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!

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

May 12 - 15, 1964



Tuesday, May 12, 1964

Much warmer today. Went to Portland early this morning, got home about 11:30 AM. I churned. Billie mowed lawns for the first time tonight. Kennie and Dot called, Blanche and I was down to the Cemetery after supper.



Wednesday, May 13, 1964

Cool and quite windy. Blanche came over, we picked greens for the deep-freeze. Betty mowed her lot all over today, got about all tuckered out. They sawed and hauled logs. Fern and Lloyd called. I called at Aunt Ava’s. Fern’s all done cleaning. Billie got two pigs, red and white pigs.

Out back where they are logging



Thursday, May 14, 1964

Rained all day. They hauled out a large load of logs this morning. I cleaned the shower and finished up the bathroom and Carmen’s room. Betty all lamed up today. Fern got her permanent.



Friday, May 15, 1964

A beautiful day. I got the work all done and had time off. Betty done her hair. On the cool side. Betty, Carmen, Christie and I all walked up to Betty’s lot. They worked in the woods again today. Betty to town again tonight.


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