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!

Saturday, November 9, 2019

January 24 - 27, 1973 Vietnam War Over




Wednesday, January 24, 1973

It has been a very mild day. I went down to Betty’s a little while in a.m. Marianne called in PM and Betty went back to Portland with her and Walt picked her up and they went out for supper and called at Dawn’s on their way home and played cards and had a very good time. I stay down there for supper and until they came home. This is been such a nice mild day.



Thursday, January 25, 1973 LBJ Funeral

We watched on colored TV the funeral services for Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th president of the United States. It was a very nice service. I did a dite of washing. Kids home from school. No mail. Walt didn’t work in honor of the Johnson funeral services. Billie had to work. Not so warm today.In evening Betty, kids and I over to Esther’s to celebrate Billie and Vinces’ birthdays. Susan and children still there.



Friday, January 26, 1973

A nice day. I done regular work. Washed windows. Lloyd called. In early p.m. Bill took me to town shopping. Watched afternoon programs. Esther went to town with Fern and Lloyd. Much talk on TV now of the ending of the war in Vietnam. The POW soldiers will be starting home in two weeks.



Saturday, January 27, 1973 PEACE TREATY signed today North and South Vietnam and its allies

Clear in a.m. I done regular work. Made brownies, custard. Lloyd called. Peace TREATY signed in Paris, France today after 11 years of fighting, bombing, killing and destruction in Vietnam. Walt worked today.

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