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!

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

March 23 - 25, 1969 State Theater Collapses


Sunday, March 23, 1969

A nice day. I got up early. Made a pie, got a smoked shoulder in to bake. Made an oyster stew. Bill slept most all day. Folks watched TV. Kids played. Betty and Walt called at Aunt Ava’s in late p.m. Carmen outside with Billie, he dug out clothes line.



Monday, March 24, 1969 Took out Insurance, State Theater, Walt got a job in Maine

A nice sunny forenoon. Clouded up in PM. Real mild temperatures. Walt got ready and left for Augusta at about 9:30. Betty, kids and I did up the housework. Washed etc. Betty and I saw our programs. Kids out of doors for a little while. Betty made a chop suey for supper, very good. Aunt Ava to the dentist to see what her trouble is with her mouth. State Theater collapsed tonight about 9:30 PM. Ken Proctor and insurance guy called. Bill took out an insurance on me for burial.



Tuesday, March 25, 1969 Snow and heavy rains

A very bad day, very heavy snowstorm in the morning and at about noon it began to rain and rained so hard all afternoon. I done regular work and wrote letters in p.m. I made a pudding. This has been an awful day. I went to town with Fern and Lloyd to see the State Theater building which collapsed under the heavy snow. Betty called, everything is still okay. Norm and Barbara Stanford called this evening.

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