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!

Thursday, December 31, 2015

October 2 - 4, 1957 Fryeburg Fair



Wednesday, October 2, 1957 COLD

A very cold day. Fern, Lloyd, Uncle Os and I went to Fryeburg fair. Had a good time. Dawn called. Verna called and children.



Thursday, October 3, 1957

A very nice day. Not so cold as yesterday. Blanche, Doris Hatch, her little girl, Betty, Steve and I went to Fryeburg fair. Delores, Nola and Jeff called on Mama. Had a good time at the fair. Paper began to come today. Awful dry. No school today, fair.





Friday, October 4, 1957 No Rain

A cloudy day. Betty cleaned her room up today. I churned, made a pie, got ready to go to town. Brud and family went home today. Russia sent a satellite into the sky today. First one ever to go up.



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