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, December 5, 2016

October 10 - 13, 1961



Tuesday, October 10, 1961

A nice beautiful day. I ironed. In evening Delores called, Rowena and Justin the insurance man.



Wednesday, October 11, 1961

Cloudy. I wrote to Esther. Cleaned up the upstairs, at night I wrote to Dorothea. Billie gets through at the Bridgton Dielectric plant tonight. Tomorrow he goes to work at the Raymond plant. Only one more day and night for Mike and Betty. Mrs. Parker called.



Thursday, October 12, 1961

A very nice day. I got a letter and some snaps off to Dorothea. I done up the housework. In p.m. went over to Harrison with Blanche. She went to see Dr. Newth and to return the lace frock Betty borrowed to wear over top of wedding gown. Fern and Lloyd called in p.m. Billie started in at Raymond today. Betty down to Pownal and Auburn.



Friday, October 13, 1961 MIKE GONE

A beautiful day. Mike returns back to his camp today, Fort Dix, New Jersey. I will miss my son-in-law and I know it will be hard for Betty to have her new husband gone. I’ll be glad when she gets work now. I washed. Went down to Pownal and got Betty. She was there with her mother-in-law and father-in-law.


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