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, February 5, 2017

June 4 - 7, 1962 Betty's Coming Home



Monday, June 4, 1962

A wonderful day. Nice and sunny, not too hot, just so my clothes dried so good. I did my last big wash. I churned and made a cake. Bill down to Gordon’s after supper. I mailed another package to Betty, also a letter and her check came. I mailed it to her in Tacoma. Tacoma Washington. Also sent lighter letter to Esther.



Tuesday, June 5, 1962

Not so warm, cloudy all day. I ironed, trimmed some grass. In PM Dot Prescott and Mrs. George Prescott came up and paid for flowers. She took me to town. I made a orange pie.



Wednesday, June 6, 1962 LETTER FROM BETTS and Mike

Cloudy and showers. I made bread, pudding, baked a ham. I worked at my desk. A nice letter from Betty and Mike. It had a down beat all through it. I hope they are all right. A PHONE CALL FROM BETTY. Tonight about 10 PM. She is coming home. I knew by her letter she was worried.



Thursday, June 7, 1962 Carlton’s birthday 37 years

A nice clear cold day. Delores called this morning. I cleaned up the whole house, got ready to go to the graduation. Been thinking of Mike and Betty. Poor kids. I know it will be hard for them. Blanche and I to graduation. David Nevers graduated. One year ago tonight Mike graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn. Betty called again.


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