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, July 20, 2019

December 10 - 13, 1971 Tragedy


Friday, December 10, 1971 PERMANENT

Went to town today. Down to Betty’s a while. Bill and Gordon worked on the furnace. I done my shopping. Had to go to the bank to get money. Over to June’s and got my permanent this forenoon.



Saturday, December 11, 1971 Three Hodsdon boys died in house fire last night

A nice day. Billie and I went to Norway to exchange Carmen’s pants. I done regular work. Betty, Walt and kids went and got their Christmas tree. They got ours too. In evening we went over to Esther’s for Susan’s birthday. Fern, Lloyd up for supper tonight. We heard awful news tonight. Paul Hodsdon’s three boys died in a house fire and his wife’s sister.






Sunday, December 12, 1971 Mild temp

Mostly cloudy. I done up regular work. Washed my sheets, they dried good. I went down to Betty’s to stay with Carmen while they went down to Dorothea’s. They took their gifts down. Carmen has a bad cough and a touch of asthma. Took Carmen to doctors for a asthma shot.



Monday, December 13, 1971 Bill to the clinic

Partly cloudy. Bill left at 4:45. The bus leave Portland at 6:20. I did my washing. Pumped the well dry. Betty to Portland. She got bread, donuts etc. Also a very pretty rug for her living room. I had Carmen and Zak. Gordon worked at Betty’s, done today. Bill isn’t good at all. He has to go back tomorrow for more tests and x-rays etc. Es here tonight. Zak cut his forehead, took him to the doctors for a stitch.
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