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, February 20, 2020

February 1 - 3, 1974 Carmen's 11th Birthday Party


Friday, February 1, 1974

A beautiful day. Mild. I washed windows, did regular work, ironed. Betty and Zak here. It has been windy. Last night it was an awful windy night. It blew down trees and did a lot of damage. It blew the top or most of a large tree down. It was in front of Betty’s. The town crew cleaned it up this morning. I was down to Betty’s in p.m.



Saturday, February 2, 1974

Kind of on the partly cloudy side. A pretty good Calamus Day or Groundhog Day. I done up my work, went to town, done a little shopping. Checks came today. Billie didn’t go anywhere with Lawrence today. It was on the cold side.



Sunday, February 3, 1974

It was a little cloudy, but it cleared off very good. I got up, took my bath, got breakfast. Done up my work and got ready and went down to Betty’s to help get ready to make the sandwiches for the party. Today Carmen celebrated her 11th birthday which is Tuesday the 5th. Fern, Lloyd, Cliff, Esther, Dorothea, and David, Jeff, Billie, Bill and me. She got a lot of money and many nice gifts. Had a good time. Dorothea, David and Jeff came in Jeff’s car. It is a good car and he gave Bill a ride in it. Also Billie and Carmen and Billie Deming. We are pleased he has it. Now if he turns out to be a good man is all we ask for.

Uncle Lloyd, Dorothea, Aunt Esther, Billie, Nanny, Aunt Fern

Aunt Fern, David, Poppa, Lloyd, Dorothea and Nanny










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