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, April 24, 2020

September 15 - 17, 1974 Zak's 5th Birthday















Sunday, September 15, 1974 Zak 5 years

A nice sunny day after it got cleared away from the fog. I done regular work, washed and did some ironing. Billie and crew sawed wood at Chet’s. Lil is very mixed up. Billie and Betty up again tonight after supper. Bill finished hooking the water up over to the barn. Mr. Saltman called. In p.m. we all, Demings, Yates, Crooks, Thomases, all the Horton family at Zak’s party. We first had Sloppy Joe’s made by Esther (delicious) then Zak opened his gifts which were very many nice things. After that we had ice cream and cake made by Dorothea. It was a Mickey Mouse and very unusual and beautiful. She is very smart doing these things. A very nice time and Zak enjoyed it. Betty’s house looks very nice. Carmen and Zenya was riding again today.



Monday, September 16, 1974 Zak up for supper for his fifth birthday, Bill worked

Bright northern lights was in the sky last night. Up this morning and the sun was shining. I washed, was down to Betty’s today. She and I to town. Betty up to Lil’s. She was very mixed up in her mind. She is very thin. Zak had a good time up here, he helped Billie do the chores etc. He was pleased to come up.



Tuesday, September 17, 1974

Nice and sunny. Betty and I went to Portland. Got a few things, the house paint. We called at Dorothea’s. She has a new sewing machine. She likes it very much. Esther got Zak off to school. Got home early. Esther over tonight.
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