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, December 20, 2017

November 16 - 19, 1965



Tuesday, November 16, 1965

A rainy slushy day. Snow on ground this morning. Got the clothes in. Betty and I ironed. Betty done up the housework. I churned and did a dite of cooking. Called on Fern at night. Billie didn’t work.



Wednesday, November 17, 1965

A rainy foggy day. Got the work done. Betty down town. Holly and children here. Carmen had a bad asthma attack, got over it soon. Not much going on. Thundered today a lot. Snowed, sleet and rain. Letter from Dorothea and nice school papers from Jeff. Billie didn’t work.



Thursday, November 18, 1965

A very cold windy day. Some clouds with some snow flurries. We done up the work. I cleaned kitchen wood work. Fern and Lloyd called. Betty and David downtown in evening. Carmen real good today, no asthma. Billie worked at Lawrence’s. Got the HAMS tonight. They are so nice.



Friday, November 19, 1965

A very nice day, on the cold side. Carmen and I called at the trailer. Betty off all day trying to sell her car. Billie got two checks today. He and I down to town during his lunch hour.

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