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!

Friday, January 31, 2020

November 21 - 23, 1973 Thanksgiving


Wednesday, November 21, 1973

A nice day. I cooked, made preparations for dinner tomorrow. Down to Betty’s. We done a few odds and end jobs. Dawn called and brought Judd up for a couple days. They went up to her brother’s for the holiday. In evening Esther, Betty and I called at Fern and Lloyd’s. Es said she and Cliff would come over.



Thursday, November 22, 1973 THANKSGIVING, Christopher Rager 3 years today

It was cloudy and rained by showers. I got dinner and at about one we began to eat. Esther and Cliff came about 11:30. Esther helped me get the dinner on. We had all of the Horton family, Esther and Cliff. Pa didn’t come. Fern and Lloyd ate at home alone. We had a good dinner and a nice time. Joy,Buddy and girls came about 5:30 to visit. We had turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, turnip, shell beans, celery, salad, relish, olives, dark breads, rolls, custard pie, lemon sponge pie, tarts, coffee and milk. Pres. John Fitzgerald Kennedy been gone 10 years today. Assassinated. Too bad.



Friday, November 23, 1973

On the cloudy side. Not cold though. I or we didn’t get up too early. Betty and Walt to Portland to finish their shopping. They got a brand-new bike for Kim. I went down to Betty’s all day to stay with Carmen and Kim. I washed clothes, did regular work and washed their kitchen floor. Kids were good, they took Zak with them. In evening Bill took me to town. Betty and Walt came up. Also Jack and Sylvia call. He and Bill talked about the settling of Jean’s estate etc.  He would like to buy Bill’s lot Jean left him.
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