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, June 20, 2019

August 15 - 18, 1971 Dorothea Visits for a Few Days


Sunday, August 15, 1971

A partly cloudy day. Hurricane along the eastern coast as far as Massachusetts. We had very heavy winds. I went to STORYLAND with the Horton family. Enjoyed it very much. Kim and Carmen had a good time. Zak had a good time too. Came home, cooked a beef on the rotisserie. Had Betty and family. Also Demings and Ragers called. Billie worked with Lawrence.



Monday, August 16, 1971

A beautiful day. I did a big wash. Bill didn’t work at Walt’s. We drove down to Mrs. Harmon’s and got some blueberries. I froze most of them. Dorothea came up today for a few days. We are glad she came.



Tuesday, August 17, 1971

Another beautiful day, not too hot. Bill worked at Walt’s. We got up, got breakfast and Betty and Zak came up and ate with us. Then we did up the work and looked at some papers, old town reports etc. that came from Aunt Ava’s house. Betty then went home. Dorothea and I got ready and we called at Delores’s, then down to see the kids swim. Called at Delores’s, Jean’s, Dot’s and (?) Down to the Cemetery. Came home, had supper then Es called and then we went down to Betty’s. Kim tried on dresses. Then came home and Dorothea stayed all night. Sue, Tom and kids called at Betty’s.






Wednesday, August 18, 1971

A beautiful day, on the hot side. Dorothea stayed at Betty’s last night. Bill, Dorothea and I got ready, we went to Livermore Falls to call on Jack and family. We had a nice trip up and back. He has a nice Old Home. Dorothea seemed to enjoy it all very much. Betty over to Norway to shop a dite. Fern went with her. After we got home, Dorothea called at Esther and Cliff house to visit with them a little while. After supper she and I called at Fern and Lloyd’s house to visit with them. Es and Cliff and Betty were there, had a good time also called at Bob and Pat’s.





Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)