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, June 23, 2015

June 12- 18, 1955 Kennard and Kennie Turn 54



Sunday, June 12, 1955

Rained Hard all day. Dorothea, Betty and I called at Ferns in the evening. Dorothea and I went up to Aunt Ava’s. Dorothea drove car, did well. Dorothea took her evening gowns down to Fern’s to hang in her closet. Mama better. Kennie’s family called in p.m.



Monday, June 13, 1955

Rain and showers this morning. Cleared off. Clothes dried quite well.



Tuesday, June 14, 1955

We did a big ironing today, cooked etc. Kennard and Kennie 54 years today. Nice day. Rocky left home tonight.



Wednesday, June 15, 1955

Mowed rest of lawn. Churned. Washed, ironed. Blanche called tonight, Fern, Lloyd, Uncle Os, Bill and I went down to Poland Maine for supper to celebrate Lloyd’s birthday. Very good supper. At Lobsterland on Tripp Lake. Set out plants. Very nice hot day.



Thursday, June 16, 1955

Very nice day. Went over to Aunt Linnie’s to see her chicks. We planted the garden tonight. Dorothea up to Winthrop, Maine with a group of girls from B. H. S. Graduating class on a few days at Dot Libby’s camp.



Friday, June 17, 1955

Another nice day. I cleaned up the house. Donnie’s clothes came today from his mother.



Saturday, June 18, 1955

Very hot day. Bill and I went to town as soon as he got home. Betty to movies in p.m. and evening.


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