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, December 7, 2016

October 18 - 21, 1961



Wednesday, October 18, 1961

Cloudy. We done up the work. Betty went riding on phantom. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis down to Yarmouth today and night.



Thursday, October 19, 1961

I cleaned up the house. Betty to Auburn tonight.



Friday, October 20, 1961

I done up the housework. Finished mailing the wedding announcement notes. I picked over some seed beans. Went to town in evening. Today in the Bridgton news was Betty and Mike’s pictures, good. Today sent Billie’s last car payment.



Saturday, October 21, 1961 Fern Aleta Smith Yates birthday

I cooked. In p.m. I went down to Mrs. Diller’s. She want at home. Rowena here for supper. Betty went to town with her or down to her house. Bill worked on his car. He worked at Raymond. Blanche here in p.m.
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