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, September 27, 2015

September 6 - 9, 1956 Dorothea Called



Thursday, September 6, 1956

Foggy this morning. Cleared in early forenoon. I washed and cooked. A man came to fix refrigerator at 5 o’clock tonight. DOROTHEA called on the telephone. First time we’ve heard her voice since April 29. She was so pleased to talk to us but quite blue and lonesome too. She hates to leave Frank. Was so glad to hear her. Bill working down at Lloyds tonight. Dorothea leaving from March Air Force Base in California tonight.



Friday, September 7, 1956

Ironed. No word from Donnie.



Saturday, September 8, 1956

I did up the work. We canned tomatoes, made crabapple jelly, churned and cooked. Donnie came back today not very good. After supper Bill and I went to town and Fryeburg. Cold today.



Sunday, September 9, 1956

Billie worked today. Bill mowed lawns. In p.m. he showered and watched ballgames.
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