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!

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

June 9 - 12, 1964



Wednesday, June 9, 1964

Cloudy in a.m. I done up regular housework. Then Betty and I picked over some boxes out in the shed chamber. Billie worked late.



Wednesday, June 10, 1964

Cloudy all a.m. and most of p.m. I worked on those boxes upstairs. Cleaned up the top of the barn. No call from the bank. Letter from Dorothea. Billie got to work late tonight and rest of the week.



Thursday, June 11, 1964

A very nice day except very windy. I done up my work, went to town with Fern and Lloyd. I sent Mama’s death certificate the Social Security. Went to the bank, no go there. Fern went to see about her Social Security. No go, too bad, she needs it so bad. Churned. Kennie, Dot called in evening.



Friday, June 12, 1964

Another very nice day, sunny and clear but windy. We got our housework done up then did a very big wash. It was such a nice day. We was very late getting to town because Ashley Dyer and his family called. I went up to H. E. (?).
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