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, August 12, 2019

March 2 - 4, 1972 Bill to Lahey Clinic


Thursday, March 2, 1972

A snowy rainy day. I done up regular work. Bill took me to town. We called at Betty’s. I worked on my scraps. I did a dite of washing, did a big ironing. In evening Esther called while Cliff went to the scout’s. Susan called me today.



Friday, March 3, 1972 Bill to Boston

A miserable day. It snowed, sleeted, rain and a dite of wind all day. Bill up at 4 AM to go to Boston to the Lahey Clinic. His first appointment was at 9:45. He drove down to Dorothea’s and she drove him to the bus station. He got back to Portland at 5 PM. It was a bad storm and he is staying at Dorothea’s all night. His reports at the clinic wasn’t good. He has to go back, they want him to go to the hospital again for that lump on his prostate gland. He will think it over.

Carmen called today. I got a lot of odds and end jobs done. Did some phoning or made telephone calls. Washed. Watched programs and got a lot of my scraps done. Washed windows.



Saturday, March 4, 1972

A very nice sunny day. Snow settled some. Bill got home from Dorothea’s at about 8:30 AM. I did a dite of cooking, made a chocolate cake, apple pie, rolls and fixed some baked beans. Lloyd up a little while this morning. Betty and Walt called a little while to get scrapbooks and rolls. Walt made a picnic table for kids. Billie called at Betty’s.


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