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!

Friday, February 24, 2017

August 17 - 20, 1962



Friday, August 17, 1962 Eyes

Hazy, quite warm. I went to town with Lloyd, had my eyes tested at Dr. Seidel’s. Came home, done a few odds and end jobs. Had showers in PM, a bad one. Betty called on the Carsley family today. To town tonight.



Saturday, August 18, 1962

A nice day, on the clear and cooler side. A very nice day. Billie to Skowhegan Fair with the Boyntons. Done a general cleaning and some cooking. Paid some bills by mail.



Sunday, August 19, 1962

A nice day. Done up all the work. A bad CAR ACCIDENT at Fern and Lloyd’s. A New Hampshire man (drinking) was thrown clear from his car when it was completely demolished after a terrific speed and skidding down length of stone wall and thrown into air about 20 feet and landed bottom side up. He was taken to hospital by ambulance. Had a cookout here. Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, Kennie, Dot, Ken and Delores.



Monday, August 20, 1962

I washed, fair, hot in sun. Clothes dried fairly well. I washed. Cooked a little. In p.m. Betty and I sat underneath pine tree. I got my papers all read.




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