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, June 23, 2018

November 22 - 25, 1967 Thanksgiving At The New House


Wednesday, November 22, 1967



Cloudy, rained all day. I finished my cooking, brought up dishes, cleaned up the house and busy all day. Cleaned silver, got vegetables ready. Got supper, about 9 PM Betty and family came. We was so glad to see them all. We talked, got the kids to bed. Betty looked very nice, hair all cut, shiny, smiles. Very pretty. Carmen all shiny and pretty in new clothes, Kim too. Walt looks so happy.  




Thursday, November 23, 1967 THANKSGIVING, RAINED hard all day



Our first Thanksgiving dinner in our new home. It seems strange, that is life forever changing. Dorothea and David and Jeff here, Betty and Walt and Carmen and Kimberly. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, sweet potato, turnip, onions, peas, salads, celery, onions, pickles. Hot rolls, date nut bread, Graham nut bread, lemon sponge, pumpkin, Dave feltdate filled, custard, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and brownies, suet pudding. Joy, Buddy and girls called, Fern and Lloyd.





Friday, November 24, 1967

A very nice day. I got up early, Bill and Walt to work. I went back and rested until Kim got up. Betty took clothes to laundry. We cleaned up the house, picked up etc. Kim had a long nap. She has a cold. Betty took me to town after supper. Fern and Lloyd called.




Saturday, November 25, 1967

Snow today. Bill had to work in p.m. Betty, Walt over to Aunt Ava’s and Dolores’s to call. Joy and kids over here. We had beans for supper. In evening Betty and Walt out. Kim is real cute. She has quite a cold. Dorothea and family here for supper.




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