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!

Saturday, March 23, 2019

September 4 - 7, 1970


Friday, September 4, 1970 RAIN

It rained all night, showers today. Carmen stayed up last night. I done regular work. Carmen helped, I cleaned kitchen stove. Went to town to do shopping with Betty. Heavy rain showers. Cliff did a little trimming on his lot today.



Saturday, September 5, 1970

It cleared today. I did regular work. Made rolls and a cake. Susan up to Betty and Walt’s. Cliff had Butch come and cut bushes on his house lot with a rotary bush mower. Lloyd called. Today Deming’s having supper with Susan.



Sunday, September 6, 1970

Open and shut cloudy, on the cool windy side. Had a cookout at Betty’s. Thomas, Yates, Crook, Deming and Hortons. On the cold side.



Monday, September 7, 1970

A cloudy dreary day. Betty’s folks have company. Es called here also at Ferns. Bill watched TV. I got supper. Deming’s here. Billie worked at Chet’s.


Heffernan Family


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