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!

Monday, August 10, 2015

February 13 - 16, 1956 Dorothea and Judy McAllister Leave for Lackland Air Force Base in TX



Monday, February 13, 1956

A very nice day. Bill, Edith, Justin and I took Dorothea and Judy to Portland to leave tonight for Texas in the W. A. F. Do hope they have the very best of luck and not be homesick. They have gone for three years. Dolores came down in p.m. Got Billie’s license for his car.


With Judy McAllister










Tuesday, February 14, 1956

Nice day. I washed, cooked. We got our first card from Dorothea. Today was Valentine’s Day. Betty got a lot at the party in her grade at school. Billie worked all day.



Wednesday, February 15, 1956

A nice day. I cleaned up the house today, use the new air-way. Just like spring. Billie worked all day.



Thursday, February 16, 1956

A very nice day, cold and windy. I cooked, ironed. We get a card (2nd) from Dorothea today. Mama mended etc. Central Maine Power Company over to Raymond’s today to help cut the big trees near the wires. Billie downtown to get alcohol in his car radiator. Billie worked all day.
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