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!

Saturday, September 23, 2017

December 4 - 7, 1964



Friday, December 4, 1964 Bad Storm

I washed, got a letter off to Dorothea and these pictures. I cleaned up my house, washed floors. Bill had to work tonight after supper. I didn’t go to town tonight too, a bad storm. Norma’s pictures came of her graduation. Very nice.
Norma Smith



Saturday, December 5, 1964 COW BRED

Cloudy all day. I done up regular work. Made rolls, no cooking today. Betty busy upstairs. Got a nice letter and picture of Susan today. Bill worked till midnight last night. Billie worked for dielectric in a.m., for Lawrence in p.m. Bred the cow. Keith Bryant here for supper. Fern didn’t come up. Bill slept in p.m.

Susan Deming



Sunday, December 6, 1964

It began snowing about 11 o’clock last night. Bill called out at 4:30 this morning, worked till 7:30 tonight. Betty gone all day, didn’t get Mike home for supper. I didn’t do much today. Dot, Kennie, Fern, Lloyd called.



Monday, December 7, 1964

Sun shining very bright and trees all covered with snow.
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