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!

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

September 20 - 23, 1970


Sunday, September 20, 1970

Another nice day. Deming’s here. Sue and Vince too. Billie worked for Lawrence. Walt’s father came today to make his home with Walt and Betty.



Monday, September 21, 1970 HOT and very hot

I went down with Fern, Lloyd and done my washing. Came home, downtown with Betty. I did rest of my housework. Betty and Walt began work on the barn.
 
Fern and Lloyd


Tuesday, September 22, 1970 Hot

A very hot day. I went down to Betty’s. She was getting things done in the barn getting ready to fix it up. New sills, jacking it up etc.



Wednesday, September 23, 1970

A very nice day, not quite so hot. I done up my work, down to Betty’s, helped her some. I came home, made a turkey pie and canned a few tomatoes. Kim came up and is going to stay all night. She is a real sweet little girl. Betty and Walt still working on barn.


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