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, November 7, 2015

March 2 - 5, 1957



Saturday, March 2, 1957

A very nice day. I cooked, cleaned up the house. In a.m. went to town to get groceries. And get a notarized permit for Dorothea to get married, and got it mailed. Got it from lawyer Lane. Betty over to Pitt’s stable with Moffitts in p.m. Bill worked on power saw. Billie helped Dennis.



Sunday, March 3, 1957

A very nice day. I did up the work. Terri came home with Betty from church. In p.m. I wrote to Esther, Cliff and to Susan. Betty went up to Terri’s house in p.m. Billie worked for Lloyd. Bill worked on power saw. Bob called in evening and got eggs. Bobby down in eve.



Monday, March 4, 1957

Very nice day but awful cold and windy. I washed in p.m. Over to Aunt Linnie’s. Town meeting today. Town raised a lot of money. Also money for hospital (?) No. O. D. to enter tho, Betty stayed down and had to walk home from Kay’s. She was awful cold. My dress cloth came today. Got a letter from Dorothea.



Tuesday, March 5, 1957

A very pretty day. Some wind and cold. I ironed and cooked. Down to Ferns in p.m. Raymond called in a.m., he and Billie went to South Casco.

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