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!

Sunday, January 27, 2019

February 1 - 4, 1970 Tax Time


Sunday, February 1, 1970

A nice mild day. I done up my work. Jean called see Bill. Bill and I down to Betty and Walt’s. I wanted to see what kind of time Carmen had yesterday. I wrote to Esther.



Monday, February 2, 1970

Partly cloudy, mild. Betty and I went to Norway and Paris this forenoon to shop for Carmen’s birthday. Fern and Lloyd to care of Kim and Zak. In evening Bill and Billie down to Mr. Boyd’s to have income tax fixed.



Tuesday, February 3, 1970 RAIN

Mild and rain. I worked at desk most all day. I washed, dried clothes inside. I sent Billie’s income tax today.



Wednesday, February 4, 1970

Bill had a real bad looking toe. He went to Dr. Gluck. It has infection. Billie went down and got Bill’s income tax from Mr. Boyd’s.

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