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, January 13, 2020

September 15 - 17, 1973 ZACK turns 4


Saturday, September 15, 1973 ZACK 4 years, cloudy

I done regular work, made some bread and rolls and baked some white beans. In late p.m. Dorothea and Dave came. We got ready and went to Betty and Walt’s for Zachary’s birthday. He was four. Walter Ambrose Horton IV. We, Yates, Demings, Thomases, Crooks all supper guests. Then Zak opened his many gifts and had ice cream and cake. Very nice. It has been cloudy today.














Sunday, September 16, 1973

Partly cloudy. I done regular work. Billie gone with Lawrence. Betty, Walt, Kim and Zak away at a horse show. Carmen came up here in p.m. She and I played croquet. Late in p.m. Bill and I went for a ride. Not too warm today.



Monday, September 17, 1973 sunny, windy, Bill worked at B.

On the cool side. I did some washing. A very nice day. I went with Betty and Zak to Sebago to see a horse. In p.m. we cleaned her deep-freeze. Bill worked painting the play house. Stan called and got into the ditch down by Betty’s driveway.



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