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, November 3, 2016

June 8 - 10, 1961 Betty Graduates From High School








Thursday, June 8, 1961

BETTY LOUISE CROOK graduated from Bridgton High School at the Bridgton Town Hall. How happy we all are. She has been through hell and high water, but stuck to it and made it. Hope she has a happy future and a happy home life of her own with the right man (MIKE). Time will tell. Bill, Mike, myself, Kennard, Delores, Fern, Bob, Blanche, Jean, Aunt Ava and I all went, sat together. A very nice graduation.

Pretty good day with a light rain in early evening. A man was killed tonight on Route 117. John Scully.



Friday, June 9, 1961

Cloudy and some showers, fair in p.m. I didn’t do only the housework. Dr. Charles Seidel up to fit glasses to Mama. Billie working tonight again. Tonight is the graduation ball. Fern and I went. It was very good. Kids all looked so nice in their evening gown dresses etc. After the ball the whole class went off for the night. Tommy and Mike came here this p.m. to go to the graduation ball.



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Saturday, June 10, 1961

Rained most all day. Kids didn’t get home till morning. Had a wonderful time last night. I done up the work, was quite late getting my cooking etc. done. Kay and Jerry called and Rowena. Betty and kids off again tonight all night. Billie had to work.
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