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!

Saturday, December 8, 2018

July 25 - 28, 1969


Friday, July 25, 1969 $5.00

A nice sunny day. I worked at Dorothy’s. In p.m. Betty, kids and I to town shopping etc. Bill and I down town in evening. Billie to Norway.



Saturday, July 26, 1969

Cloudy today. Done up the work. Billie down to Lawrence’s. Betty and Walt didn’t do much, down town, called at the Stanfords in evening. Gordon came up a little while today to look at septic tank overflow. Bill and I to town and got a few groceries. Fern up for supper. A dreary day.



Sunday, July 27, 1969

Another cloudy miserable day. Betty, Walt and girls went down to the fish hatchery and animal farm at Gray. Took a picnic lunch, had a very good time. Billie went to Parsonsfield with Lawrence for cattle. Bill and I went down to Dorothea and David’s. Took her birthday cake and card down. She was pleased. George and Louise called on them. Fern and Lloyd up a little while today.



Monday, July 28, 1969 Oil

Another cloudy rainy dark miserable day. We went to town in a.m. Got some groceries. Betty came home and made a spaghetti supper. I picked some peas, made a pie etc. Leg still lame.

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