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!

Friday, August 17, 2018

June 2 - 4, 1968 Susan's Graduation and Niagara Falls


Sunday, June 2, 1968

Got up this morning, Sun was shining. A very pretty day. We had breakfast, done up the work. Sat around. Susan went to work for first time. Had dinner about two. Walt, Cliff and Billie took a walk across the golf course. After dinner Cliff took Betty, Walt, Fern, Carmen and Billie for a ride over through Akron. Came home, got ready to go to Baccalaureate. Cliff didn’t have to work.



Monday, June 3, 1968 Susan Graduated

A very nice day. Hot. All up early and busy. Helping Esther get her house ready for the party. Dorothy McCammon called in a.m. She and Helen Pryor put on a party for Es and Susan. It was very nice and beautiful. Susan graduated tonight from Norton High School. She got a lot of very nice gifts. Betty, Walt went with the Deming’s.

Susan with Billie and Carmen

Susan, Betty and Walt



Tuesday, June 4, 1968 Left Ohio

A very nice day. After Susan’s party (graduation) last night we got ready and left for home about 12:40 AM. We drove up to Niagara onto Niagara Falls. Got up there about daylight. It was very pretty. Fern, Es, (? I think she meant Betty) and Walt enjoyed seeing the falls very much. We ate a few sandwiches while we were there. Left about 7:30 and got off the thorough way about 1:30. We left the thorough way and  went to route 20 which took us up an hour and a half longer. Also after we left Troy we went down through to Mass and back to Brattleboro Vermont which took us longer. We got to Betty and Walt at seven in p.m. Very tired and Walt was very sick. Kids very good though. Hard on them too.


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