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, October 3, 2015

October 4 - 8, 1956



Thursday, October 4, 1956

Cloudy today. It began to rain about four in p.m. Billie put his car into the garage for repair tonight. Betty home from school, teacher’s convention. I cooked. 2 bushels apples came today from Sanborn. Mama came home tonight from Ferns.



Friday, October 5, 1956

A very nice day, went to Fryeburg Fair today with Fern and family. Had a good time. Nice fair. Delores up here today. She is a terribly upset woman, hard life with Kennard. He drinks too much and is terribly mean at all times. Donnie a little uneasy today.



Saturday, October 6, 1956

Very nice day. Churned, cleaned up the house and cooked. Went to town before supper. Letter from Dorothea. Donnie sick.



Sunday, October 7, 1956

Rained very hard in the morning. Cleared about noon. Billie got his tires changed. Betty to church. Billie, Mama, Don and I went for a long ride in p.m. Donnie still sick.



Monday, October 8, 1956

A very nice day. I washed. Wrap Dorothea’s clothes she wanted mail to her. Also wrote to her. Donnie not so weak today.


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