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 9, 2017

October 9 - 12, 1964



Friday, October 9, 1964

Another nice day. I went to town for Billie. Done some picking up. I went to town in p.m. to do my shopping.



Saturday, October 10, 1964

A very nice day, not so cold. We killed the hens, got them into the deep-freeze. Billie had to do Chet’s chores. Bill, Billie and Betty began working on the tie up. Had baked beans for supper. Fern up. Betty and I to town in p.m.



Sunday, October 11, 1964 Christie #2

A beautiful day, on the cool side. Didn’t get up very early. Had breakfast. Kennie and Dot called. Bob, Joy and kids called in late p.m. Billie still doing chores up to Chet’s. Today Betty and Mike brought home a German Shepherd puppy for Betty’s Christmas gift. We all love the little puppy very much. Billie bought a Holstein heifer today from David Thomas Senior.



Monday, October 12, 1964

A fair mild day. We did a very big wash. Clothes dried very good. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Betty and Mike down here for supper. I got my letters off today. Betty and I called at Uncle Lewis’s and Aunt Ava’s in evening to see their dog.
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