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!

Thursday, March 29, 2018

December 15 - 18, 1966 Kim to MMC



Thursday, December 15, 1966 Kim better

I finished dining room and cleaned up all the house. Washed windows on the outside. In p.m. went to Jeff’s school play. Came home, the Adairs and Thomas left for their home. I got supper. Carmen here. Betty came up for her late. Kimberly a dite better today.



Friday, December 16, 1966 Kim back to MMC

4 above, a cold morning. Warmed up during the day. Partly cloudy. I didn’t do much work on the Christmas list etc. Lloyd called in a.m. Betty got a call this p.m. Kimberly isn’t as good and has got to go back to the MMC in Portland. Dorothea and Betty took her down. Amy called here to tell us about her. We are really very worried about her. Carmen down to Dorothea’s to stay overnight.



Saturday, December 17, 1966 Mild

I washed, made rolls, baked beans. Done up the work. Betty called about 11, we went to Portland to see Kim. She was much better. Dot went with us to get a Christmas present, also I got one for Betty from Billie and I. Came home, had supper. On the way home we stopped at Dorothea ‘s and got Carmen. Heber Sanborn died this morning about 4 AM.



Sunday, December 18, 1966

Mild partly cloudy. Up early, called about the flowers for Heber. Kennie, Rayburn and Robert called to get a stove Kennie had here. Betty and Carmen came. We popped corn, made balls. Billie got the tree in and Bill fixed it. Betty decorated it and Carmen. Betty then put all of Dorothea’s things on. She wrapped her’s and put them on. Kennie and Dot called late in p.m. No word from Kim. Billie and I down to funeral parlor to see Heber in eve.

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