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!

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

November 20 - 23, 1972 Thanksgiving


Monday, November 20, 1972

Rained hard in a.m. It cleared about 11:30. Betty, Zak and I went to Portland. Betty got some last-minute shopping done. We called at Dorothea’s. Got groceries. Zak stayed at Dorothea’s. Came home, got supper. Went over to Cliff’s for Esther’s birthday. Ken and Delores, Betty Walt and children.



Tuesday, November 21, 1972

A nice day. I done regular work. Made a loaf of  graham nut bread. Shampooed my hair and over to June’s and got my hair set. Came home and went over to Esther’s for Christopher Lewis Rager’s second birthday. Had a nice time.



Wednesday, November 22, 1972 nice sunny day

I’ve been making preparations all day for Thanksgiving. Cooking etc. Bill and Christy have been riding around this morning. Nothing much to write about this day. This evening Betty, Walt and children called. I washed windows.



Thursday, November 23, 1972 THANKSGIVING

A nice day. We had the Walter A Horton family for dinner. Had a nice time. They stayed till after supper. Joy, Buddy and girls called in evening. Bill and Walt watched ballgame on TV. For dinner we had: Turkey, stuffing, onions, mashed potato, turnip, shell beans, celery, olives, rolls, dark bread. Lemon sponge, date filled pies, tarts and chocolate cake, coffee and milk. Fern and Lloyd went up to Es and Cliff’s.







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