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, March 14, 2016

July 24 - 27, 1958



Thursday, July 24, 1958

A very hot day. I washed, sent a card to Dorothea. Betty up to Dawn’s and they all went swimming. A new lady came over to Raymonds to work today.



Friday, July 25, 1958

Another hot day. I cleaned up the whole house and ironed. Betty and Holly swimming. Ilan called today. He and Minnie have another son born early this morning. Bill got brakes fixed on car. To town in late evening.



Saturday, July 26, 1958

Rain. Bill didn’t work. He took Ilan and Holly to Portland to see Minnie’s new son. Betty went too. I cooked, churned and cleaned up the house.



Sunday, July 27, 1958

Rain all day. I didn’t do much, except the regular work. Wrote my letters in p.m. Called at Fern and Lloyd’s in evening. Aunt Ava called in p.m.


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