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!

Monday, April 1, 2019

October 10 - 13, 1970 Zak has a broken leg


Saturday, October 10, 1970

Cloudy. I did regular work. Called at Betty’s. Also Es and Betty. Ralph and Sandra called there. Brought Pa’s car and furniture. Betty, Es and I babysat there while they took them back to Portland to take bus. Billie couldn’t get his dressing hauled or car fixed. He is quite discouraged about car.



Sunday, October 11, 1970

Cloudy and showers. Well went dry. Billie D here most all day. In late p.m. Billie and I took a ride up over the Ridge, up to Evergreen Valley. They are making progress. Fern, Lloyd here in evening.



Monday, October 12, 1970 Kim haircut

Partly cloudy. I done regular work, down to Betty’s, stayed with kids. Zak to hospital, they bandaged his leg. Discovered a break. Carmen fell on him. He is suffering a lot with it. Betty took her cat to be operated on. I washed some at Betty’s. Carmen over to play at Cindy Stackhouse’s after school. Kim got her hair cut. Betty and Walt called after supper a minute. They are pleased about their car.



Tuesday, October 13, 1970

Cloudy. Some showers. I did regular work, a dite of cooking, ironed. Desk work. Made some phone calls.


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