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, August 15, 2020

November 7 - 10, 1975

Friday, November 7, 1975 4-H meeting at Carmen’s tonight, Kennard bad

 

I went down to Betty’s in a.m., came home. I washed. Betty got a dog for Susan, it was ugly and she couldn’t keep it. I helped Betty in p.m. or was down there while she cleaned her barn. Betty took Delores and me down to see Kennard. He is awful bad and was drugged very heavy. Carmen up here for supper. Billie and I went down to see Kennard at suppertime, a lot of pain. Carmen had the 4-H club meeting at her house. Zak up here to stay all night.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 8, 1975

 

It was raining when we got up. It cleared in a.m. I went to town in a.m. Zak watched TV cartoons all day until late in p.m. Betty and Susan took the dog Susan got away. I washed and waxed floor. I cooked, swept and dusted. Carmen rode horseback. Brud did come. I’m so glad because Kennard was looking for him.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 9, 1975 HOT, very mild, 70 to 80°

 

A beautiful day. I did my washing. Also got the clothes in and ironed. I worked on the scraps some. No one here except Betty called a minute. Susan and children came and got milk. It has been very hot, uncomfortable in the house.

 

 

 

Monday, November 10, 1975

 

A cloudy day. Fern and Lloyd came up and did their washing. Then we got up and got ready and went to Zayre’s to the sale. I did a small dite of Christmas buying. So did Betty. Dorothea went with us. She Christmas shopped also. Fern didn’t get out of the car. It rained very hard by the time we got home. They called Delores this morning that Kennard has got to leave the hospital. She is upset over that. We saw him tonight, he hadn’t had any drugs so was clear minded. He had fell and was quite bruised up and bleeding.

 

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