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, March 23, 2020

May 30 - June 2, 1974


Thursday, May 30, 1974 Christie still very sick

Well, cloudy and rainy when we got up this morning. It cleared at times during the day. It showered too. I went down to Betty’s. Esther and I did her dandelion greens. Betty did all of her lawns. Bill worked on the barn. Christie very weak and still sick. Lloyd called. Mr. Vose called. Both of their dogs had the same trouble as Christie has. They had them put to sleep. Billie got his check from the insurance company. A loan.



Friday, May 31, 1974

Another miserable day. I was down to Betty’s. She took me to town. Bill worked on the barn. It cleared late in p.m.



Saturday, June 1, 1974 Jeff called

Well it was raining this morning when we got up. It cleared at about noon. Bill, Billie and Walt worked on the barn. Kennard called and Lloyd. This morning early Jeffrey came, he brought his car up to the garage. He came right from work so he went to sleep. I cooked, washed floors. Kids and Betty here today. In evening I went over to Es. She was all alone. Cliff on a camping trip with the Scouts. Bill to work than over to Susan’s.




Sunday, June 2, 1974

A real nice day. Quite mild, yet some hazy. Hortons came up, they worked on the barn. I did a big wash. We cooked a rotisserie roast of beef outside but ate inside. Esther called, also Fern and Lloyd. Kids had a good time up here today. Barbara Gammon’s boy and his girlfriend were found dead in a car up on the old Sam Ridlon place. Carbon monoxide poisoning, accident. A leak in the exhaust pipe.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)