lori. In late p.m. Betty and I to town.



Saturday, March 16, 1963

We done up the work. Betty and I to town in a.m. Berry girls came up to see Carmen. Betty and Joy to the movies in PM. In the evening Ruthann and Joy came over here to play cards.



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