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, February 20, 2017

August 1 - 4, 1962





Wednesday, August 1, 1962

A nice day after the sun came out. It was foggy in early morning. Cleared late in a.m. Betty got ready and went down to Dawn’s in a.m. David came up and got her. I cleaned the shed chamber and all the bedrooms upstairs. I washed the floors and all. I picked string beans for supper. The Dianne Fabello funeral was a very big one. Catholic. Letter from Mike.



Thursday, August 2, 1962

A very nice day. Betty and Dawn gone up to Brunswick to the commissary buying groceries etc. It was warm and sunny today, a little breeze. I cleaned up all the downstairs. I trimmed grass, picked and froze beans. Jeff called in p.m. Fern, Lloyd, Blanche and Eva gone on a picnic today. Betty and Dawn came about 8:30 PM. Betty had a good time.



Friday, August 3, 1962

Another one of those nice days. I cleaned up the front porch. Went to Norway with Blanche. Came home, done up the rest of my housework. And figured bills and wrote out store lists. I’m just plain upset about our bills and buying groceries. I am really worried today. How am I going to do it? Betty got two letters from Mike today.




Saturday, August 4, 1962

Cloudy. Milan and family came about 10:30 AM. Linda Rockliff came with them. Alice Boutilier came and brought her two children up for a week. Verna and children came down and called. I got the bed ready for company. Linda Berry called today. She has a car of her own. Fern came up for supper and evening. Kids had a good time. Billie working for Lawrence.





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