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!

Thursday, June 9, 2016

September 23 - 26, 1959 New Job For Bill



Wednesday, September 23, 1959

A very nice day. I cooked, got a boiled dinner ready to cooking for supper. Bill and I to town before supper. Tonight Fern, Lloyd, Mr. Yates, Billie and I all went over to Lovell to Joe Trues to get the pullets 18. At a $1.75 each. As we was eating supper tonight Frank Harman called to tell Bill to come into the transmission company to work. He begins tomorrow. Got PULLETS.



Thursday, September 24, 1959

Very warm. A nice day very warm and sunny. I washed, cleaned up the chambers. Bill went to WORK today at the PORTLAND TRANSMISSION company here in Bridgton. A steady job. We are so glad about this. Tonight Sally, Gordon, two girls and Mrs. Porter called. Betty up to Irene’s in evening.



Friday, September 25, 1959

A beautiful day. Mama up to Waterford with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. I cleaned up the downstairs, churned. Dolores called. In p.m. Betty and Irene called. Betty babysitting for Irene this weekend. Bill to work again for town after supper tonight. Bill got fuel pump for car and ordered two tires for car. Betty up to Irene’s this weekend to babysit.



Saturday, September 26, 1959

A very nice day. Vincent Yates had a fatal heart attack this morning early. It was so sudden. I cooked, ironed. Bill home in early p.m. He put a new fuel pump in the car. Billie took the fence down and put the cows back into regular pasture.


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