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, November 10, 2018

April 6 - 9, 1969 Easter



Aunt Betty in CT on Easter

Sunday, April 6, 1969 Easter

A beautiful day. Up in the 50°. Snow settled a lot today. I didn’t get up too early. We had breakfast. I did up the work. Bill worked outside on the driveway, put in some gravel. Billie up to Chet and Lil’s. I got a good Easter dinner. Fern and Lloyd are the only ones here today.

Carmen and Betty in RI for Easter

Carmen with cousins Lynn and Beth Tomei

Aunt Sandra Horton Tomei

Carmen and Kim with Pa (Walt Jr) Horton

Us with Grandma Horton and Lynn Tomei



Monday, April 7, 1969

Another nice day. I worked at Aunt Ava’s helping her clean in a.m. Came home, washed, got my supper to going and watched TV. Soap operas. Got a very pretty Easter card from the Horton’s and two cute pictures of the girls.



Tuesday, April 8, 1969

Clear and mild. I worked at Aunt Ava’s, did her bathroom and kitchen. Back still lame. Came home, washed and ironed. Got my supper.



Wednesday, April 9, 1969

Another nice mild day. I worked at Aunt Ava’s again, we did the spare bedroom and living room. Sent Kim’s birthday card. My back is better today. Came home, started my supper. Made a pudding. Lee Quimby’s birthday. They had a party for him on Dialing for Dollars and Swap Shop.

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