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, September 23, 2019

July 28 - 30, 1972


Friday, July 28, 1972 Bill worked at Jean’s

Cloudy, some showers. I done up my work. I went to Fryeburg with Betty, done a dite of shopping. Came home, got ready for the cooking of supper rotisserie roast of beef. Had string beans and peas. Cukes and a delicious supper in honor of Dorothea’s 35th birthday. She and Dave were here for supper and after supper Betty and family and Esther were here for cake and ice cream. Dorothea and Dave had just gotten back from their vacation. Dave has had two weeks. Kimmy went home with Dorothea and Dave for a couple days.

Birthday cake for Auntie



Saturday, July 29, 1972 Dorothea 35 today, Betty and Walt’s 5th wedding anniversary

A beautiful day. I done up regular work. Made bread, baked beans and made a rhubarb pie. Zak came up, also Carmen here most of the day. Betty and Walt were going out for their fifth wedding anniversary but instead they stayed at home and Walt and Bill cleaned out their well. One of the fish were dead. It polluted the water. Late p.m. I took Zak home. Bill and Billie did lawns. Bill watched ballgame all p.m.



Sunday, July 30, 1972

A beautiful day, sunny, warm. I took bath, did up the work. Washed sheets and a few other things. Zak came up here and Carmen was in and out. Cathy Smith was at Delores’s for the weekend. Betty and Walt went away for the day because they didn’t go yesterday. I got supper for them and Pa and then babysat down there for them till they got home at 11:45 PM. I gave Zak a bath and Carmen took a shower and Kimmy washed too. Betty and Walt had a good time and dinner. Dorothea and Dave brought Kimmy home about 2:30.








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