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!

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

October 2 - 6, 1958



Thursday, October 2, 1958

Frost. A very nice day. I washed. Rosalie and children called and Holly. Also Dawn. I took care of plants outside. Billie cleaned out henhouse. I cleaned Mama’s bedroom. Bill, Billie helped to move Dawn’s mothers refrigerator. No school today.



Friday, October 3, 1958

A nice day. Warm. I cooked. Betty up to Dawn’s. Billie sold Jersey cow. To town in late p.m. Fern, Lloyd called.



Saturday, October 4, 1958

A nice day. Betty to Fryeburg Fair with Dawn. I cooked, churned. In p.m. Bill came home, we dressed rest of the old hens. Lloyd came up in eve. They cut up rest of beef.



Sunday, October 5, 1958

A nice day. Cool and windy. Bill and I went to Portland and got Ken and Delores. I went up to Waterford with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Wrote my letters.



Monday, October 6, 1958

A very nice day. Kind of cool. I went to your mess with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis to Hilda’s. Letter from Adair’s, also a snapshot of JEFFREY.
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