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, May 22, 2018

July 17 - 20, 1967


Monday, July 17, 1967

Foggy. It cleared in forenoon and it was a beautiful day. I did a big wash. Betty had to go to Portland. I had the kids. I went down to Betty’s in evening a little while. Billie worked for Lawrence all day. Mrs. Stanford and boys called.



Tuesday, July 18, 1967

I went down to Betty’s early and stayed with the kids while she went to town. Then I had them here for rest of the day while she went to Portland. Also Heidi. Billie mowed tallgrass around the house. He went down to Berwick with Lawrence in p.m. I washed.



Wednesday, July 19, 1967 Es, Sue and Bill came

Foggy in early a.m. Cleared. Billie, Bobby Stanford, Carmen and I went to Norway. I got Carmen and Kim some clothes. Billie got some fence wire. And a pail for me and one for himself. Esther, Susan and Billie and a friend of Susan’s came about 4:30. Kim is sick tonight. Bill, Billie, Keith Bryant, Mike Fitch and Norm Stanford moved the deep freeze up.

Me checking out the 'deep freeze'





Thursday, July 20, 1967

Foggy in a.m. It cleared off. Billie helped Lawrence and trimmed along the wall. He got some fence posts. Es came up for a while. I defrosted refrigerator. It seemed so good to have deep freeze here.



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