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, January 7, 2020

August 22 - 25, 1973 Carmey??


Wednesday, August 22, 1973 Bill worked at Bob’s

Cloudy. I got my work done, went down to Betty’s. We, kids and Dorothea and I all went out calling on relatives. Esther, Robert, Lorraine, Fern, Lloyd, Ken and Delores. Came home, got supper. Dorothea here and then she, Bill and I went to town. And she went home about 9 PM.



Thursday, August 23, 1973 beautiful, Jeff and Carmey, $45.00

This is been a very nice day. Up early, done up the work. We left about 9:30 and went to Dorothea’s and Dave’s to wait for Carmen. About twelve Verna and Cathy came with her. We all had a nice long visit, talking etc. At about 2 PM we got ready and went to the airport to meet Jeff. We got there just as his plane was circling to land. We saw him land and come in. We all was so glad to see him. He and Carmen were glad to be home. Jeff looked so neat and nice when he arrived. Bill finished up at Bob’s.



Friday, August 24, 1973 Jeff to music camp

A beautiful day. All day sunny and a breeze. I was down and helped Betty while she mowed lawns. I went to town. Jeff went to music camp today for a week. It is good to see Carmen around. This was her first visit away and first ride alone on the bus.












I love this photo of Zak




Saturday, August 25, 1973 beautiful day

Another nice day. It was sunny, clear and cool. I done regular work, a dite of cooking, washed a dite. Carmen and Kim called. Also Lloyd called. Billie picked and cleaned up the shell beans. I froze them. In evening I went to Oxford Speedway races with the Deming’s. Nona Smith went too. Very cold last night.


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