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!

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

March 2 - 4, 1971


Tuesday, March 2, 1971

A very nice sunny day. Bill stayed home today. We went to Portland to the Social Security Board. We had Betty go, Kim and Zak. We stopped at Dorothea’s. She joined us. We went to the SS then ate lunch, called on Walt, to FO Bailey coin collectors and gun collectors etc. We sold the coins for $92. No sale on gun or the book. Had a very good time, both kids were so good, very tired. I got a Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner for supper. Fern came up. Betty called. Also Vince got awfully sick today because of eating pills he got into.



Wednesday, March 3, 1971 $92

A cloudy dreary day. I done regular work. Washed, ironed and clean the cupboard. Betty cleaned some of her shed chamber. Walt home at noon to study. Carmen had company for supper and early evening. The little Dunn girl from South Bridgton. It is snowing hard here tonight. Lloyd cashed the check today for the guns.



Thursday, March 4, 1971

A bad storm today, snow most of the time. Some sleep. The wind blowed. A bad day, not any traffic hardly. No school over this part of the state. I stayed home all day. I worked in the cupboard by the kitchen. Billie Deming came over, he was here for supper. Bill back to work after supper. Es and Cliff over after supper to get Billie.


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