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, September 10, 2015

June 27 - 30, 1956



Wednesday, June 27, 1956

Rained all day. Went to town and over to Lake with kids in a.m. In P.M. went to Charlotte’s funeral at the North Bridgton church, not many people that attended. Es, Aunt Linnie and I went, Mama didn’t feel well today.



Thursday, June 28, 1956

A good day after it cleared off. I washed. Mama didn’t feel good, she was in bed all day. In eve over to Norway with Billie, Es, Susan, Bet and I. Went over to Twitchell’s to see a cow. He bought one.





Friday, June 29, 1956

A nice day. My check came. I went to town after Bill got home. Es and Susan up to Bob’s today. I cleaned up the house. Bill got his haircut. Kennie and Dot called in eve. Billie had a new cow come from Twitchell’s from Norway. A nice Guernsey cow.



Saturday, June 30, 1956

Es and I to town in a.m. We came home, she took kids over swimming. I done the housework. In afternoon Es packed her suitcase. In evening Bill, Es, kids and I went to town. When got home Raymond and Kennard called we talked etc.
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  1. CarmenSeptember 11, 2015 at 3:50 PM

    I love how everyone used to pile in the car just to go look at a cow..Ahhhh the GOOD OLD DAYS! :D

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