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, August 7, 2020

October 8 - 11, 1975

Wednesday, October 8, 1975 CHIMNEY DONE Carmen strep throat

 

Another nice day. I worked at Betty’s again. We got her living room and dining room and back porch all done. A very nice day. Also George and Holly finished the chimney. Carmen home was sore throat, went to the doctors.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 9, 1975

 

We finished up at Betty’s today. The kitchen was a big job. Her house looks very nice. I was down there all day.

 

 

 

Friday, October 10, 1975 Bill worked at Joneses, got new pullets

 

Kind of a cloudy day. Dawn down to Betty’s. I done up my work. When Bill got home he took me to town. Tonight Billie bought some new pullets over to Harrison. Also Betty got some. She sold some of her pullets to Weldon. Also a few of her old hens. Betty up in PM. Betty and Dawn cleaned up the barns, got Betty’s hen house ready for the new pullets. Also hauled a big load of wood.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 11, 1975 one pullet eggs

 

It was cloudy most of the day and in late p.m. it began to rain hard. I got my work done up which was late. Then I went down to Betty’s. Billie and I did and we did her chickens, her old hens and got them into the freezer or ready. What a good job done. Esther and Cliff here in p.m. and watched the ballgame. Billie went with Keith and Lawrence in p.m. Betty and Walt up in evening.

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