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!

Thursday, November 21, 2019

March 11 - 13, 1973 Jean in Hospital


Sunday, March 11, 1973 Cow died, JEAN TO HOSPITAL

Cloudy dreary day. Didn’t do much. Down to Betty’s, got my hair set. Betty, Walt and kids down to Fern’s for supper. Billie down to Lawrence all day, the heifer he bought for beef died this afternoon. Stan took Jean to the hospital this morning. She was very sick. I went over to Denmark with the Demings to see Susan’s house lot. It is a beautiful lot. I’ll be glad when she gets it all built. Sal and Gordon called in evening.




Monday, March 12, 1973

Cloudy in a.m., it cleared and then was partly cloudy rest of p.m. Showers in evening. Betty and I to Portland. Called at Dorothea’s a minute. Jean is very sick in hospital. Bill down to see her today. She didn’t seem to be able to talk. Ashley Dyer arrested for threatening his ex-wife. TV man came and fixed the TV.



Tuesday, March 13, 1973 Mild

A beautiful nice warm day. I had Zak today. Betty took Fern to Portland to see about getting her shoes. Didn’t have much luck. Got to go again. Zak was very good. I washed. Jean not very good, her condition is serious. Snow went a lot today.


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