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!

Monday, May 8, 2017

June 6 - 9, 1963





Thursday, June 6, 1963 Root Beer

HOTT. Another awful hot hot day. We had a thunder shower in p.m. A very good rain. We needed that. Billie Deming here in p.m. Betty, Susan and Dana and Penny went swimming. In p.m. we made root beer. We had a T-bone steak cookout WOW WOWWIE. Fern, Lloyd, Es, Penny, Billie, us and Susan and Dana. Betty sent a very special letter today to a special person and for a special reason. Hope it results in good or for what we want and need.



Friday, June 7, 1963

Cooler. Nice and sunny in a.m., kind of cloudy in PM. Cooler, a great relief. I made donuts, blueberry pie, dry mopped the whole house and cleaned it up. In p.m. Fern, Lloyd, Es, Penny and Billie called. After supper Susan, Dana, Carmen, Betty and I to town. Betty, Susan and Dana down town in evening. Betty, Susan and Dana mowed lawns. Art swaps cows tonight.



Friday, June 8, 1963

A very nice day. Not too hot. Billie, Fern, Lloyd, Esther, Susan, Penny, Dana and Betty all took a nice long trip up country or state, called to see Telstar. They all enjoyed the trip very much. I made a pie, rolls and brownies. Billie Deming and I done up all the housework. Betty got a letter and snaps from Mike.



Saturday, June 9, 1963

Partly cloudy. Some showers. We had a family cookout today. Also they had one over to Bracketts. Thena and George called. Billie Deming stayed here last night. I wrote to Dorothea tonight. Cow bred last night.


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