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!

Thursday, September 6, 2018

August 10 - 12, 1968 Susan Deming weds Tom Rager


Saturday, August 10, 1968 Bridgton 200 years old, Susan and Tom married

After the good rain showers last night it is clear and nice this morning. The beginning of the Bicentennial. In p.m. Bill watched baseball. Billie worked for Lawrence. Jeff played around with the kids. Raymond Stanford came up a minute. In late p.m. the Thomases came. We had supper and went to the races at Oxford. Jeff went home after that. I enjoyed it. Susan and Tom Rager married.




Sunday, August 11, 1968

A very nice day. We picked peas, Bill painted. I didn’t get up until 10 AM. In late p.m. Bill and I went to down to Dorothea and Dave’s, took some corn, peas and cukes down. Her kitchen looks very nice. We left there, went to Westbrook, Gorham, Standish, Limington, Cornish, Kezar Falls, Porter, Parsonsfield, Effingham,New Hampshire, Eaton, New Hampshire, Snowville and Conway, North Conway, Redstone and back to Fryeburg Maine. Had a nice turkey supper at the Blacksmith Shop Restaurant in Fryeburg. A very good supper. Came home, Fern and Lloyd here.



Monday, August 12, 1968 Nice day

A nice day. It was on the cool clear side. Bill up and to work very early. I did a big wash today. Shelled beans. Had squash, shell beans, corn and cukes for supper. In p.m. I went over to North Bridgton Spratt Museum with Fern and Lloyd. Bill home early. Mark up in PM.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)