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, February 17, 2020

January 20 - 23, 1973 Jeff Got a Car


Sunday, January 20, 1974

A nice sunny day. I done up my regular work. Changed the beds, did a dite of washing. My machine went on the blink. Hortons gone down to Dawn and Ed’s to go sledding. Bill’s foot better today.

Down to Dawn's



Monday, January 21, 1974 JEFF GOT HIS CAR

A fair day. Betty, Zak and I went shopping. She got boots for herself and Carmen. Bill drove the truck today. He is better. We called at Dorothea’s. Jeff got his car. Betty called me tonight to babysit. They took Zak down to the hospital. A bad bladder infection.



Tuesday, January 22, 1974 ZAK HOME

A beautiful day. I done up my regular work. Went down to Betty’s and we washed. I washed also. Today Betty took Zak to the hospital. He looks kind of peeked. They got to take Zak to Dr. Shields over to Lewiston next Thursday.



Wednesday, January 23, 1974 Phyllis and girls came

Cloudy this a.m. Rained in the p.m. I did my refrigerator, Mop and Gloed kitchen floor, did a big ironing. Got my clothes in and took them down to Betty’s and dried them. We went to town. Bill worked down to Betty’s. Today Phyllis and two girls came up to Kennard’s. Esther and Cliff met them at Portland.


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