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!

Monday, September 9, 2019

June 3 - 6, 1972


Saturday, June 3, 1972

A beautiful day. I did cooking, washed kitchen floor and cleaned up the house. Bill worked at Gordon’s. Billie with Lawrence. Walt worked in top of barn. Bill, Kim and I for a little ride after supper.



Sunday, June 4, 1972

A cloudy on the cool side. Bill painted. It showered in p.m. I defrosted my refrigerator in kitchen. I cleaned electric stove. Walt worked on railing up in the barn. Susan had a big weekend.



Monday, June 5, 1972 Bill worked for Gordon, garden up

A beautiful day. Bill worked at Gordon’s. I did a big wash, down to Betty’s in a.m. Her (?) aunt called. I went to town, put some money in bank. Paid bills. Got my glasses straightened. Billie to dentist. Betty cleaned her barn and house. Es and Fern to Portland to see Cliff. Es called a minute. Cliff’s test proved okay. Kim up after school. Carmen, Zak after supper. I cleaned door screens. Billie set fire bush out. Garden up. Carmen’s class on a picnic today down to Portland. Esther talked with town officials.








Tuesday, June 6, 1972 Bill worked at Gordon’s

A pretty good day. I got my work done up early. Got my work done. Down to Betty’s, got the kids ready. We took off for Portland. Went to Dorothea’s, saw Jeff before he went to school. We went to Monmouth Mart, Bradley’s and (?) Foodline. Zak real good today except his eyes are still swollen. He had a very bad case of hives last night.


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