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!

Friday, December 1, 2017

September 1 - 4, 1965



Wednesday, September 1, 1965

Cloudy and began heavy rains in the forenoon. Rained very hard and windy. I done up work. I did my ironing. Betty did hers. We got Betty’s room cleaned and settled upstairs. No word from Mike. Billie and I called at Helen’s after supper.



Thursday, September 2, 1965

A beautiful day after the nice rain of yesterday and last night. Clear this morning when we got up. We finished cleaning upstairs. Brought Betty’s car down from the trailer. Bill, Carmen and I rode over to Harrison, called at Ferns. I made cake and donuts. Betty made oatmeal cookies. Billie brought home pastry from bakery.



Friday, September 3, 1965

A very beautiful day. We cleaned up the shed chamber. I cleaned up my downstairs. Dawn came up. Betty gone down there for the night. Bill took me to town. I told him tonight about things of Betty’s troubles and problems etc. He is going to pay for the trailer and will rent it, also he is going to sell car.







Saturday, September 4, 1965

Another beautiful day, I done up my work. Bill and I up to the trailer, he fixed the lock and I washed the windows. Bill rented it today $50 per month. Betty is quite relieved. A schoolteacher and her family has rented it. Dawn here for supper. Fern here for the evening.


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