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, December 7, 2017

September 25 - 28, 1965



Saturday, September 25, 1965

Rained hard all last night. Got my work done up early. Herbie Hartford called here this morning.



Sunday, September 26, 1965

A nice day, Bill up early and away. Betty, Carmen and I went for a ride. Mrs. Lowe and David went. Betty sold her camera.



Monday, September 27, 1965

I washed. Got it done in good season. Betty down with Lloyd to do his. I went to town in p.m. Billie got a lot of his washing outside work done. Killed the old hens. A heavy frost tonight they say. It is very cold.



Tuesday, September 28, 1965

A very heavy frost last night, as low as 25° last night. This morning I went to town with Lloyd and Fern. Went to see Corliss, got some socks for Carmen. Didn’t do very much today. Betty all upset in buying a car. I hope she gets one.

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