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, January 11, 2016

November 13- 16, 1957



Wednesday, November 13, 1957

A very nice day. I cleaned up the whole house and began on my Christmas order. In evening up to Dawn’s. Awful cold this morning.



Thursday, November 14, 1957

Cloudy. Dawn took me to town in a.m. to take Donnie down to get shoes fitted for his feet. I called his mother. In p.m. I worked on Christmas order.



Friday, November 15, 1957

A nice day in the p.m. but in the forenoon at rained hard. The schools of Bridgton had a parade. It was very good. Paul Hodson, the president of the senior class was the grand marshal. I worked on Christmas order. Betty to movies in the evening. Dawn and kids up in the evening. Hams and bacon came back tonight. Check came from Mr. Ayers $100.



Saturday, November 16, 1957

A nice day. Steve here all day. I cooked in a.m. Cleaned up the house in p.m. I worked on Christmas order. Billie hauled pumpkins from Jim Chadbourne’s. Bill worked today. Bill sliced and wrapped the hams, shoulders and bacon. Donnie kind of upset today. Donnie a little nervous today.


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