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, September 4, 2019

May 17 - 20, 1972


Wednesday, May 17, 1972 Bill worked with Jones

It rained most all day. It cleared in p.m. I washed and picked the first mess of the dandelions greens. Kimmy and Zak up here. Betty quite sick today, exhaustion. Kim stayed up here tonight for supper and will stay all night. It seemed good to see the sun.



Thursday, May 18, 1972 Bill worked at Jones

Very warm. It was foggy in a.m., cleared about noon. I cleaned the breezeway. Called at Es at noon, called at Betty’s and Fern’s in evening. Kimmy up here today. She is pretty good healthwise. Betty better today.




Friday, May 19, 1972 Mowed lawns first time

A cloudy day. Betty and I to Portland to do some shopping. I got a lot groceries, much cheaper than I do in town. I went to Martin’s. We came home early. She got Carmen ready to go over to Knight’s Hill developments on a overnight camp out with the scouts. Tonight they mowed lawns for first time. Kimmy got a great big box of gifts from the Jaycee’s wives.



Saturday, May 20, 1972

A miserable day. I was very late getting around. Dorothea called. David had to take his car to garage. Jeff and a friend came, they went fishing. Esther called here, she is awfully upset. Dorothea and I went down to Betty’s. Billie, David and Betty cleaned up down back. Walt sick today. Bill worked at Helen Jones today.


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