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, March 10, 2020

April 13 - 16, 1974 Easter Sunday


Saturday, April 13, 1974

A miserable day. I baked beans, made rolls and made preparations for tomorrow. Kimmy up here some today. Billie went with Lawrence up to Washington Maine. Betty and I to town in p.m.



Sunday, April 14, 1974 Easter Sunday

It was quite cloudy today, but it didn’t rain so the people could dress in their Easter finery. Carmen, Kimmy and Zak all dressed in their new Easter clothes. They all looked very nice. Betty and Walt too looked very nice. We had a very nice ham dinner. It began to rain late in evening.



Visiting Aunt Fern and Uncle Lloyd




Monday, April 15, 1974

A nice day. Dorothea and David called much to our surprise. Was very glad to see them. Kimmy went home with them for a few days. Fern and Lloyd called also Walt home today. Billie too, it was a holiday because of April 19. Carmen came up tonight to stay all night.



Tuesday, April 16, 1974 CHICKS CAME

Betty to her coffee talk at Sandra Smith’s. Came home at noon. Her chicken had come. She had to get ready for them because she hadn’t  expected them. Zak up here because he had a cold while Betty was gone. Susan and children called today. She brought the root beer bottles back. Carmen here today. She and I made some filled cookies.

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