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, November 18, 2018

May 7 - 10, 1969


Wednesday, May 7, 1969

Partly cloudy. Some sun in a.m. Still on the cold side. In a.m. Betty, Kim and I went down to Portland airport and checking around for a place for the Horton’s to live. Fern went with us. In p.m. we went to Standish.



Thursday, May 8, 1969 $5.00

I worked at Dorothy’s today because Betty has got to go to Portland tomorrow to take Aunt Ava down to the clinic. It is cloudy today but warmer. I did some figuring today. Betty cleaned up the house today. Dorothy pays five dollars now because I walk home.



Friday, May 9, 1969

Rained hard all day. A miserable day. It cleared late in the evening. Betty to Portland with Aunt Ava, took her to the clinic. Got home about 1:30 PM. Had a salmon loaf supper. Betty took me to town after supper. She and Walt got a call from the bank in Concord. Papers are all signed. They will get their check first of the week. Betty and Walt down to Fern and Lloyd’s to watch TV in evening.



Saturday, May 10, 1969

A clear cold windy day. We washed. I made rolls, lemon meringue pie and raised bread. Also baked beans. Betty and Walt went to Portland for supper, will call at Dorothea’s. It was for Mother’s Day. They looked very nice when they went away. Billie worked for Lawrence.


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