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, December 6, 2018

July 18 - 20, 1969 Men On The Moon


Friday, July 18, 1969 $5.00

A very nice day, but awfully HOT. I worked at Dorothy’s in a.m. Betty came and got me and we took some cookies up to Joy’s for the wedding reception tomorrow. Came home, went to Norway to do some shopping. I bought a new dress.



Saturday, July 19, 1969 BOB + PAT Married

A beautiful day. We got up, did up the work. I got the beans in etc. Betty, kids and I got ready and went over to Bob’s to help Dorothea. She was there getting ready for the wedding. Bob and Pat were married at 11:00 AM at Norway. Catholic ceremony. There was a very nice reception up to the house. Buddy, Joy and family, Pat’s son and family all attended. Dorothea here for supper. We had a birthday cake for Walt. He got some nice gifts.



Sunday, July 20, 1969 2 men on the moon, HISTORY MADE TODAY, Walt 41 years
MAN WALKED ON THE MOON

A partly cloudy day but not heavy clouds. We watched TV most all day. Fern, Lloyd went on a trip with Muriel and Sykie up the coast of Maine. They had a very good time. Betty, Walt, Buddy and Joy down to Dorothea’s tonight to watch the men walk on the MOON. They landed on the moon at about (blank) o’clock. Then about 10 PM they came from the Eagle. Neil Armstrong and Aldrin and Armstrong the first man stepped onto the surface of the MOON. We saw history made today. Billie, Bill, Carmen and I saw it here.


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