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!

Sunday, March 8, 2015

September 11 - 17, 1948 Nanny Goes to NYC



Saturday, September 11, 1948

Kids went to show. Bill, Gram, Gramp and I went shopping downtown.



Sunday, September 12, 1948

Bill’s folks here. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis and Christins called. Fern and Lloyd in p.m. We took a few snaps.



Monday, September 13, 1948

Bill, Jean, their mother & father and I went to Augusta in a.m. Bill, Mama and I over to Paris and Norway and Albany in p.m. Jean asked me to go to New York.



Tuesday, September 14, 1948

We started for New York at noon. Jean and I to take Gram and Grampa to meet the boat. Bill took us to Portland to meet the bus.



Wednesday, September 15, 1948

In New York city at 6 this morning. Went to the boat from 9 AM till noon with the folks. To the show in p.m. Met George.



Thursday, September 16, 1948

Jean and I got home from New York about 3 o’clock. It was a wonderful trip.



Friday, September 17, 1948

Washed and ironed today. Cold and cloudy. Fern and Lloyd up in eve.


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