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, April 13, 2019

November 25 -28, 1970 Thanksgiving


Wednesday, November 25, 1970 Sue and new son came home

Today Betty, Zak and I to Westbrook. Picked up Dorothea and we went to Portland shopping at the warehouse grocery store. Also did a dite of Christmas buying. Came home, I cooked, got supper etc. In evening called at Ferns and Susan’s. Susan and Christopher Lewis came home from hospital.



Thursday, November 26, 1970  Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day. The Horton family and Walt’s father, Walt Horton Jr  were there. Joy, Buddy and family came in evening. Also Cliff and Billie. We had a nice dinner, Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, turnip, onions, celery, pickles, olives, rolls, pumpkin bread, cranberry sauce, custard pie and whipped cream cake. Milan, Betty called in evening by phone.



Friday, November 27, 1970

Partly cloudy. Up early, done up my work. Billie and I took off for Norway. He did his Christmas shopping. Came home, went to town. He did a dite more. Bill and I to town in evening, had turkey sandwiches.



Saturday, November 28, 1970

Bill worked at Walt’s. I did regular work. Then went down to Betty’s and babysat all day. Betty and Walt down to Portland Christmas shopping. Bill, Billie and me had supper down there.




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