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, August 16, 2018

May 30 - June 1, 1968



Thursday, May 30, 1968

Cloudy, sunny and showery. It was cloudy and foggy when we got up. We got up at 3 AM, got on the road at 5 AM. Made good time all the way. It was sunny, cloudy and showery. We had a nice trip. Kids were very good all the way. We got to Esther and Clifford’s at 6 PM. All glad to see each other. We had a very good supper. Talked in evening.

Betty, Esther, Nanny and Fern



Friday, May 31, 1968 Calf born

It was fair when we got up. It got kind of cloudy. Es took us around town and over to the Summit Mall. We looked around. Kim and Carmen had a good time. Called where Cliff works. Came home, had lunch, talked. Billie in school. Dorothy and Carl called in evening.




Saturday, June 1, 1968

It was cloudy and it rained hard all afternoon and evening. Fern, Billie, Es and I went out a little while in a.m. to get a few groceries etc. Betty don’t feel too good, a cold. We had a nice chicken supper. Cliff, Walt, Billie, Susan, Betty and Carmen played music. Kimmie did some dancing.

Cliff and Walt

Walt, Billie and Kim



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