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, December 4, 2017

September 13 - 16, 1965



Monday, September 13, 1965

A nice day. We took our washing down to the laundromat. Fern went with us. Lloyd not able to drive. Came home, sorted out the clothes, got supper etc. I got my new glasses. Called at Lil’s. Sent last 1960 Ford payment today.



Tuesday, September 14, 1965

I did my ironing, cooked a dite, churned. Down to Lloyd’s in evening. No word from Mike today.



Wednesday, September 15, 1965

Cloudy and on the cool side. It rained toward suppertime. Betty, Carmen went up to Waterford with Randy Harmon. I cleaned up the house today.



Thursday, September 16, 1965

Nice this morning, sunny and warm. I washed, clothes dried good. I got them in and ironed. Betty took Fern and Lloyd to Raymond in p.m. Billie got through work for Dielectric tonight.


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