Nanny's Diaries: March 2015

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, March 31, 2015

January 31 - February 7, 1954

Sunday, January 31, 1954

Bill worked half-day plowing snow.

Monday, February 1, 1954

Washed. Very mild.

Tuesday, February 2, 1954

Ironed, churned.

Wednesday, February 3, 1954

Cooked.

Thursday, February 4, 1954

(Blank)

Friday, February 5, 1954

Bill got his first paycheck $54.88

Saturday, February 6, 1954

Bill and I went to town in p.m.

Sunday, February 7, 1954

Fern, Lloyd, Betty and I went over to Pleasant Mountain ski tow to watch the skiers. Fern and Lloyd visited a little while in p.m. Billie up to Chet’s.

Monday, March 30, 2015

January 25 -30, 1954

Monday, January 25, 1954

20 below, we washed.

Tuesday, January 26, 1954

My check came, I went to town.

Wednesday, January 27, 1954

Stormed hard.

Thursday, January 28, 1954

(Blank)

Friday, January 29, 1954

Bill still lame. Teachers convention, kids home from school. Kail came up.

Saturday, January 30, 1954

Billie and Chet went over to Otisfield Gore and got two Holstein heifers Billie bot. Raymond called. Bob and Joy called. Storming. Bill worked. Evelyn called, she and I went to town. Es, Cliff, Susan and Dorothea got back from Florida.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

January 1 - 24, 1954

Friday, January 1, 1954

Billie worked on tie up.

Saturday, January 2, 1954

Worked on tie up.

Sunday, January 3, 1954

(Blank)

Monday, January 4, 1954

Washed.

Tuesday, January 5, 1954 – Tuesday, January 19, 1954

(Blank)

Wednesday, January 20, 1954

Bill down to getting the car fixed. Charlie and Jean called.

Thursday, January 21, 1954

Bill back to work, first time since last November.

Friday, January 22, 1954 – Saturday, January 23, 1954

(Blank)

Sunday, January 24, 1954

Hauled hay. Curt Adams helped Bill and Billie.

Saturday, March 28, 2015

1953

Hi-lights from 1953.

Another year of flooding in Bridgton

(l-r) Norma - 5, Susan - 3, and Betty -10.

Four Generations: Allie, Kennard, Wyvern (Brud) and Nola Raye July 4, 1953

Dorothea in front of the Lilacs

For more photos - please check out the family website.

Friday, March 27, 2015

1952

Photos hi-lighting some of the 1952 events.

Photos of The Great Blizzard of 1952

Billie Crook's Army photo - (his eyes look freaky!)

Lorraine Smith's Graduation photo

James Ronald Faucher joins the Navy

September - Dorothea Crook starts her Freshman year

Sad that Nola died this past year.

Cliff and Susan Deming


Joy Smith and Dorothea Crook going skating at the bog. Is that Ava McKeen?

For more family photos - go to Our Heritage Room website.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

1951

1951 - doesn't seem to be a lot of photos from this year - but please check out our website for other photos.

June 14, 1951 Carkie and Phyllis wedding at Antioch College in Ohio. I believe that is her sister and his brother, Brud in photo with the couple.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

1950

Some hi-lites from 1950. Please check our website for more photos from Nanny's life.

Dr. George P. Nash - a retired dentist that boarded at the farm.

A NEW back porch at the farm

Milan

Frances and Herman's Wedding Anniversary Party

Rayburn and Joan's Wedding - December 1950

Christmas - l-r Althea, Delores, ?, Kennard, Bill and ?

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

1949

Nanny didn't have diaries from 1949-1953. So - to make the leap from 1948 - 1954, I thought I would post some photos with updates from each year. This is some photo hi-lites from 1949.