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, November 24, 2017

August 4 - 7, 1965



Wednesday, August 4, 1965

Another nice sunny day. Very dry. Dorothea, Jeff, Nola, Carmen, Betty and I all went down to see Dr. Nash, Donnie, over to The Desert of Maine and back out to the fish hatchery and wild animal farm at Gray. Betty, Dorothea and kids down swimming after supper. Susan down with Nancy. George Dyer died today.



Thursday, August 5, 1965

Hot today. I cooked. Bill home at noon sick. Dorothea done the ironing. In p.m. we went over to Crystal Lake to swim with rest of the folks. Had shell beans and corn for supper. Up to the trailer after supper.



Friday, August 6, 1965

HOT HOT AND DRY
No rain, it is so awful hot. Dorothea, Jeff and I called on Jean, George and Thena and the Bracketts. Came home, had a salad. Betty took me to town. Fern, Es and Billie called. Dorothea, Betty, Jeff, Carmen and I over to Harrison swimming. Es and Billie went too.



Saturday, August 7, 1965 VERY HOT No Rain

Done regular work. Dorothea and I, Jeff, Betty and Carmen to town. Es, Fern, Billie and Nancy here for supper. Billie haying for Lawrence and came home mad and ugly. Bill, Dorothea, Betty, Mike, Carmen and Jeff gone away swimming in p.m. Billie off tonight.
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