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, December 1, 2018

June 28 - July 1, 1969 Jeff to Michigan

Saturday, June 28, 1969 HOT

Very hot all night. A very hot day. We didn’t baked beans. Bill and I to town in a.m. Took it easy today. Billie worked for Lawrence. Fern up for supper. Barbara Stanford called. They want to sell the farm.



Sunday, June 29, 1969

A nice day, not quite so hot. Dorothea and family called. Betty made Italian sandwiches. Dorothea’s folks had supper with us. Billie worked for Chet. Fern and Lloyd called. Mrs. Dearborn called, paid me for cleaning cottage $61.99



Monday, June 30, 1969

A nice day, a little cloudy in a.m. We washed. Did up the housework. We didn’t go looking for houses today. Betty talked with Mrs. Stanford. They called on them tonight about buying their place.



Tuesday, July 1, 1969

Another nice day. We got up early and got ready, went to the Yellow Bird Airport to see Jeff off for Michigan for a visit with his father. He was very nervous about flying all alone. He looked so nice. He was happy. We stopped at Dorothea’s. She is kind of lonesome and blue. Betty and Walt down through the woods to Ferns. Walt fell or slipped on a rock and cut his face real bad. Went to the doctor and they took four stitches in it. Bill began mowing lawn.



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