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, December 11, 2019

May 17 - 19, 1973


Thursday, May 17, 1973

It was raining this morning. It cleared late and I went down to Betty’s while she was mowing lawns. I will work for her each Thursday to pay for my new beds. Bill got Betty’s garden ready for her dahlias. He also fixed his garden. It has been nice since it cleared off. The doctor is not sure about what caused the bad place on Zak’s arm. Also Billie’s Dr. said he didn’t find anything from Billie’s tests that showed any tumor, ulcer or malignant.



Friday, May 18, 1973

It rained so hard all day. Bill and Betty papered the new room. We washed the rug in the living room. Betty did it. Bill down town and got his eyes examined. Billie took me to town shopping. Billie isn’t working. He isn’t feeling too good and discouraged.



Saturday, May 19, 1973 slept in the new room tonight, Betty got her new rug from Mrs. Allen

Mostly sunny. Busy all day. Betty and Walt up here most of the day. They put the rug downstairs in the new room. It looks very nice. I made some rolls, baked beans. Lloyd called in a.m. We got the house straightened out after taking the rug up. Kim up here in p.m. Betty and Walt bought their new rug that Winnie Allen had braided for her. It was beautiful. Cathy here playing with Carmen this weekend. They called Billie to come in and worked Monday to help clean up from the fire damage. Bruds folks here this weekend. Nola Raye got her nurses cap in ceremonies at the Mercy Hospital.


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