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, December 3, 2017

September 9 - 12, 1965



Thursday, September 9, 1965

A beautiful day. I cleaned up my house, cooked cake, did some other odds and end jobs. Aunt Ava called in p.m. Betty, Carmen and I went for a short ride, very pretty day. Bill and I over to see about getting trailer in our name.



Friday, September 10, 1965

Rained hard early this morning, cleared during the day. Quite hot and muggy. I churned, done up my work. Got Susan dress off to her. Wrote to George Crook and Betty and Betty Smith. Lloyd got hurt last night while at work. Betty took me to town tonight to get our groceries. Called on Lloyd. Very HOT all day and night.



Saturday, September 11, 1965

Calf born this morning at 9 AM, a Scotch Highlander father. He is so cute. Took Fern to town in a.m. Bill worked in p.m. Well drawed dry today. Cloudy, not so warm. Sold 1960 Ford tonight.





Sunday, September 12, 1965

A fair day, didn’t get up very early. Had breakfast, done up work, down got the paper. Came home, had lunch, down through to Sebago and the Cemetery. Bob called. Lloyd called.


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