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!

Saturday, May 2, 2020

October 13 - 16, 1974


Sunday, October 13, 1974 Beautiful Day

It was a beautiful day, sunny and clear all day. Dorothea and David called and was here a long time. We was very glad to see them. They are talking about a farm to buy. In late p.m. the Horton’s invited Bill and I for a ride and had lunch at Goodwin’s. A very good meal. Anniversary present. Billie gone upstate with Lawrence, up to Washington and Union Maine. I washed and cleaned up the house. Mr. Saltman called and paid Bill.

Zak and friends - age 5




Monday, October 14, 1974

Another very nice day. I was down to Betty’s with the kids until noon then came home. Got dinner, I went back. I did her washing. She took her hams and bacon away to have smoked. We fixed her salt pork.  Walt worked a little while today. No school. Kim up here today. Bill here all day. They worked at Ilan’s today.



Tuesday, October 15, 1974 Bill worked at camp

This is been a day of all kinds. Sunny, cloudy, showers and Betty some rain. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. In p.m. I worked here at home. Carmen home sick because of the reaction of her medicine she took when she had pneumonia. Walt home late. He went to school.



Wednesday, October 16, 1974

RAIN. Bill didn’t work up to camp. Carmen came home for lunch. I cleaned the blue bathroom. I did a dite of cooking. Betty took Carmen to the doctors.

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