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 28, 2019

September 24 - 27, 1970


Thursday, September 24, 1970

A pretty good day. I got up, done regular work, got Kimmy’s and my breakfast. Kim went home. Aunt Ava came for me at 8:30. I cleaned up her house and got home about 1 PM, defrosted the refrigerator. Made a pudding. Down to Betty’s. Came home, got supper. In evening, called at Ferns. Also Es and Cliff called. Billie Deming and Billie Crook got haircuts tonight. Cloudy tonight.



Friday, September 25, 1970

A nice day. I went down town with Esther and did my washing. Down to Betty’s in p.m. Walt, Betty worked on the barn. They got their meat today. I went to town after supper.



Saturday, September 26, 1970

A pretty good day. I went to Norway with Esther. Came home, made rolls etc. Fern up for supper.

Smith Girls - Althea, Esther and Fern



Sunday, September 27, 1970

A bad rainy day. Billie down to Lawrence’s and got the meat. Esther bought some. Billie Deming here today. Billie and I called on Deming’s in evening. Meat in deep-freeze.



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