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, May 3, 2020

October 17 -20, 1974


Thursday, October 17, 1974

Partly cloudy in a.m. then clouded up and it rained. I went to Norway. I ordered corselets. In p.m. I got supper to going. Did some odds and end jobs. Esther and Cliff here in evening.



Friday, October 18, 1974 VERY COLD, PAID TAXES, ZAK GLASSES

A fair day. It was very cold. Bill put the plates on to the station wagon and Betty and I went to Dorothea’s. We came home early. Bill hauled the chicken coops of Betty’s away. Zak got his glasses tonight. He looks good with them. Esther stayed with Zak while we went away. Kim up here for supper. Carmen had a girlfriend up after school, they rode Ebony. We went out for dinner with the Hortons and a beautiful card from Dorothea.



Saturday, October 19, 1974

A beautiful day. I done regular work. Billie helped Lawrence to get the cattle home from the Murray Jackson pasture over in Brownfield. In p.m. Betty took me to town. Bill fixed pump at Betty’s. Walt worked in Portland in a.m. In p.m. Walt and Bill went up over Bill’s lot. Carmen up here today, it was very cold and windy.






Posing for photos for Aunt Vi




Sunday, October 20, 1974 VERY COLD

It has been a very cold day. I done up my regular work. Billie helped Lawrence get the cattle home from the Roger Dunn pasture. Lawrence isn’t very good, quite upset over the cattle situation. Esther, Cliff and I down to Fern’s in evening. Esther took a cake down for Fern. Bill didn’t do anything today. I’ve had this stomach trouble for over a week now. Hope it goes away soon.
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