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!

Monday, February 24, 2020

February 16 - 19, 1974


Saturday, February 16, 1974

A very nice day. I got up early and got my work done. I cooked, washed my floor, ironed. Was busy all day. Walt called.

Celebrating Betty's Birthday - with Dick, Walt, Randy and Errol sitting in front








Dick and Freya




Sunday, February 17, 1974 Betty 31 today
Partly cloudy and some sun today. I got up early, got my work done and got my dinner to going. At about 1:30 we sat down to a roast pork dinner on the new table. Dorothea and Dave came a little later and brought a very pretty birthday cake. Betty got some very nice pretty and useful gifts. One, a very pretty coat from Walt. Carmen went home with Dave and Dorothea to stay all night.



Monday, February 18, 1974

A nice sunny day, a little windy, but not too bad. I did my regular work and washed. Kimmy came up and spent the day. Betty and Walt out for lunch. I was down to Betty’s to babysit while she and Walt was over to Esther and Cliff’s for supper and evening. Arthur Sanborn’s funeral today.



Tuesday, February 19, 1974

Partly cloudy. Quite a nice day. I done up regular work, went to Portland with Betty. She done grocery shopping. We stopped at Dorothea’s. Carmen came home with us. Kim up here with Bill and stayed here all night.




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