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, October 17, 2017

March 6 - 9, 1965



Saturday, March 6, 1965

Cloudy. Done regular work. Bill worked in the tank of the furnace this p.m. Fern up for supper. Betty and I changed living room around so Carmen can’t get at the furnace thermostat again. Betty and Mike home early.



Sunday, March 7, 1965



Still cloudy. Didn’t get up till 10 AM. Billie and I ate late. Didn’t do anything except regular work, wrote to Jeff. Billie had a pair of Steers come. Fern, Lloyd, Kennie, Dot and Bob called.



Monday, March 8, 1965

I got a new permanent today. In evening Betty, Carmen and I called at Ferns.



Tuesday, March 9, 1965

Warm. I did my washing. Dolores called.
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