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, May 16, 2019

April 3 - 6, 1971


Saturday, April 3, 1971

Cloudy in a.m., foggy and some rain. Bill to the dentist. In p.m. I went over to Aunt Ava’s. Fern, Kennard, Delores, Es and me. Milton McKeen Junior called to look at the house. Came home, Betty, Walt had called. Then they came back for supper and Pa came to. Tom went today.



Sunday, April 4, 1971 George Allen died this p.m.

A beautiful day. I done up regular work. In p.m. I went over to Aunt Ava’s. There were Charles Robinson and grandson, Raymond Gammon and wife, Carl Marshall and wife, Rodney Kennison and wife, Owen Smart and wife, and a Ronald Kiesman who came to look at the house. Weldon called, George Allen died.



Monday, April 5, 1971

A very nice day. I did my wash, sheets and everything dried good. I went down to Betty’s, I went to town with her. I came home, Kim came up for a visit in p.m. I did my ironing in p.m.



Tuesday, April 6, 1971

A quite nice day, some haze. Up early, got ready and at 8:30 Betty, kids and I left for a shopping trip. We met Dorothea at North Windham. She went with us. We went to Kings in Falmouth then back to Monmouth Mart, Giants at nearby Deering section. Had lunch at Dowdy’s, very good. Got home about 4:30. I got me a new coat for summer. Had a good time. Walt up to Augusta for three days to go to school.


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