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!

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

August 11 - 14, 1971 Tornado Winds


Wednesday, August 11, 1971 A Very Hot Day

It was burning hot today, at about 1:30 a very severe thundershower came up. The tornado wind did a lot of damage in many places. It blew the tent away at Betty’s. It blew trees across houses, driveways and roads were clogged. It came off clear and cooler. I done regular work. Bill took Rototiller over to Twitchell’s to be repaired. Lloyd went with him. Betty sick, I went down there for a little while. Bill and I took kids down swimming, because of showers there wasn’t any lessons. I went to the band concert with Esther. Cliff played.



Thursday, August 12, 1971

A nice day. Not so hot after the showers. I worked at Betty’s. She checked all the kids clothes for school. Betty cleaned her whole house up. Bill not working yet. Bill mowed lawns.

Zak



Friday, August 13, 1971 School Shopping

A very good day. Up early, got ready. Went to Portland with Betty to do kids shopping for school. We went to Dorothea’s. She went with us. Got dresses, slacks, blouses, turtleneck sweaters, sweater, shoes, underclothes, school supplies etc. We went to the new Jordan Marsh store and Monmouths and Sears, also Zayres. Es called in evening.



Saturday, August 14, 1971

A nice day. I done up my work. Went to town. Came home, made cookies and a cake and rolls. Kim up today, also Carmen called. Billie and Walt worked. Bill and I took a drive in evening.

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