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!

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

June 7 - 9, 1977 Jeff Leaves For Michigan

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 7, 1977 JEFF GONE TO MICHIGAN, CLOUDY, RAINY

 

JEFFERY left to go to his father’s this afternoon. I’ll be glad when we hear he got there okay. Carmen came up for some things for a play at school. Susan and Cliff to Portland in a.m., also Monica. In PM Esther and Susan went to Ames. Susan got the kids some new clothes. Betty and Dawn came up and done the two bedroom closets. Es and Cliff called a little while.

 

 

 

Wednesday, June 8, 1977 Cow and Calf went today $400

 

Cloudy dreary dismal day. I done up my regular work, went down to Betty’s. We cleaned her whole house up. She did some washing. Es and Cliff called in evening, also Carmen. Dawn didn’t come up to Betty’s today. Today they got a $500 donation for New Hope Farm. Lloyd is not good today. Susan to the meeting tonight at Betty’s.

 

 

 

Thursday, June 9, 1977 JEFF GOT TO HIS FATHER’S AT 3 PM

 

At last a sunny day. I done a big wash. Also got them in and ironed. Bill worked on the school bus all day. In evening we went to the Cemetery looking for Auntie’s headstone from her grave, it is missing. JEFFERY got to his father’s in Michigan at 3 PM. He had a U-Haul trailer. He lost the exhaust off his car, otherwise all right. This was Dawn’s last day of Betty’s.

 

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