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, March 19, 2017

November 19 - 22, 1962 Thanksgiving



Monday, November 19, 1962

A very nice day, Sunny. Blanche, Dot and I went to Portland. Blanche went to the Social Security Board. Dot done some shopping. I got a tablet and three ballpoint pens. Blanche did some shopping. I started the washing. Betty finished it. Bill put in a different toilet seat tonight. Sold 1 gallon of milk to Phil Hunt, $.65 per gallon. Randy called.



Tuesday, November 20, 1962

I ironed. A cloudy day. We don’t have very many good days. Some sunshine. I went to town with Lloyd, had my glasses tightened. Left Bill’s teeth. Came home, did a dite of cooking for Thanksgiving. Bob and Blanche here. Rayburn got a deer today.


Wednesday, November 21, 1962

Cloudy, miserable, dreary day and ended up any rain. I cooked in a.m. Blanche here. I got my turkey and chicken started. Lloyd came up. In PM I worked at Hansen’s. She paid me what she owed me. In evening Kay came up and did Betty’s hair.


Thursday, November 22, 1962 Thanksgiving

RAIN RAIN RAIN. Thanksgiving. RAIN as it did last Thanksgiving. Bob and Blanche here this year. Got up kind of early for a holiday. I had to do some cooking and get the dinner to going. We had turkey, chicken, gravies, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnip, shell beans, onions, carrots, cranberry sauce, olives, rolls, graham nut bread, butter, fruit salad, coffee, tea, date filled, lemon sponge, mince pie, cranberry sauce, whipped cream cake.

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