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!

Thursday, August 3, 2017

May 20- 23, 1964



Wednesday, May 20, 1964

A nice day after the clouds got cleared away about 10 AM. On the cold windy side. Betty is so much more happier than she has been for three years. A nice letter from Mike saying his time is getting shorter in Korea. I cleaned up the downstairs. Carmen and I picked and froze greens. Fern, Lloyd called. Betty home tonight.



Thursday, May 21, 1964


Cloudy and cool. Bill to work early to clean up streets. I cleaned up my downstairs. Mailed letters to Dorothea and Mike. Picked greens and froze them.



Friday, May 22, 1964

Bill had to go to work again early this morning, got home at 2:30. Betty and I to town in p.m. I cleaned up the house, getting ready for Doreen and boyfriend. Ashley Dyer came up from woods to see Bill. They are most all done cutting timber. It got quite warm in p.m.



Saturday, May 23, 1964 Hot Hot

Came off very hot today. Bill to work early this morning, came home at 8:30. Billie, Carmen and I went over to Norway to Phil Hunt’s and took his meat grinder home. I was very hot. Carmen got tired and fussy. Billie stopped and got ice cream. Betty, Doreen and Dick went swimming. To movies in evening. Betty off again. Fern up for supper and evening. They only worked a half day in the woods, too hot. Cleaned off front porch. Put Carmen in pool for first time.
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