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, March 9, 2020

April 9 - 12, 1974


Tuesday, April 9, 1974 snow 8 inches, schools closed at noon

It began snowing this morning early and windy. It accumulated fast. I went down to Betty’s with Bill. She and I went to town. We had to go home and got the truck. It got so bad. Came home, got lunch. Betty and Zak went home. I done up my work. Did a big ironing and read papers. Billie didn’t work in p.m. Fern sick. Betty and I called down there this forenoon. Betty had a spaghetti supper and invited Billie down. We had a good salt fish chowder. Carmen and Kim home early. Closed all the schools at noon in SAD 61.



Wednesday, April 10, 1974

A miserable day. Cloudy, cold, windy and snow flurries most all day. It began to clear about 4:30. I was down to Betty’s. We cleaned her desk in dark bedroom and the bureau draws in the bathroom.



Thursday, April 11, 1974

I went to town. Did a little shopping.



Friday, April 12, 1974 Kimberley Allie Boutilier Horton eight years old

Tonight they came home from school for a weeks spring vacation. I hope will be a nice weather. Tonight I had Kimmy up for her birthday supper. She enjoyed it, was quite pleased. I had fried chicken etc.


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