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!

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

July 1 - 3, 1976 Ed Babbitt died

Thursday, July 1, 1976 rain

 

Another miserable day, rain, cloudy and foggy. I done up my regular work. Betty called and said she was going to Maine Mall. I went. She done some shopping. I shopped for a few things for Billie and myself. Also done some grocery shopping. Dawn went with us and we all went to see Ed. Didn’t get home very early.

 

 

 

Friday, July 2, 1976 ED BABBITT DIED, SHOW AT BETTY’S

 

Been busy all day. Down to Betty’s. The kids at been very busy all day getting ready for the show tonight. It began at 8:30. It was very good, I enjoyed it all so much, so did everyone. They had of large crowd. Those kids are very smart. Dawn and Mabel were there and she had lost Ed only a few hours earlier. Today at 4:30 PM Ed Babbitt died after a very long illness. He was such a real nice guy. I feel very bad for Dawn. She has been very happy with him.

 

Beginning of Time

Rain dance     

Pioneer days - and square dancing

Old Dan Tucker and Gab (who was being a real Jackass!)

Scarlett O'Fatt

The Duel

Bonnie and Clyde

The 50's

Doing the Monkey in the 60's

The 70's

Grand finale -with a backwards flag!

 

Saturday, July 3, 1976 New amount of Social Security Bill $213 me $92.80

 

A nice day, sunny and not hot. I done up my work. I washed floor, done a dite of washing. Betty took me to town to do some shopping. Today we had increase in our Social Security check. Bill and Billie mowed lawns, worked on tractor mowing machine. Kids up here today. We enjoyed that show very much last night.

 

 

 

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