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, September 2, 2016

October 15 - 19, 1960 Happy 30th Anniversary



Saturday, October 15, 1960

Cloudy in a.m. Cleared off in p.m. Mike here today. He went down hunting. He and Betty downtown in evening. I cooked.



Sunday, October 16, 1960

Cloudy dreary day. I wrote my letters. Mike called and Betty downtown. Went to movies and up to Bonnie’s. Came home and back down to Rowena’s.



Monday, October 17, 1960

Cloudy in a.m. I washed. It cleared off about noon. Fern, Lloyd and I down to South Bridgton to get some apples. Very pretty ride. Betty home from school early. Her legs bother her quite a lot. Ordered class pictures today.



Tuesday, October 18, 1960

A nice day. I did my ironing. Lloyd took me downtown. I did some shopping for Mama at Rexall. Holly called today. Rowena up here tonight. Bill and I have been married 30 years tonight. Betty got a letter from Mike.



Wednesday, October 19, 1960

Nice and clear this a.m. Clouded up in p.m. I cleaned up the chambers. Washed windows inside and out. Betty home early from school. All tired out, upstairs and had a long sleep. Kennard, Kennie and Dot called in evening. Lloyd here in a.m.






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