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!

Sunday, April 26, 2020

September 22 - 24, 1974 Jeff in Car Accident


Sunday, September 22, 1974 JEFF, Bill worked at Camp Encore, Bill got paid $220

A nice sunny day. We got up this morning, it has cleared off from the awful rain. I done my regular work and did a big wash. I dusted the house. Billie gone with Lawrence. Bill worked at Camp Encore. He got paid for 11 days work which came to 88 hours at 2.50 per hour. $220.

Dorothea called me early this morning. She was very upset. Jeffrey had been in a bad accident last night and will his car is a total wreck. She was called to the Maine Medical Center about 11 o’clock last night. He has been taken to the emergency unit. He and his two friends. He wasn’t hurt seriously.



Monday, September 23, 1974 Bill worked at Camp Encore

Cold today. A very nice day, on the very cool side. I got up and got my work done. Betty, Zak and I went down to see Dorothea and Jeff. Jeff is still quite upset and docile from the accident. We saw his car and thank the good Lord he is still alive and his two friends also. It was a miracle no one was killed. The sight of that car was unbelievable. Came home and Betty went to town shopping after she got Zak off to school. Billie picked rest of the tomatoes and cukes and squashes.



Tuesday, September 24, 1974 FIRST FROST

This morning we had the first frost of the season. It was a big one. Everything was covered. I done up my work and went down to Betty’s after I washed. We cleaned up her garden. Esther here in evening. Walt at school, the first night. Kimmy played soccer ball tonight. Betty picked over the kids clothes closets.


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