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, July 17, 2017

March 13 - 16, 1964



Friday, March 13, 1964

It has been a beautiful day. I cleaned up the house. Betty to town for groceries and back again for the evening as usual. Blanche at home most all day. Mama had quite a lot of pain. Betty and Louise to Portland. Betty bought her a new coat.



Saturday, March 14, 1964

Partly cloudy. I didn’t do very much work today. I went to town. Fern up for supper. Blanche over home most of today. Mama about the same. Betty and Carmen to the doctors and got their oral polio shots.



Sunday, March 15, 1964 Twins Born

Twin calves born today. Billie’s cow had a pair of twin calves, one was a stillborn. Had to call the vet. He had to take them, Guernsey calves. Cloudy and gray. Kennie and Dot called. Aunt Ava. In evening Fern, Lloyd and Bob came, we had a birthday gathering from Blanche. She was pleased. Betty out for supper.



Monday, March 16, 1964

A very nice sunny day. I did a big ironing. Betty busy getting ready to go. Washed sweaters, clothes, packed a box. Went to town, got the box off. Calf better. Had a nice chicken dinner for Betty. Carmen good today. Mama pretty good.
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