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, April 4, 2019

October 21 - 23, 1970


Wednesday, October 21, 1970 Called about TV

Partly cloudy. I went down to Betty’s to stay with Zak while she took Kimmy to school. I washed. Bill home today with a lame arm. In p.m. Betty, Kim and I went down to see Carmen. Betty, Walt and Pa had a brand-new Case Tractor come today. In evening I babysat at Betty’s and then later Billie and I called on Fern, her birthday. Es and Cliff there too. Cliff worked on his garage today. Sue and Es to Norway. Carmen not very good.



Thursday, October 22, 1970



Cloudy and rain starting just before dark. Bill home again today. Betty and I down to see Carmen, she isn’t at all good. We’re quite concerned. Esther stayed with kids while we went to the hospital. Walt’s carpenter came today. They got a lot done today. I stayed with kids while they, Bett and Walt, went to see Carmen. A man came to see about Bill’s car.



Friday, October 23, 1970 Rain

It rained hard all night and today and evening. I went to town with Betty in p.m. In evening I went to town and done my shopping. Then Bill came home and went to hospital with Betty to see Carmen. I stayed with Kim and Zak. Walt and guy worked late. There were three or two besides Walt. Billie came home with a bad toe. He dropped heavy steel on it. All swollen and dark.

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