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, November 11, 2019

February 1 - 4, 1973 Carmen's 10 Birthday Party


Thursday, February 1, 1973

Another cold day. Betty, Zak and I went to North Windham to pick up a few things. Got home early. I got my clothes in and ironed. They still were frozen some.



Friday, February 2, 1973

No school. A bad rainy day. I got my work done up and went down to Betty’s. We cleaned her house up to get ready for the party. Carmen came up here. Kim went down to Ferns. Carmen stayed up all night.



Saturday, February 3, 1973 Carmen went home in the night

It dawned a nice day. I done up my regular work, washed windows etc. Carmen came up again for the day and stayed until after supper. Last night in the night she had a bad asthma spell. She had to go home about 1:30. In p.m. Bill, Carmen and I went shopping.



Sunday, February 4, 1973 Celebrated Carmen’s 10th birthday

A nice day. Up early, got my work done up. Down to Betty’s at about 10. Esther went too. We made Italian sandwiches. About one Dorothea and family, Fern, Lloyd, Bill, Billie and Billie Deming came. Had Italian sandwiches, opened gifts. A little later had ice cream and cake. Susan and her children came. All had a nice time and Carmen got a lot of nice gifts and money.







A 'Lucky' Guest


?Chris and Lloyd






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