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!

Saturday, November 30, 2019

April 10 - 13, 1973


Tuesday, April 10, 1973 Cloudy

Another mess of snow, it snowed last night. What a mess this morning. Betty had to go and get Carmen at noon. They had painted the two rooms at school. Betty worked at Ferns. I took care of Zak. Bill down to Gordon’s. They took test on Jean today. They took Jean to the Mercy Hospital in Portland today.




Wednesday, April 11, 1973

Cloudy and cold. Betty down to Ferns and help to clean cupboards. I took care of Zak. School kids home at noon. There is a teacher and parent conference at school. Betty moved the chicks out. Es called tonight. Jean has a brain tumor, it was discovered today from the results of tests etc.



Thursday, April 12, 1973 Kim seven years today, Delores 70 if birthday

It was a cloudy, windy and very cold day. I went down to Betty’s while she and Walt went up to Farmington etc. After school at noon Carmen went to Conway with the Girl Scouts for a swimming party. Kimmy home at noon, she went up to wish Delores a happy birthday. Betty didn’t work at Ferns. Esther helped her. Bill began work downstairs. He is building a bedroom.



Friday, April 13, 1973 20 degrees above this morning

A pretty good day. It was sunny but it was windy. Betty and I to Portland, we got the ceiling material for Bill’s room he is making downstairs. Cliff over here and helped them today. Betty and I called at Dorothea’s. Esther called today. Gordon and Agnes Thin called this morning. Betty didn’t work at Ferns.


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