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, June 9, 2019

July 5 - 8, 1971


Monday, July 5, 1971

A real hot day. Milan, Cliff and Billie D gone on a canoe trip. I had a cookout today for the Horton’s. Also Fern and Lloyd were here. I did some more washing this a.m. I babysat this morning with Zak.



Tuesday, July 6, 1971

Another hot day. All have been back to work today after the holiday. I helped Betty today. Bill began work at Jean’s. The campers came home today. Milan seems so nervous and upset. Esther and family called after supper. Billie worked for Betty today.











Wednesday, July 7, 1971 Hot

 Quite hot again today. I washed and done refrigerator on porch. Milan got off at 5:30 this morning. I was down to Betty’s this morning. Lawrence called tonight, he took the bull home. They hauled another load of hay today. Earl Davis Jr called tonight about insurance.



Thursday, July 8, 1971

Cooler today. I worked for Betty. She is getting her work done up finally.


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