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!

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

April 25 - 27, 1975 Wanda Jean Harmon Wedding


Friday, April 25, 1975 BETTY TO HOSPITAL TO SEE DR. ABOUT HER EAR

Well this is been a fair day. Not too much like spring. Bill worked at Walt’s hauling manure. I was at Betty’s all day. We finished cleaning the bureau draws and closets upstairs. In p.m. I kind of picked up the house a little. Susan called. Betty got ready and went to Portland to see a ear specialist. He discovered a piece of tissue laying on the eardrum. The doctor removed it and said after 24 hours the noise should be stopped. I sure hope so. I went back down there to stay after supper. I finished the washing. Esther and Cliff called down there. Betty and Walt went out for supper, got home about 8:30. Kids were okay.



Saturday, April 26, 1975 WANDA JEAN HARMON, FREDERICK JAMES THOMPSON married at 2 PM



Will this is been a all sorts day, rain, cleared, cloudy, snow flurries. I got up early, done some cooking, fixed my hair and put on a rinse. Went over to June’s, got it set. Came home, made another cake, washed floors, done a few other jobs. Got ready and Dorothea and Dave came. We went to the North Bridgton Community Hall to Wanda Jean Harmon and Frederick James Thompson’s wedding reception. It was very nice. Wanda looks so nice. Many relatives and friends were there. They got a nice lot of gifts. Betty’s family and Dorothea’s folks all here for supper and later Esther and Cliff came. Kimmy stayed up here all night.
Walt, Carmen and Zak standing

Front row - Carmen, Esther, Zak, Dorothea(hidden), Bert Doney(looking at Zak), Nanny, Dot, Fern, Lloyd and Cliff

Artwork compliments of Cameron years later!




Bert and Howie Doney with Wanda and Fred. Howie passed away a few days later from kidney stone complications



Sunday, April 27, 1975

A very miserable day. Cloudy, not hardly any sun. Cold and windy. Very cold. I done my regular work. Cooked a roast pork. Billie cleaned up outside. Bill up early and went back to bed and in bed most all day. Not sick. He said, I think he was. I cleaned my desk. Billie and Walt hauled rest of the manure out down to Walt’s.
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