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!

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

June 12 - 15, 1969


Thursday, June 12, 1969 Hot

I worked at Mrs. Dearborn’s, finished the bedrooms, did the bathroom and dining room. Came home. Betty had a nice ham supper and a very good strawberry shortcake. I went to the new store, Federal Supermarket. Gordon hauled Bill some black top for the front of garage. Kids got a spraying out of the faucet.



Friday, June 13, 1969 $5.00

Clear and hot. I worked at Dorothy’s. Came home, we finished the washing. Went to town shopping etc. Went to Norway. Got Billie’s car payment off.



Saturday, June 14, 1969 Hot

A very nice hot day. I baked beans, did up the work. Betty and I to town in a.m. Betty and Walt looked at a place. Bill mowed lawns, cultivated. Lloyd called. Fern up for supper. Billie worked for Lawrence in a.m.



Sunday, June 15, 1969 Pig gone, got a new pig

Mostly showers and rain. Some clearing and sun. Got up around 8:30. Did up the work. Betty and Walt looking for a place to live. Billie found a pig gone. Got another one at Lawrence’s. Billie took Carmen fishing. She got one. Bill took Kim and me for a ride over through South Harrison on some roads never had been before. Came home, had supper. Walt made some phone calls after supper. No luck. Asaph Walker died last night in his car in town.

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