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!

Saturday, February 13, 2016

March 23 - 26, 1958



Sunday, March 23, 1958

Cloudy. Some snow and rain, also sunshine. Lloyd came up in a.m. and talked. Bill downtown. Bill and I over to Denmark with Fern and Lloyd. Raymond called in p.m. Betty made a cake. Very good. Bob and Blanche called. Letter from Adair’s.



Monday, March 24, 1958

A fair day, clothes dried quite well. Billie to town, got a few groceries. Kennie, Dot, Lorraine, Wanda Jean and Karen Joyce called. Thank you letter from Joy and Frank. Hayd and Helen called in evening. Owen Smart in car accident tonight. Betty brought me home a pen set.

Four Generations - Allie Smith, Kenneth Smith, Lorraine Harmon and Wanda Jean Harmon




Tuesday, March 25, 1958

Cloudy. I didn’t do much. Cooked two Apple pies, churned, did some ironing, worked on my puzzle. Kennard called. Also Dawn called today. In evening I went up to Aunt Ava’s and Uncle Lewis. Bill over to Fryeburg with Hayd.



Wednesday, March 26, 1958

Our hens are laying good, have been for past few weeks. A very nice day. Snow settled a lot. Bill worked for Hayd. Billie got his car fixed. Dawn Parks called in a.m. Norma Wildberger called in p.m. Billie got his haircut. In evening Don Chadbourne called and hired Bill for summer $10 per day. Called at Ferns in the evening.

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