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, February 28, 2020

March 3 - 6, 1974 Carmen Got Hurt At School


Sunday, March 3, 1974

A cloudy snowy day. I done regular work. Cooked a pie, had steak supper. Ironed. Walt and Betty up. They are very enthused about buying the Bean Farm.



Monday, March 4, 1974

Not a very good day. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. She went to the dentist. I stayed with Zak. I helped her in p.m. to get her house cleaned up.



Tuesday, March 5, 1974 58° temp

It was cloudy and showery in a.m. It cleared about 1:30 PM, it became windy. I was down to Betty’s in a.m. went to town with her after Zak. Done a dite of cooking. Betty had company in a.m., Bonnie and Sandy Smith.



Wednesday, March 6, 1974 very mild, Carmen got HURT at school

A beautiful day. I did washing and clothes dried very good. It was very mild and a nice breeze. Marianne called at Betty’s today. She has been in Florida for the past two or three weeks. Today at noon or a little after Betty got a phone call from Mrs. Flint (Carmen’s teacher). Carmen had been hurt quite bad. A car trunk cover came down on her head. She was taken to the NCM Hospital for test etc. She will stay there overnight. I had Zak in PM. After supper Betty and I went down to see her.

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