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, August 1, 2021

June 14 - 16, 1979 Allen Family Reunion

 

Thursday, June 14, 1979 40° only got up at 5:15 AM

 

Was on the cool side this morning. I done up my work. Betty took us to town. I came home, it was much warmer. I did a big ironing. I made a meat pie for supper. A few other odds and end jobs. Bill worked at Camp Encore today

 

 

 

Friday, June 15, 1979 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

 

Down to Betty’s a little while. I came home, done a few odds and end jobs and I washed my hair, got ready and went down and got my hair set for tomorrow. At about 11:30 Kim got home from school. Zak came about 12:30. His teacher brought him home. Zak is going to take the 4th grade over again. Kim goes into the 8th grade. Carmen goes into junior class. She did very well in her final exams.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 16, 1979 ALLEN FAMILY REUNION

 

A VERY HOT DAY AND HUMID. I got up at 5. Made a cake, washed the floors and done rest of the  housework. Went to the Allen Family Reunion at Papoose Pond. Had a nice time and enjoyed it. Very interesting.

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

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