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 12, 2017

October 20 - 23, 1962




Saturday, October 20, 1962

A very nice day. I cooked in a.m. In PM I cleaned up all the house, floors and all from top to bottom. Betty out driving with Randy Harmon all p.m. They had a flat tire. Bill painted the house and the front porch and tarred the roofs. Billie worked in a.m. at the plant. In p.m. he hauled the dressing out. Fern came up in evening. No letter from Mike. May get one Monday.



Sunday, October 21, 1962

Cloudy dismal showery day. I didn’t get up till late. Billie had to work. Blanche called, later Bob and Blanche in his new truck. Kennie and Dot, later Fern and Lloyd. Bill, Betty and I to town and got the paper. No word from Adair’s. Fern 60 today. She went out for a birthday dinner.



Monday, October 22, 1962 DOROTHEA CALLED

A beautiful day. I washed (a big one) clothes dried quite well. A beautiful day. Things are beginning to get back as to the usual. In p.m. Betty, Lassie, TooMaine and I took a stroll down through the 9 acre field. Very pretty day. In evening after supper Bill, Betty and I took TooMaine to Dr. DeGoosch for a shot for distemper and a worm capsule. Dorothea called us from Detroit. Was glad to hear from her. They stayed at Esther and Cliff’s Saturday. Got home late Saturday night. LETTER FROM MICHAEL. At last Betty got her letter. It made her feel better.








Tuesday, October 23, 1962

Cloudy. Showers. I cleaned up the house, general cleaning. I did the ironing. Cooked a little. Pres. Kennedy made a very important speech to the nation last night. A very tense time in the world. Bill down to Gordon’s all evening.

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