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, July 26, 2017

April 18 - 21, 1964



Saturday, April 18, 1964

A nice day, very warm. I washed Billie’s curtains and the living room ones. Fern, Lloyd called also Kennie and Dot. Betty off tonight, I don’t know where. Billie smelting. Bill did some raking. Blanche and Fern here till midnight. Got a nice letter from Esther.



Sunday, April 19, 1964

A nice day. Did up regular work. Cooked fricassee chicken. Kennie, Dot here, Bob, Blanche, Aunt Ava, Fern and Lloyd. Betty home tonight. Billie went smelting with Bob tonight.



Monday, April 20, 1964

Partly cloudy. I did a very big wash. Bob, Blanche over, brought over a mess of smelts. Betty home tonight. Very cold and raw. Bill raked lawns.



Tuesday, April 21, 1964

It was a very nice day. I did Billie’s room. Betty out most all day. She went to see about a place to live. Billie raked rest of the lawns, it looks clean. Betty off tonight again. Cleaned out my desk tonight.

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