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!

Thursday, June 29, 2017

January 1 - 4, 1964



Wednesday, January 1, 1964

14 below this morning. I went to work at 11 AM to 6 PM. Betty and I called at Ferns in evening. Bill and Billie home all day. Betty home all evening. Carmen a dite better. Mama not very good.



Thursday, January 2, 1964

Milder. I didn’t get much done today. Blanche here. Betty called at Lil’s. When I went to work we called at Aunt Ava’s. Carmen feels mean from that old cold. Not so cold today. Betty down to Louise’s tonight.



Friday, January 3, 1964

I cleaned living room, dining room and washed kitchen floor and windows. To work at three. Cleaned up Grace’s house. Billie to doctors, got a strep throat. Carmen better and downtown for first time since last week. $49.



Saturday, January 4, 1964

A nice warm day. I went to town early on my way to work to pay some bills. $50 to Howard. Bill home sick. Carmen over to Blanche’s. Dot and Ed and Mildred up for Grace for her 80th birthday.


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