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, February 17, 2019

April 25 - 28, 1970


Saturday, April 25, 1970

Partly cloudy in a.m. Cleared off. I went down to Betty’s, they worked on Zak’s room. I looked after kids. Billie worked for Lawrence. Bill worked on septic tank ditch.



Sunday, April 26, 1970

A nice day. Betty and Walt finished Zak’s bedroom. Bill and I helped. Billie raked and cleaned up around. I washed the sheets and pillow cases. Thomases called.

Zak




Monday, April 27, 1970

I washed. Went down and helped Betty move some furniture upstairs. She cleaned her room today. Carmen back-to-school after a weeks vacation. Betty, Walt and Fern down see Aunt Ava. She is very shaky and weak. Billie raked them tonight outside.



Tuesday, April 28, 1970 Hot

Dr. Richards called me early. Aunt Ava has a high fever and has pneumonia. We went to see her in forenoon. Dorothea came up, she and Betty went to see her in p.m. and we all went in evening. She is very mixed up and confused. We didn’t get any cleaning done. A very nice day. Billie did some more cleaning up tonight.

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