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!

Sunday, November 26, 2017

August 12 - 15, 1965



Thursday, August 12, 1965

A beautiful day after the fog cleared away early in a.m. Dorothea got the car. We, Betty, Dorothea, Jeff, Carmen and I all went down to Kennie and Dot’s and down to see Lorraine’s house. After supper Bill took Betty, Carmen, Dorothea, Jeff and I all for a nice long ride.



Friday, August 13, 1965

Fair, not too cold. Dorothea took Bill to work and when she came home, saw a bull moose up there in the road. Betty took me to town after supper.



Saturday, August 14, 1965

Another hot and humid day. I baked beans, washed. We had Fern up here for supper. Dorothea and I took her home. Betty and Mike out tonight.



Sunday, August 15, 1965

We didn’t do much today. Over to the lake with Jeff in PM. Mike worked. Had a roast beef supper. Called at the art exhibit at North Bridgton gym.



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