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!

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

January 28 - 31, 1960 Dorothea and Jeff Leave for 3 Years in England


Thursday, January 28, 1960

A big snowstorm. I washed. Dorothea got a special delivery letter from Dennis today. Jeff got awful cold.



Friday, January 29, 1960

A nice day, it cleared off early in a.m. Dorothea and Barb went to Lewiston. I cleaned up the house downstairs. Jeff’s cold is better. D feels better too. In late p.m. Billie and Raymond plowed out the driveway with George Allen’s jeep. Dorothea, Jeff and I to town. Betty went off downtown to see Dolly. Kennie, Dot up to say goodbye to Dorothea and Jeff tonight, also Barb and Wesley over this evening. Dorothea done some packing tonight.


Paper Supplies



Saturday, January 30, 1960

A very nice day. Milan, Norma and Ned arrived here about 6 AM, they left at one in Connecticut. We all was glad to see them, they have come to get Dorothea and Jeff. Dorothea, Billie, Milan have been around calling to town etc. today. Jeff home with me, he didn’t feel too good today. Blanche here today. Bob and Blanche this evening. Dorothea finished packing. Betty and Norma up to Dawn’s and up to a skating party tonight, had a good time. Cliff left for Texas today so Es said in her letter, also they bought a new Chevy 1960 this past week. Also a new breakfast set.



Sunday, January 31, 1960 Dorothea and Jeff left today

THEY LEFT. Yes Dorothea and Jeff left today at 1:30 PM for the first lap of their journey to England. They went with Milan, Norma and Ned back to Connecticut. It is awful to have them gone. MISS them both. Betty has been real happy today. I got Billie’s room done after they went. Do some more tomorrow. I wrote to Es and Susan. Just got a call from Dorothea. They got there at 6:30, just five hours going down. Betty up to corner skating tonight. Miss them so much tonight. Gone for three years.
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