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, January 20, 2016

December 16 - 19, 1957



Monday, December 16, 1957

Partly cloudy. I washed, cleaned up the house. We made ice cream in p.m.



Tuesday, December 17, 1957

A nice day. Forrest came up, put the door upstairs at head of stairs. Evelyn Ridlon called, she and I went to Norway. In p.m. I got my clothes in. Dolores called. Kay came up after school. In evening Betty went to movies.



Wednesday, December 18, 1957

I did some cleaning in the kitchen. The rocking chair came today for Mama’s Christmas, from her children and grandchildren.



Thursday, December 19, 1957

I cleaned up the chambers today, and out to the dining room. Charlie brought the crib up today. Bill painted it. Bridgton Academy gym burned early this morning.



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