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!

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

September 1 - 4, 1962



Saturday, September 1, 1962

Cloudy, miserable day. I cooked. Bill home all lamed up. Betty cleaned up the whole house. Finished the barn. Billie didn’t have to work. Fern and Lloyd getting ready to go to Ohio. In evening Betty and I down to Ferns.



Sunday, September 2, 1962

Cleared off in a.m. yet kind of cloudy. I got up early so as to prepare dinner and eat at around 11. Fern and Lloyd here for dinner. At 1230 Bill, Betty and I left with Fern and Lloyd to meet the Trailways bus in Portland to go to Ohio. A nice afternoon. We bought sandwiches on the way home. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here with Mama while we were gone.



Monday, September 3, 1962

A beautiful day. I did my wash. Bill rototilled the garden. Billie picked the shell beans. We picked some pickling cukes. In PM Billie, Betty and I took a ride way down in Casco, Poland, Minot, Oxford, Norway, Harrison and home to find pullets. None. Came home, got supper. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here. Bob called. Kennie and Dot called. A phone call from Fern and Esther. They got there all safe and sound and was in high glory. A happy time to them all.



Tuesday, September 4, 1962

Beautiful day. I did a big ironing. Dolores called. Done some shell beans. Canned. Betty got her CHECK. She walked to town, met Dawn. She and Steve brought her home and visited. Dolores called again in PM. Took care of Lloyd’s hens again today.

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