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!

Sunday, February 23, 2020

January 12 - 15, 1974


Tuesday, February 12, 1974

No school for the elementary school. Water pipes were broken. I done up my regular work. Kim up for breakfast and stayed until noon. She and I sewed. Zak stayed here while Betty and Dawn went to Harrison. Dawn was up to Betty’s for the day. Carmen up here in p.m.

Nanny mending my old purple coat





Wednesday, February 13, 1974

Another nice day. Down to Betty’s. We went to Norway. Bill kept Zak with him. He was very good. In p.m. Maryanne came to Betty’s and stayed for supper. This is Walt’s night for school. Walt done very well on his test. He got the highest rank.




Thursday, February 14, 1974 very cold and windy

I went down to Betty’s in a.m. Zak to Humpty Dumpty school. They had a Valentine party. He enjoyed it. Carmen and Kim got a lot to. I went to town, worked on the puzzle. It was very cold and windy. Fern and Lloyd to town and done there grocery shopping today for the first time since he got home from the hospital.







Friday, February 15, 1974

A very nice day. I washed and was down to Betty’s for a little while. I washed windows and finished putting the puzzle together. A very nice sunny day. The winter carnival started today.


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