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, October 4, 2017

January 13 - 16, 1965



Wednesday, January 13, 1965 Wood  Ferns Teeth

A nice day. Fern went to Dr. Noble and had three teeth pulled. Today 1 ¼ cords wood came from Bud Main’s. Didn’t do much except watch TV. Billie and I put wood in tonight, most of it. Letter from Susan. Billie called at Fern’s in evening.



Thursday, January 14, 1965

Nice and clear, got much colder today. Letter from Es, first one since she went back. Mike and I put rest of the wood in. Called at Fern’s in evening. Wind blowed so hard all day. Betty and Mike fishing for a little while, too cold.



Friday, January 15, 1965 20 Below

Very cold this morning. Betty and Mike’s car only one would start. Betty took Bill to work. Water froze in the barn. To town for Billie. Called at Fern and Lloyd’s. Bill got his first check after the raise, taking home pay $69.86. It was $57.99. $5.70 and $2.84 was taken from his pay which makes a total of $78.40.



Saturday, January 16, 1965 Kitchen chimney burned out

Cloudy all day and cold. I cooked, done up the housework. The kitchen chimney burned out. Still awful cold. Bill and Billie worked on the water pipes but didn’t get them thawed out.

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