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!

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

March 9 - 12, 1972


Thursday, March 9, 1972

Windy, cold. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. In p.m. we went to North Windham, she got the car washed. Came back to Raymond and stopped at the Columbia Market, bought groceries. We found many articles four to eight cents cheaper there where I usually shop.



Friday, March 10, 1972

A nice sunny day. I did regular work and washed windows and dusted. I went down to Betty’s. Dorothea came up, we looked over scraps, cards etc. from Uncle Lewis. It was fun. Dorothea called here also Susan and children. Zak up for a little visit. Esther here for supper. Cliff and Bill to a Boy Scout banquet.



Saturday, March 11, 1972 finished SCRAPS

Sunny and a dite mild in a.m. and most of the day. Lloyd and Cliff came and got the rubbish. Billie gone down country with Lawrence. I made a chocolate layer cake and custard. Made rolls and baked beans. Betty called for the rolls. Bill and I took a nice long ride down to North Bridgton, Harrison, Scribner Mills, Bolsters Mills, Otisfield, Casco, Naples and home. I finished working on my scraps this evening. I’ve been a couple years of doing them. Now I got a couple other projects to work on.




Sunday, March 12, 1972

Another cloudy day. Took my bath, done up the work. Kind of late getting around. Fern and Lloyd called today. Made a nice visit. Didn’t do too much today. Snowed a little tonight in evening. Watch some TV. Betty and Walt called, they got the paper.



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