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 6, 2017

May 25 - 28, 1965

Looking at Dugway Road in front of Keen home and also out to Rt 117

Looking down towards the old Smarts Farm at intersection of Dugway and Middle Ridge Roads





Tuesday, May 25, 1965

A very nice day. I cleaned up the house, and did a big ironing. Made a pie. Dolores called. A very hot day. Bill painted after supper. Had dandelions. Mike and Betty slept all day. Looked for a house. Kennie and Dot called after supper.



Wednesday, May 26, 1965

Hot all day. I cleaned the grain room and playpen. A beautiful day. After supper Bill, Billie and Mike put the screens on back porch. Fern, Lloyd called.



Thursday, May 27, 1965 Hair set

A nice day. I done some odd and end jobs. In p.m. over to June’s and got my hair done or set. It looks so nice. Going to Portland tomorrow. Lloyd took me over and came after me.



Friday, May 28, 1965

A very nice hot day. Today Billie, Fern and I went to Portland. Billie bought me a beautiful KITCHEN SET. Also shoes, dress, corselet and many other things. Fern enjoyed it all and had a good time.



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