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, January 30, 2018

April 27 - 30, 1966 Fern and Lloyd Sold Their Farm



Wednesday, April 27, 1966 Letter from Dorothea.

A beautiful day. I started my cupboards in the kitchen. Betty came up. We got a very pitiful sounding letter from Dorothea. I am so worried about her. I’ll be so glad when that mess is settled and she is out of it. Betty, her girls and I out shopping and over to Norway. Betty got a few things for her and Carmen. She is so pleased with a few new things. Fern, Lloyd up, Bill drove his new car. Nice ride in it, talked houses.



Thursday, April 28, 1966

A cloudy very cold miserable day. Cleaned all the dish cupboards in the kitchen. Joy and girls called. Joy, Buddy and girls got here about 4:30 AM. All are well. Betty and girls here for supper.



Friday, April 29, 1966

Cloudy all forenoon. Cleared some in p.m. I finished my kitchen cupboards. Talk to Betty and Fern, also Delores called. I got a letter off to DOROTHEA. Fern and Lloyd SOLD their FARM today. How happy they are and so many people. At last they will have their new HOME.



Saturday, April 30, 1966

A very nice day. I done up my work. Baked beans, made a cake. Betty and girls came up. Also Fern up for supper. Billie worked at dialectic in a.m., for Chet in p.m.



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