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, March 20, 2015

December 4 - 10, 1948



Saturday, December 4, 1948

No snow as yet. Bill and I to town in eve. Dorothea to ballroom with Sarah. Very nice day.



Sunday, December 5, 1948

Bill and Val worked outside, hauled up some wood. Mama up to Kennard’s. Warm. Bought new iron from Aunt Jo.



Monday, December 6, 1948

Washed. Rainy. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Awful hard rain.



Tuesday, December 7, 1948

Cleared off nice and warm. Mama over to Maple Lane Farm with Ava to see Amos McKeen.



Wednesday, December 8, 1948

Nice day. Did regular work. Eggs dropped.



Thursday, December 9, 1948

Went to Portland all day with Blanche and Joy. Fran (?) L. went too. Nice day. Betty and Dot went and saw Santa. Kennard and I went to see Hazel?



Friday, December 10, 1948

Washed. Nice day.
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