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!

Saturday, May 19, 2018

July 5 - 8, 1967


Wednesday, July 5, 1967

Rained hard last night and this morning. Cleared in late forenoon. Milan and Betty to town, got car ready to go back. Joy and girls called also Betty and girls here. Doors came today from LC Andrews. I cleaned up the house.



Thursday, July 6, 1967

A nice day, cold in early a.m. Betty and Milan left at 5:30 for home. I done up work, did a very big wash. Betty up and washed to. She and kids here for supper. Fern and Lloyd called in evening. Aunt Ava here in p.m.



Friday, July 7, 1967

A very nice day, not too hot, comfortable temp. It was very cold in early a.m., 40°. I done up work. Betty and girls up, Betty cleaned the car up. We went to the dump with trash. I picked over some more boxes. Aunt Ava called. I did a big ironing. Fern and Lloyd came up. I had Kim for the night. I took Kim and called at Stanford’s. Norman moved some hay. Dorothea called.



Saturday, July 8, 1967

A nice day, on the hot side. I have Kim. Billie and I to town to do shopping. Bill and Billie hung the kitchen door and to bathroom doors. Did most of the insulation. I took Kim out in the stroller up to Ken and Delores’s. Betty, Walt and Carmen with others down to Dorothea’s for the evening and a cookout. Walt got a new 1967 Ford high-speed car. Red, very pretty. Betty drives it.



Nanny, Carmen, Kim and Christie




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