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, July 26, 2020

August 22 - 25, 1975


Friday, August 22, 1975 PULLETS

A quite nice day. I was down to Betty’s. She, the kids and I cleaned up her house in a.m. In p.m. Bill, Billie, Betty, Zak and I went and got the pullets at Allan Metcalf’s in South Hiram. We had 10, Betty got 15 Sex Links. Then Betty and I came home, went shopping.



Saturday, August 23, 1975

A very nice sunny day, windy and kind of cold. A beautiful day. I got up early, got my cooking done. Got beans in, done up the work, washed and waxed floor. Betty came up about 12:30 or one. We expected Dorothea. She didn’t come until about seven. She and Dave then made a nice long visit. We had some fresh vegetables for them. Betty, Zak and I down town. They had the Olin bike race today. Billie busy all day as usual.



Sunday, August 24, 1975

A dreary miserable day. Rained. I done some jobs, ironed etc. Kim here all day. Had steak supper. No one here all day. Just not much to write. We are grateful for this rain. It was very dry.



Monday, August 25, 1975 Robert hospital

A rainy day. We need the rain. I done up my regular work. Went down to Betty’s. She, kids and I all looked at snapshots. Her albums are very nice. All in order according to years ages etc. Well protected. She done a very good job. In p.m. I went to Mechanic Falls with them to take Carmen to the dentist. Her teeth are all fixed up now. Robert in hospital again, he had hard work to breathe.


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