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!

Friday, April 15, 2016

December 26 - 29, 1958



Friday, December 26, 1958

A nice day, cold in a.m. I took out the tree. Dr. Skillin came to see Bruce, he has a cold. Betty up to corner skating etc. Kay and Janice here in p.m. Bill didn’t work. Billie over to the doctors.



Saturday, December 27, 1958

Bill worked. Warmer. I cooked, done up other work. Kay went home. Betty to movies tonight. She is downhearted.



Sunday, December 28, 1958

A nice warm day. Did regular work. Nancy Dyer, Holly and Randy Smart called and Fern and Lloyd.



Monday, December 29, 1958

A warm day. I washed. Billie took me to town to get pills for Bill. We took them to (?) Bridgton where Bill is working. Betty up to Dawn’s.

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