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, October 20, 2018

January 17 - 20, 1969


Friday, January 17, 1969

Mild temperatures. Betty came about 10 o’clock to get the kids. Kim is real cute. Betty and I to town today. She got herself some Italian sandwiches. She had to leave to go home about three. 



Saturday, January 18, 1969

A nasty day. Snowed, rain and more snow. Billie had to work at Raymond today. In p.m. we went down to Kezar Falls to Stacey’s Dairy to get some butter. Kennard and Delores went with us. They enjoyed it very much. Gordon called a little while today. He took the chest of draws home.



Sunday, January 19, 1969

A nice sunny day. Bill called to work at 7:30 AM, worked about a couple or three hours. Aunt Ava here for the day and dinner. She enjoyed her visit. Fern and Lloyd called in eve.



Monday, January 20, 1969

A beautiful day, sunny, mild and the clothes dried as well as they do in the summer. Dorothea called to see me today. I talked with Betty in p.m. I watched the inaugural on TV today. Pres. Nixon’s speech was very good. I wish him the best of luck in the next few years.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)