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!

Saturday, July 25, 2015

December 3 - 6, 1955 Dorothea Leaves College Career For Good!



Saturday, December 3, 1955

Fair. Busy all day. Had to go to town in a.m. Worked all p.m. Bill went over and got his haircut. Billie helped Raymond to finish getting his wood. Terrie, Betty and Jill went skating. Dorothea left Starrs and her college career today for good.



Sunday, December 4, 1955

Cloudy. Bill went down to the camp helping Lloyd and Robert in a.m. Bill down to town to work on snowplows and sand. It snowed about 3 inches. An early morning chimney fire at Jim Chadbourne’s.



Monday, December 5, 1955

A fair day. Washed and churned. Billie worked up to Chet’s.

Nanny kept a record of her Milk, Cream and Butter sold in 1955




Tuesday, December 6, 1955

Churned. Cleaned up the house, washed floors. Nice day, awful cold. Went to Portland airport at night to meet Dorothea, she came from Brud’s. Mama, Bill, Betty, Donnie and I went. Billie began work at Lawrence’s today.


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