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, September 28, 2017

December 24 -25, 1964



 
Billie Deming and Carmen Christmas Eve 1964



Thursday, December 24, 1964

Cloudy, foggy, very mild. Esther’s folks arrived at 4 PM from Ohio. They left home yesterday at 12 PM, had a good trip. Here for supper. Fern up for supper. Mike home all day, down to his grandmother’s and had a Christmas party. Got a lot of nice things.


Cliff, Esther, Mike and Carmen Christmas Morning

Lloyd, Mike, Esther and Carmen

Cliff, Bill, Esther, Fern, Carmen, Althea, Billie, and Mike



Friday, December 25, 1964 A BIG DAY

Foggy. 40 to 50° temperatures. Esther, Fern, Lloyd and Cliff and Billie arrived here early. Carmen, Mike and Betty’s first Christmas since they were married. All had a nice lot of gifts and a good time. Roast turkey, gravy, shell beans, onions, turnip, celery, a nice salad, mashed potatoes, gravies, rolls, Graham nut bread, butter, pecan pie, whipped cream, suet pudding, cupcakes, ice cream etc. etc. All had very good dinner.

 Back to ? Bob, Betty and Mike, and facing  Lloyd, Esther, Billie and Cliff
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