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, April 30, 2017

May 5 - 8, 1963



Carmen at 3 mos.


Sunday, May 5, 1963

Cloudy in forenoon. Done up the usual work. Betty took Timmy home. We had company all day. Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, Kennie, Dot, Bob, Blanche, Kennard called. In evening Fern and Lloyd came up. We had some good old smelts. Fern and I got them ready last night.



Monday, May 6, 1963

A beautiful day. I washed. We ironed after supper. Carmen up with a bad cold. Betty took her to Dr. Richards in p.m. Blanche took them down, said it was bronchitis.



Tuesday, May 7, 1963

A very nice day. I washed, cooked and got my room to going. I finished it up after supper. It was a very nice spring like day. Carmen seems some better. Betty on the punk side. She is sick. I’m worried about her. I cleaned my room today.



Wednesday, May 8, 1963

Cloudy all day, showers about 6:30. Carmen much better. I washed again. I cleaned the upstairs bathroom and hallway. I picked the first mess of dandelions today, they were so good. I ironed some things. I washed the curtains for my room after supper. Betty gone down to Barbara’s and Billie gone upstate smelting again. Betty better today. I sent a letter to Mike, also got Esther’s letter off today.


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