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!

Friday, July 28, 2017

April 26 - 29, 1964



Sunday, April 26, 1964

A nice sunny day, first one in two weeks. Bill raked. Betty and I to town and around to the Cemetery. Bill and Mr. Vouch had a talk about the little house Betty has always wanted. Fern, Lloyd here, Blanche and Kennie and Dot. Billie cleaning up outside.



Monday, April 27, 1964

A beautiful warm sunny day. I did a very big wash and the clothes dried good. In evening we did the ironing. They began on the timber cutting today. Betty got a very nice letter and card from Mike. Betty may get the Vouch house.



Tuesday, April 28, 1964

Beautiful day. I cleaned the dining room, had to clean smelts for supper. Sally and two girls called. Betty worked on her house lot all day. Billie over to Phil Hunt’s camp smelting last night.



Wednesday, April 29, 1964

A very nice day. I began in the kitchen today. Done the ceiling and white paint. Betty took a walk down in the woods. Kind of an East wind.

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