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!

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

September 28 - October 1 ,1957



Saturday, September 28, 1957 Letter today about wedding

I cooked. Cleaned up the house. Betty went to the ballgame. Today we got the letter from Dorothea telling about the wedding. A great letter. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Today we got some very nice school papers from Susan.



Sunday, September 29, 1957

A very nice day. I wanted to go for a ride, but Billie and Bill helped Lloyd tear down his old hen house. Brud and Kennard called. Kennie and Dot, Raymond called also. We got a new cream separator of the North Bridgton Fire Association, the Harry Leavitt one.



Monday, September 30, 1957

I washed. A nice day. Bud Lowell called tonight. Donnie very good.



Tuesday, October 1, 1957

I cooked, churned and ironed. Don is well.
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