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, March 2, 2017

September 9 - 12, 1962



Sunday, September 9, 1962

A fair day, on the warm side. Mama up to Kennard’s all day. Billie gone down to Brunswick with Lawrence to buy cattle. Bill worked on the ditch. Betty and I done up the housework. Then we rearranged the living room. It looks much better for a change. Art Ward and family called. Bob called, brought over some potatoes and pumpkins. He dug his potatoes. Aunt Ava called.



Monday, September 10, 1962 Beef Heifer went

Partly foggy and cloudy in a.m. Cleared. I washed, not a very good drying day. Beef went today. Weighted  622 pounds after dressed. Betty didn’t feel too good today. Blanche came home from Ronald’s today, after their boy was born. Bob, Blanche, Kennie and Dot called in evening. Lil still sick.



Tuesday, September 11, 1962

A heavy thunder shower from about 230 to 6 AM. Cloudy and foggy. I washed kitchen floor, porch and downstairs bathroom. I ironed. It cleared off and was a very nice day. Dot and Lorraine called, also Blanche. Dr. DeGoosch came and worked on the cow. In evening Betty, Bill and I called at Bob and Blanche’s. I spent the evening at Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis’s.



Wednesday, September 12, 1962

Fair weather, cloudy. Sunny. I washed kitchen windows. Cleaned up the downstairs. Blanche came over. She, Betty and I over to Norway Fair. Dolores called in evening.


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