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!

Monday, July 22, 2019

December 18 - 21, 1971


Saturday, December 18, 1971

A nice day, very cold. I done regular work, cooked. Down to Betty’s while they took Carmen down to the Maine Mall. Bill went with them. He too thought it was very interesting. Dorothea and Jeff up, also a friend of Jeff’s. Es, Cliff called in evening. Billie got outside candles for front steps.



Sunday, December 19, 1971 2 below zero this morning

A nice clear day. I done regular work. Washed and waxed kitchen floor. Bill down to help Walt thaw out his water pipes. Gordon called here. Took the bill for furnace down. Billie helped Butch get some beef to be butchered. Up to Chet’s. Gordon up to Walt’s with the bill for the furnace. He called here.



Monday, December 20, 1971 SUSAN HAS A DAUGHTER

Quite a nasty day. It snowed and rained most of the day. Today Betty and I did our shopping (grocery), we washed. Bill home all day. Betty got her hair cut, she looks 100% better. In evening we called at the Northern Cumberland Hospital to see Susan and her daughter, Monica Louise Rager. At 12:59 AM Susan gave birth to her 7 lbs. 4 oz. daughter. Now she has two sons, one daughter. She is fine and was sitting up tonight. Esther is down there caring for the two boys.





Tuesday, December 21, 1971

It cleared today, became mild. I got my work done up early and went down to Betty’s. We done regular work. Washed, cleaned refrigerator, stove and she also did her cupboards. I came home in p.m. Made my fudge. Fern, Lloyd called in evening. Bill down to Gordon’s today ice fishing.





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