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!

Saturday, April 29, 2017

May 1 - 4, 1963 Smelt Season!



Wednesday, May 1, 1963

Cloudy most all day. A little spot of sun once in a while. Betty better, we finished the shed chamber. I was very busy all day. Billie gone upstate smelting tonight with the Bishop boys and Harvey Brooks. I shampooed my hair. Blanche brought a pumpkin pie over.



Thursday, May 2, 1963

Another one of those dark, dreary, cloudy, rainy dismal days. Betty and Carmen down to Dawn’s. I done a dite of cleaning upstairs. Tonight we had some good smelts. Billie got some last night. Kennard called in tonight with his new car. Betty and Dawn brought Carmen home early.



Friday, May 3, 1963

A nice sunny day at last. I finished cleaning Bills room. Betty to town, got the car. She went to town, cashed her check, paid bills. Done the grocery shopping. In evening I babysat at Hansens. Betty to movies with Dawn and Mabel.



Saturday, May 4, 1963  NICE DAY

A very nice warm spring day. Downtown without coats. Another one of those busy days such as Saturday and Sundays are. Just don’t get all the work done up. Fern and Lloyd called, Kennie and Dot, Bob, Timmy came over for the night. Betty and I to town.
Fern up for supper. We had a poor one. Biscuits were like lead. Bill and Betty fixed the chicken coop. Brill plowed the garden, $5.00.

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