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!

Monday, October 31, 2016

May 28 -31, 1961



Sunday, May 28, 1961 Dr. Nash gone

A nice day, cold and windy. Betty and Norma over to Fryeburg. Bill and I over after them. Fern, Lloyd called. Mike got a nice mess of trout today. Dr. Nash left.



Monday, May 29, 1961

Nice in the morning. It clouded up and rained with showers. Betty C, Betty S, Norma Gay, Mike and I all went to Norway with Ned. Didn’t find any dress. I washed in a.m. Clothes got awful wet.



Tuesday, May 30, 1961 Planted

A fair day, but cold with a lot of cloudiness in middle of day. Fern, Lloyd, Blanche, Bob called. In the early a.m. we went to the Cemetery. Betty riding. Mike gone fishing, got two. I got the clothes in, cooked, done up the work. Bill planted garden. After supper Betty, Billie and I took Mike home. Art Ward called. Betty Smith, Norma Gay and Ned left around ten this a.m. for home in Connecticut.



Wednesday, May 31, 1961

Fair, windy, not bad. All back to work and school today. I cleaned my bedroom today. The one Dr. Nash has been using. It seems good to have it back. Kids down for the last assembly rehearsal. It seems odd not having Dr. Nash around. Miss him.

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