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!

Sunday, May 26, 2019

May12 - 14, 1971



Wednesday, May 12, 1971

A fair day. Milan, Betty came about 5:30 AM. They came to settle Betty’s sister’s estate. They had a brand-new Rambler station wagon. Very pretty. I worked at Betty’s in a.m. Also Dorothea came up and she worked. We cleaned her bathroom, living room and Betty did her dining room. Bill worked over to Gordon’s. Milan, Betty over to her sisters in p.m. Fern, Lloyd came up in evening. Weldon called for key to Aunt Ava’s place. I worked at home all p.m. I washed and ironed in eve.



Thursday, May 13, 1971 Hair set

A miserable day. I worked at Betty’s. We did her kitchen. She got some new curtains. In p.m. Betty Smith and I over to June’s and got our hair set. Weldon called at supper time. He can’t get the money for Aunt Ava’s place. Later we went to Kennard’s, all of us and discussed it. We decided to let him have it.



Friday, May 14, 1971

It was foggy this morning but it cleared. It has been very windy all day, cold. I worked at Betty’s. She finished cleaning house. Cleaned the barn. In late p.m. she and I went to town, did her shopping. Milan here for supper. Billie Deming called and Es and Cliff came over for him. Carmen and Kim came up for a little while. Billie took Chet to town after supper. Kim got her school picture. Today they had services at the cemetery for Betty’s brother and sister who died last winter.
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