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, June 21, 2020

April 15 - 17, 1975 New Stove


Tuesday, April 15, 1975 BRAND-NEW STOVE

A nice day, a little milder. It got cloudy in p.m. Today we cleaned Fern’s bedroom. Betty was sick with a cold. Lloyd was his grouchy and ugly as could be. He hollered at Zak and Fern, he found fault with everything. We came home as early as we could because Betty didn’t feel at all good. I had a brand new Frigidaire electric stove come today from McIver’s Electric. It is a golden harvest (yellow) very pretty. We like it real well.



Wednesday, April 16, 1975

A quite nice day, milder temperatures. We can begin to see a few rocks and one or two bare places down in the field tonight. Betty feels better, but her head or sinuses is filled up. She got quite tired at Ferns. We did Fern’s bathroom and dining room, kitchen and back hall. Zak stayed at Esther’s today or this p.m. while we was at Ferns. Lloyd want so bad today. Kimmy to scouts or brownies. I did my ironing early this morning. Bill painted today. This evening Esther and Cliff called also Dorothea came up to make a call.



Thursday, April 17, 1975

Another nice day. Quite a few bare spots down through the field today. Betty and I down to Fern’s early and we cleaned Ferns living room. Came home at 11:30. Went to town in p.m. Betty took Zak down to get his glasses. I made a pie, cooked a piece of meat. Bill done some more painting. I like the stove very much. Walt doing a lot of soil testing jobs. Today the Freedom Train has been in Portland to start the Bicentennial celebration. It will leave tomorrow




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