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, November 8, 2018

March 29 - April 1, 1969 Country in Mourning


Saturday, March 29, 1969

Cloudy in a.m., it cleared in evening. On the cooler side. I done up my work. Took a bath. Billie had to work at Raymond. He went with Lawrence Boynton in p.m. Bill and I take Dave’s gifts down to him in p.m. Dorothea has kids there she is babysitting for. She looked tired. Came home, had supper. Delores called in late p.m.



Sunday, March 30, 1969

Clear, cold and some wind. I done up the work. Got up at about 8:30. Made a pie (apple). No one here all day. Billie cleaned his car windows. Bill and I watched TV. Dwight D Eisenhower’s services in Washington. Billie read. In evening Billie and I went down to Fern and Lloyd’s to see their colored TV. It snowed, sleet and rained in Washington today.



Monday, March 31, 1969 Day of mourning for Eisenhower proclaimed by Pres. Nixon.

Cold, cloudy, snow flurries. A very cold raw day. I done up regular work. Washed, hung clothes outside. Aunt Ava called. Snow flurries today, very cold and raw, some wind. Bill home from work at noon, in honor of DDE.

 


Tuesday, April 1, 1969

Bill came home at noon and took me to town. I did my ironing, done up the housework. Talked on the phone, watched TV programs etc. Made a cake. Cooked a roast of pork.





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