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, July 14, 2017

March 1 - 4, 1964



Sunday, March 1, 1964

Mostly cloudy. Didn’t do much except the regular work. Cooked a ham for dinner. Fern, Lloyd called, Aunt Ava. Weldon, Lida and girls and Robert. Mama quite tired today. Betty and I to town. Billie, Carmen and I went for a ride up through Waterford up to Norway and to call on the Phil Hunts. Took (?) Nooney Holden to hospital today. Betty feels sick.


Monday, March 2, 1964

A very nice day. We did a big wash, got a letter from Dorothea. Mama fair. Betty to town etc. Fern, Lloyd, Aunt Ava here.



Tuesday, March 3, 1964

A nice mild day. Betty and I to Portland shopping for their Western trip. Blanche home with Carmen and Mama. Mama quite filled up today, not too good. Betty off to town again. I went to town to pay some bills.



Wednesday, March 4, 1964

Fair most all day. Clouded in p.m. Fern, Lloyd called. Aunt Ava, Kennard, Kennie and Dot in evening. Also Art and Joan Ward called. Betty to Portland again today. Had windshield wiper fixed. To town in evening. I done general work and ironed. Very mild. Mama stronger.

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