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, June 3, 2017

September 19 - 22, 1963



Thursday, September 19, 1963

Foggy this morning, burned off, a nice hot day. Bill began his vacation today. It sure didn’t start out very exciting on the first day. I got a letter off to Dorothea. She is so lonely and misses us so much. Billie and Dave Thomas gone to Portland to see the Budweiser horses Clydesdale breed. I cleaned and varnished dining room rug.



Friday, September 20, 1963 Mike 20!

Nice and warm. Today we done up the work. To town in p.m. In evening Betty to hospital with Bonnie to see Julie. Bill and I watched TV.



Saturday, September 21, 1963

A nice day, partly cloudy, cold. Bill hasn’t done anything much yet on this great vacation. Billie didn’t get up very early. I cooked, baked beans. Betty, Carmen and I went for a ride up to New Hampshire in p.m. Fern here for supper.



Sunday, September 22, 1963

Nice sunny day. I done up the work. Betty up to Lil’s and down to Bonnie’s. Bennie, Lou, Dennis, Mary Lou, Timmy called. Frances Herman, Kennie, Dot, Wanda and Blanche. Billie hauled his winter supply of bedding.

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