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, January 18, 2020

October 3 - 6, 1973 Lloyd to MMC


Wednesday, October 3, 1973

Cloudy and showery. It cleared late in the day. I went down to Betty’s. We cleaned up her house, did some laundry. I came home, got supper. Milan and Betty came about 2:30. Bill took me to town.



Thursday, October 4, 1973

Rain today, didn’t do much. It cleared late in p.m. I went to town.



Friday, October 5, 1973 LLOYD TO HOSPITAL, no school, Peace

 Today was a sunny, showery day. Betty, Esther and Fern took Lloyd to the hospital to be operated on Monday. I had Zak. Betty and Milan down with Norma and the girls. No school. I did a lot of odds and end jobs.




Saturday, October 6, 1973

A very nice day, cooler and windy. Billie worked all day cleaning up, doing the fall work. A lot of people went to the fair. Milan and Betty out riding. I made bread, rolls, cake. Went to town. Milan and Betty bought some groceries. Joy’s girls down to Betty’s riding. Kim up here all day. At suppertime we all went down to Betty’s for supper and a birthday party for Betty Cox Smith. Fern up here.
Cute - Regina and Zak




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