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!

Thursday, October 2, 2014

September 8 -14, 1945



Saturday, September 8, 1945

Hot. Did regular work. Bill worked for Ilan.



Sunday, September 9, 1945

Not so hot. Cloudy. Brud and Verna called. Brud to say goodbye. Fern and Lloyd called a minute. Bill helped Lloyd.



Monday, September 10, 1945

Cloudy day. School began. Billie went over North Bridgton bus. I washed. Bill worked for Ilan. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in eve.



Tuesday, September 11, 1945

Got word Lewis Whitney died this morning. Aunt Lorraine’s son Papa’s nephew. My cousin. I ironed. Bill finished working for Ilan this noon.



Wednesday, September 12, 1945

I cleaned the dark bedroom and shed chamber today. Very nice day.



Thursday, September 13, 1945

I washed. Goden called. Dolores called, another letter from Carlton.



Friday, September 14, 1945

I ironed in eve. Bill and I went to town. Mr. Murray telephoned us.

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