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!

Sunday, April 29, 2018

April 15 - 19, 1967


Saturday, April 15, 1967

Rain. No work on the house. Gordon came up, he and Bill went down, got some plastic to cover the plywood over. Lawrence Boynton called. Bill and I took Carmen down, she got her hair cut today. Betty left the kids here and she has gone off somewhere. Mike here in p.m. to see his daughter’s. Carmen was very glad to see him. Kim was asleep.



Sunday, April 16, 1967 SNOW

Got up this morning and the ground was white with about 6 inches of snow. Bill called out to work. Betty and Carmen came up.  In late p.m. Thomas family came. Had a birthday cake, ice cream and gifts to celebrate Kim’s first birthday which was the 12th.


Mmmm, cake!!!

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Jeff, Kim and Betty

Dorothea , Carmen and David


All partied out!



Monday, April 17, 1967

Very miserable day. I washed, no work at the house. Jeff here this morning. Betty came up, she went up and helped on the house. Mr. Stanford called with some furniture to put in the barn. Betty and kids here for supper.



Tuesday, April 18, 1967

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Wednesday, April 19, 1967 

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