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, March 7, 2019

July 3 - 6, 1970 Jeffrey Turns 12


Friday, July 3, 1970

This is the beginning of a three-day holiday. Bill home till Monday. Billie is home for two weeks vacation. Fern, Es up for supper. We had barbecued chicken. After supper Esther went down to talk with Betty. Hortons came up a little later.



Saturday, July 4, 1970

Cloudy and showers. I baked beans. Made bread and rolls. Had Yates, Demngs and Hortons for supper. We had a bad thundershower just before supper. It struck the pine tree on the stonewall and bounced along the fence to another pine. It knocked chunks of bark as far as the garage.



Sunday, July 5, 1970

Esther and Billie left. A nice day. We went down to Dorothea’s. She had a chicken barbecue for Jeffrey’s 12th birthday. A very good dinner. Had it in their backyard. It was very nice. Fern, Lloyd, Hortons and us. Billie had to work haying. Es and Billie left with Carlton to visit with them in Canada before going home.

BBQ at Dorothea's for Jeffs Birthday



Monday, July 6, 1970 Jeffrey Dennis Adair 12 years

A very nice sunny and mild day. Billie worked for Lawrence. I did my washing. Betty came up, we made a double batch of root beer. Went to town. Aunt Ava went with us. I picked greens (beet) from the garden. After supper I went over to June’s with Carmen. She got her hair cut. Also over to Aunt Ava’s. She is upset and weak.

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