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!

Monday, November 20, 2017

July 19 - 22, 1965



Monday, July 19, 1965 Water

A nice day. I washed. Dot and Lorraine called. Had string beans for supper, very good. Star, the beef went today, another one came. In evening Verna and children called. Also tonight Bill got the water to running at Betty and Mike’s trailer. Hot water also. Billie got a brockle faced steer from Lawrence tonight. Jeff busy all day. Dorothea over to Norway with Barb tonight.




Tuesday, July 20, 1965

On the cold side all day. Done up the work. Finished the ironing. Dorothea fixed my hair dark brown color. Joy took us to Naples for a treat. Up to the trailer. Picked berries and greens. Up to Bob’s tonight for the slides. Very good. Dorothea and Jeff having a good time.



Wednesday, July 21, 1965

A nice day, didn’t do much today. Dorothea, Jeff and I over to the brook in a.m. Didn’t do very much in p.m. Es, Billie and Fern up in evening. Susan up to Nancy’s.



Thursday, July 22, 1965

A very nice day. Dorothea, Jeff and I over to the brook to get some pollywog’s. Came home, made preparations for a cookout for the farewell party for Joy and children. Had Fern and Es and Billie up.

Cousins

Joy's Going Away Cookout- Bob, Susan, Esther, Dorothea and Bill


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