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 3, 2017

May 13 - 16, 1965



Thursday, May 13, 1965

A cloudy showery day. I cleaned the dining room. Mike over fishing. Betty sleeping.



Friday, May 14, 1965

It was a beautiful day. I worked in the kitchen. Mike away all day. Bill worked at Jean’s tonight. Betty called at Marguerite’s.



Saturday, May 15, 1965

A very nice day. I done some cleaning. Bill and I to town. Betty, Mike and Carmen with Bubba and Marguerite Clark went to Portland. Got some clothes. Mike got Betty a vacuum cleaner.



Sunday, May 16, 1965

A fair day, warm in forenoon. Betty, Carmen and I went to Gorham, Raymond Clark’s for strawberry plants. Bill got them set out and rest of garden planted. Kennie and Dot called. Fern and Lloyd.


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