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!

Monday, December 7, 2015

July 4 - 7, 1957



Thursday, July 4, 1957 Quite Hot

Hot again today. I cooked, washed and churned. Betty down to the carnival in p.m. Blanche and Joy called here for supper. Mama came home today from Ferns. Betty worked at Irene’s today. Billie and Bill worked today. Billie done chores for Raymond while he and Kennie went up fishing in northern Maine. Donnie better.



Friday, July 5, 1957

Rained hard in morning. Bill was supposed to go to work early. He took me down to clean up the Dearborn’s cottage. Later he and I took Kennard downtown and we all did our shopping together, went over to Jim Chadbourne’s and over to Harrison. In evening Billie and I went over to Jims. Bill and I picked 2 quarts strawberries tonight. Donnie still better.



Saturday, July 6, 1957

A nice day, cool and sunny. I cleaned up the house. Betty to town and bought her a skirt. Charlie and Jean called and got some eggs. Billie and I over to Jim’s and got some peas. Bill went to work early. Donnie quite good today.



Sunday, July 7, 1957

A nice day. Sunny, not too hot. I got dinner, had our last batch of strawberries and cream. Billie mowed hay at Chets. In p.m. I wrote letters. Fern, Lloyd came up brought up my check $15 from Seavers. Billie and I called at Ervin’s a minute.
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