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, August 31, 2016

October 6 - 10, 1960



Thursday, October 6, 1960 Killed Hens

Betty Smith’s birthday. Today Billie and I killed the old hens. Bill dressed them out at night. 17. Aunt Ava called. It rained by showers today. Cleared about four in p.m. Betty not home all day. No school, teachers convention. Rained by showers.



Friday, October 7, 1960

A nice day. Betty home all day. In evening she went down to Rowena’s. Mike over here. I cleaned up rest of the house. Churned etc. Quite busy all day. To town in evening.



Saturday, October 8, 1960

A very nice day. Blanche and I went to Fryeburg Fair. A very nice fair this year. Very big crowds. Betty over there last night with Mike and other kids. Rowena and Doug. I cooked just a cake. Mama for a ride with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Charles Virgin called with Lloyd. Bill and Dr. Nash watched ballgame’s. Billie worked up to Chet’s.



Sunday, October 9, 1960

Nice day. Mike and Betty came. Betty stayed down to Rowena’s last night. They and Doug all went out for the evening. Bill sawed the wood. Billie hauled sawdust.



Monday, October 10, 1960

A nice day. I washed. Tonight when Betty came home, Rowena and Linda came with her. They went to a baby shower. Then they came home and studied.
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