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!

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

March 2 - 5, 1967


Thursday, March 2, 1967

Cloudy, I washed. I didn’t do much. Betty and kids up here for afternoon and supper. Kennard called for some water. Betty all upset because she can’t find a place to live. We have thought and thought.



Friday, March 3, 1967 Betty got a place to live

I got my work done, cleaned windows etc. in the kitchen. I got the clothes in and ironed. In p.m. Mr. Davis called Betty, he would come over so she could see the house. She came up and got me, we went down. She liked it very much and is going to take it. She began flying around to get ready to move. She moved a few things tonight. Bill took me to town.



Saturday, March 4, 1967 Betty finished moving

A beautiful day, sunny and warm. Well I had a busy day. While Betty moved I had the children. She came up this morning. She and I went down to her new home. In p.m. Bill and Gordon moved rest of her things. Joe Hatch plowed out for her. Fern up for supper. Betty, Fern and I went down to see her place in evening. Got her gas hooked up today. Billie worked for Lawrence in p.m. He shoveled here in a.m.



Sunday, March 5, 1967

Cloudy, not too warm. Betty down to her house. She had company. Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, Bill and I. In p.m. Dorothea, David, Bill and I called on her. She is so pleased with her new house. She came up here for supper and all night. Dorothea, Dave and Jeff here. Billie home all day.

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