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!

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

August 28 - 31, 1972


Monday, August 28, 1972 Zak very sick, Betty took Zak to Dr. Jones at North Conway

Cloudy in a.m. It cleared about 10:30 AM. Had showers last night that left it foggy and damp this morning. Lawrence Boynton called Billie, went with him to get cattle. Betty called and wanted me to go to the doctors up to North Conway with her to take Zak up. He has a bad strep throat. His fever was very high 104.5. He has slept all day. I came home and washed. Got supper. Billl and I called to see Zak. He is still awful sick. Bill and I took a ride. Bill worked at Walt’s today. Kim up here tonight.

Zak 



Tuesday, August 29, 1972

A beautiful day. Betty and two girls went shopping for Carmen and Kim school clothes. They got a lot of nice pretty things. I kept Zak home with me. In p.m. I went down to Betty’s for Zak to go to bed. He isn’t at all good. Bill working all day.



Wednesday, August 30, 1972

A very nice day, on the hot side. Zak not too good. Bill and Betty working on the chambers.



Thursday, August 31, 1972

A very nice hot and muggy day. Bill working, he began doing ceilings. Betty helped, had callers etc.



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