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!

Friday, August 16, 2019

March 17 - 19, 1972 Billie's Birthday Party


Friday, March 17, 1972

A messy rainy day. A dreary one. Rained hard, snow settled a lot. I done regular work, Bill and I to town. Bill made appointment to go to doctors this p.m. It was for 4:30 Monday. Kim came up here tonight to stay for a couple of nights.



Saturday, March 18, 1972

In a.m. it was cloudy. Kimmy stayed here last night. I made a cake, rolls and become white beans. Betty and I to town to get ingredients for Italian sandwiches. Also got Billie’s birthday present. Snow settled some today. Kim and Carmen went to a show at Lake Region High School auditorium in p.m. Fern, Lloyd here for supper. First time they had been here for supper for a long long time. They spent the evening also.



Sunday, March 19, 1972 A Beautiful March Day

Today the sun was high and it was very sunny and mild. The snow settled a lot. I done up my regular work, got ready about 11:30 and Kimmy and I went down to Betty’s. I helped her make Italian sandwiches. She had the Deming, Yates, Thomases and Crooks down for a combination of Kimmy’s going away and Billie’s birthday. Not realizing the ordeal she has to go through, Kimmy is anxious and excited about going to the hospital. Rest of us are much concerned. Billie got a lot of nice birthday cards and a very pretty Moosehead chair for his bedroom.




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