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!

Thursday, July 12, 2018

January 30 - 31, 1968


Tuesday, January 30, 1968

A little of everything weatherwise. I did some odds and end jobs today. Fern and Lloyd called. I sent a card to Kim and Carmen. I made a pie for supper. Bill had to work a little while after supper.



Wednesday, January 31, 1968

A beautiful day. Mild, snow melting. I washed. Bill called to get his coffee for lunch. Joe Hatch came, he and Rand. They plowed and we paid them. I got ready and went to Norway with Ken and Dolores. Got Carmen’s birthday gifts, carriage, doll and a book. Also got a couple things for Kim. Made a meatloaf for supper. Betty called, Carmen much better, coming home tomorrow. She has had a lot of mail. One in particular from Jeff. She favored that from him. In evening Bill and I called at Dorothea and family at Westbrook, they are all better.



(This particular diary has a monthly journal page called Special Data that Nanny used to highlight the monthly events)

Special Data

One special of this month, Carmen gave us all a terrible fright. She was taken sick with spinal meningitis. I January 24, Betty called us. Carmen had just entered the hospital with that dreaded disease. We all was very worried for about 36 to 48 hours. Betty and Walt both very sick. Also Dorothea and Dave. Fern to an eye specialist to have her eyes check. House not completed as yet.


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