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!

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

April 19 - 22, 1963 Ran out of gas



Friday, April 19, 1963

Clear in a.m. I cleaned up all the house today. Betty cleaned out the chickens. Betty down after the car, she took Mama to the Cemetery. Dolores went too. Dolores called here a little while. Betty likes the Ford very much. She and I to town after supper and we ran out of gas. I went into Gordon Brill’s and called home.



Saturday, April 20, 1963

Rained in a.m., cleared about 12:30. Had thundershowers. Cleared after that. I got my work done up early in a.m. Billie didn’t have to work again today. Betty and I to town in a.m. to get the license on the new car transferred. Betty to Dr. Richards. He wants her to take some vitamins. Billie raked out back some then went with Lawrence. Bill watched ballgames. Blanche and Lori called. Fern up for supper.


Watching the Red Sox with Poppa



Sunday, April 21, 1963

Fair kind of a day. Kind of warm in a.m. Ken and Delores called. Fern and Lloyd called. Betty to town to get the paper. Billie done a lot of outside cleaning up and took off the storm windows. Betty washed and cleaned the car. Kennie and Dot called. I wrote my letter to Esther after supper. Got windy tonight.



Monday, April 22, 1963

Awful windy. They got cold. I did a big wash. Carmen slept better today. Kennard called. The Berry girls came up, also their mother and other two sisters. Betty made some cookies.


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