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, January 26, 2017

April 25 - 28 1962



Wednesday, April 25, 1962

About 22 this morning. This morning when we got up the ground was all white with snow again. I cleaned and painted the kitchen cupboards. Also I got my chambers all cleaned up again. In evening Billie and Wendell Bradley went smelting. Tonight I got a phone call from Betty. Mike left this morning to go back to the base for two weeks. Betty is left alone, got to move all alone, no car no money. If only I could go to help her. Will send her money tomorrow. Billie helped Webb Carlton move. Old Las is okay.



Thursday, April 26, 1962

20 above, cold. Cloudy and stormy (snow) this morning. This morning I went to town with Lloyd to send money to Betty. $30. She needs it so bad. She is moving. I hope it got there in time. I have worried about her all day. I’ll be so glad when she gets home and Mike. Mike is out in the field. Billie and Wendell went smelting again tonight. Bill worked at Gordon’s again.



Friday, April 27, 1962

34 above. Warm this morning, foggy. But soon cleared away. A very hot day. I cleaned the stove in the kitchen, began to paint. Went to town in evening. We had a bad thunder shower.



Saturday, April 28, 1962

Cloudy, not so warm. I painted rest of the kitchen. In a.m. Billie and I to town to get the wallpaper for the kitchen. In PM Bill down to Gordon’s. Billie hauled HAY from Gordon Brill’s. Lloyd called. Herbert Allen had a bad heart attack today. Kennard came up to get water. Billie gone up country was some guys smelting. No letter from Betty.


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