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, February 1, 2020

November 24 - 27, 1973 Bill works at Camp Encore


Saturday, November 24, 1973 A VERY NICE DAY

When we got up this morning the ground was white with frost. It soon began to warm up and it was a very nice mild sunny and high temperatures. Lawrence called. Billie went with him. I done regular work. Made a cake, pudding, Jell-O, baked beans, made biscuits for supper. Zak up in PM on his bike. I ironed and cleaned Bills car. Walt, Betty, Carmen and Kim rode bikes and horseback. Betty took Fern to town in late p.m. This is the last day of hunting for the year.

Posing for Christmas Cards




The winning photo




Sunday, November 25, 1973

Cloudy, some sunshine, not much. I done regular work. Changed beds etc. Washed and dried my clothes down to Betty’s. In p.m. we cleaned Billie’s car. He went with Lawrence in p.m.



Monday, November 26, 1973

A beautiful day. Betty don’t feel good. I washed, made a turkey pie and cupcakes. In p.m. went to town and around. Stan Adams called here in p.m. to ask him to work. Betty and I cleaned her car. We started a Christmas club today.



Tuesday, November 27, 1973 Bill worked at Camp Encore today

Bill went to work at Camp Encore. He said he may work there for a few weeks. It rained today. I did my ironing.


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