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!

Sunday, January 1, 2017

January 16 - 19, 1962



Tuesday, January 16, 1962

Mike in Germany. He was flown there by jet from Fort Lewis, Washington by way of North Pole, about eight hours. It was one of those experiment flights. A nice day. We watched the pictures on TV of those plane flights.



Wednesday, January 17, 1962

Cold and windy. Betty and I to Portland with Sally. Betty got a new coat and hat, also a few other things for her trip to go away. We went out to the airport. A nice clear day, awful cold and windy. Betty was so pleased with all her things. She is so happy and proud tonight. She never had anything new before of her own buying. I love to see her so happy. She went down to Ferns to show them all to her tonight. A guy who works at Raymond died suddenly this morning.



Thursday, January 18, 1962

Cold. 15 below this morning. Nice and sunny. Betty and I to town with Lloyd. Betty went to Thelma’s to get Mike’s things. I paid her dental bill for her with her money. Betty looked all of Mike’s things over. Read his letters. I cooked etc.



Friday, January 19, 1962

Cold. Letter and snaps from Dorothea. I cleaned up all the house. In evening Bill and I to town. Betty went with us.

Aunt Dorothea and Jeffrey in England

Dorothea, Jeff and Bill Crook's Mom

Bill's sister, Peg

Pickin' and grinnin'

Bill's Sister Beatrice and husband David. Betty Mary Milne's parents

Bill's brother, George and wife Betty.


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