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, June 27, 2018

December 8 - 11, 1967


Friday, December 8, 1967 Snow and Rain

I called Betty this morning. Gordon came, he worked in the kitchen. A miserable day. Gordon got the other cupboards started in the kitchen. Bill had to work after supper. Billie took me to town. Gordon came back after supper, they moved the other furnace up.



Saturday, December 9, 1967 Linda Johnson married in the White House today, her father is President

Partly cloudy in a.m. Bill and I went to Norway and got the tile for the bathroom. Betty and Walt and kids came about 3:30. Fern up for supper. Fern and Lloyd up in a.m. Billie worked for Lawrence in a.m., in p.m. they went down country cattle buying. Linda Johnson, the President’s daughter, married today in the White House.



Sunday, December 10, 1967

Up early, got dinner. May preparations and plans to go back with Betty and Walt. We ate, did dishes and left about 3:30 or four. Called at Dorothea and Dave’s. Got up to Betty and Walt’s about seven.



Monday, December 11, 1967 in Concord New Hampshire at Betty and Walt, Carmen and Kim’s

Woke up and had a stomach ache. It was necessary to go to the bathroom many times during the day. We decided not to try to go shopping. It was cloudy and misty all day up here. Betty washed and went shopping. This evening she and I went. I felt much better. We did a lot of shopping. Betty out grocery shopping early in a.m. A bad ice storm in Maine.
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