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!

Friday, February 8, 2019

March 21 - 24, 1970 Billie's 39th Birthday


Saturday, March 21, 1970

A bad snow storm. It began last night. Bill called to work about 5 AM. I did regular work, baked beans, made rolls etc. Billie took me to town in p.m. Fern up here for supper. We watched TV in eve. I finished a letter to Esther.



Sunday, March 22, 1970 Billie 39, Betty Lame Back

A nice sunny day but a lot of snow and mess. Had a birthday gathering for Billie. Horton family here for dinner. Dorothea and Jeff came. In p.m. Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava here for ice cream, cake. Billie got $28.25 in money, pants, socks, shaving lotion, book. Bill went to Linn Cross funeral with Jean. Dolores and Dot called in a.m., brought Billie card and cake.



Monday, March 23, 1970

Another one of those heavy wet snow storms. Bill called to work at 5 AM. It snowed all night. An awful mess. I worked at my desk. Betty’s back no better. Walt didn’t go to work very early, he helped Betty. Carmen doing housework. I made two blueberry pies. Billie’s ear still bad.



Tuesday, March 24, 1970

A nice day. I was down to Betty’s all forenoon. She has back trouble. I was down there to help her.
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