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!

Sunday, May 29, 2016

August 2 - 5, 1959



Sunday, August 2, 1959

A much cooler day. We done regular work. Milan over to Bob’s. Bob called. Betty over to Fryeburg. I wrote two letters. Betty and Mike had a last date tonight.







Monday, August 30, 1959 38 degrees

A very nice day. I washed, clothes dried good. It was very cold in morning, 38°. Milan, Betty and Norma to Portland today. Betty up to Dawn’s. In evening Billie and I up to Dawn’s and down to Fern’s.



Tuesday, August 4, 1959

Another nice day. Milan to Portland. Betty and I ironed. I cooked. Norma up to Dawn’s. George and Dawn got me some blueberries. Milan, Norma and I to town after supper.





Wednesday, August 5, 1959

A cloudy day. I done up the work. Alice, Betty’s sister, called here this morning. Milan and Betty took her up to Readfield. I picked over blueberries, had 8 pints. I picked a mess of green peas for supper. Betty up to Dawn’s. Raymond called in evening. Norma down to Lillian Allen’s in a.m. In p.m. she came up here. To Dr. Skillings in evening. She has infection in the ears.




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