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 30, 2019

May 26 - 29, 1971




Wednesday, May 26, 1971

Another foggy miserable day. Bill worked at Betty’s today. Gordon came up for a little while. I helped Betty do some housework. She took Kim to school. She did some mowing of lawns.



Thursday, May 27, 1971 Zak came home from NCM Hospital

I was home today. I took care of Christopher Rager while Es and sue went to Norway. I did a dite of cooking. Done some odds and end jobs. Kim has cold and has to stay on couch so she can be able to go to the Humpty Dumpty school picnic tomorrow. Betty did some are mowing of lawns.

Humpty Dumpty School Class Front row -Dan Brown, Fred Bennett, Peter Merritt, David Miller, Bob McHatton and John Richards. Second row - Karla Swanson, Annette Rogers, Lila Dwelley, Martha Coombs, Lisa Pendexter. Back row, Lolly Musgrave, Demetra Giatas, Janine Lambert, Stacey Durfee, Kim Horton, Lucy White and Patsy Douglass.


Friday, May 28, 1971

A partly cloudy day, on the cold side in a.m. Kimmy to school for last day. Humpty Dumpty school. She got a lot out of going to that this past year. She had friends up to play with her in p.m. Mila Dwelley and Bobby McHatten. She was so pleased. Zak still not too good. I was down to Betty’s in forenoon. Bill worked there all day. In evening Betty and Walt went with Billie to get butter. Also Susan went. I stayed with Betty’s kids. Esther stayed with Susan’s. Zak had a hard time getting to sleep. I helped Betty set her dahlias and gladiolus out. She trimmed lawns.



Saturday, May 29, 1971

A beautiful day all day. First nice sunny day we have had for all day long. I done up regular work. Bill down to Walt’s a little while. Walt worked on his closet in utility room. Betty and I over to South Waterford Cemetery. Carmen sick all day. Zak better. Called at Fern’s. Esther sick today.


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