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 21, 2015

May 2 - 5, 1957 Forest Fire in Oxford/West Poland



Thursday, May 2, 1957 Another Cold Windy Day

Awful cold tonight. In forenoon Dolores, Dot, Lorraine and Wanda Jean called. I cooked most of the day. Last night there were five little pigs born. Late this afternoon Sen. Joseph Raymond McCarthy died. He was a nice smart man and was doing a lot for country. Another big forest fire at Oxford and West Poland.



Friday, May 3, 1957

Cloudy and awful cold all day. Bill and Billie each got in a full week. Mama down to Ferns today to spend the day and to look at Uncle Os cards. My back bothering me today. Got a letter from Dorothea today.



Saturday, May 4, 1957

A nice day and warmer. I went to Portland with Blanche, they bought a power lawn mower. Billie fenced and Deryl (?) Graffam helped him. Kay here all day. I bought my new shoes today Porteous Mitchell’s. In p.m. I cleaned up the kitchen, went to town.



Sunday, May 5, 1957

A nice day. A little windy in p.m. I cooked this forenoon. Bill and Billie set lane fence over. Ernest and Irene Batchelder called. Betty to church. Betty cleaned up the cars. In p.m. Kennie, Dot and Karen called. I wrote letters. Over to Aunt Linnie’s in late p.m.
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