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, May 1, 2017

May 9 - 12, 1963



Thursday, May 9, 1963

Another very nice day. I cleaned Mama’s and Billie’s rooms. Betty got her check today. She and Mama over to Norway. Betty bought some clothes for Carmen, herself and me. Also a nice box of chocolates. She and I called at Fern’s tonight. Chet Edson called tonight.



Friday, May 10, 1963

Clear in a.m. Clouded up in PM. I cleaned the cellar way downstairs, bathroom, hallway and front hallway. Washed Mama and Billie’s curtains and got them back up. Also the dining room ones. Betty and I to town after supper. Julie Conant came home with us. She and Betty down to Barb’s. Rained and hard tonight. Billie gone smelting up to Rangeley. Bill lame. We bought paper for living room.



Saturday, May 11, 1963

Snow Snow Snow
Cold snow and rain all day. I done up the kitchen. Cooked. Betty over to Mrs. Parker’s and she and I to town and down after Fern. Billie a bed all day, he didn’t get home til 5:30 this morning. Got a nice mess of good-sized smelts. Bill lame and in bed all afternoon.



Sundaym, May 12, 1963

Cleared off today. Still cold. Betty and I to town and down to Kansas (Road) to look at a cute little house. We came home. I churned, cleaned smelts. Done up the housework. Bob and Blanche here in a.m. Also Fern and Lloyd. In PM Kennie, Dot, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis, Bob, Blanche, Kennard and Delores.


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