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 5, 2020

June 4 - 7, 1975 Haircuts are so important to Nanny!


Wednesday, June 4, 1975

Rained hard early this morning. We got ready and went to Portland. I did the grocery shopping. Betty and Esther went down with us. Zak stayed here with Bill.



Thursday, June 5, 1975 KIM GOT HAIRCUTS

A fair day. Cool, windy but I washed some clothes. They dried pretty good. Milan and Betty went boating up on Little Moose Pond. In p.m. Bill and Milan went, they got some white perch. This p.m. Kim went over to June’s and got her hair cut. I’m so glad. She looks pretty with it fixed and combed. I’m so glad. Betty Smith, Zak and I called at Kennard’s. Delores is the same. Kennard is bad off with a ailing back. He is so thin.

Before or after haircut??? Making a salad for dinner



Friday, June 6, 1975

A rainy day. I done up my regular work. Milan, Betty and I went to town, done some grocery shopping. Came home and got lunch. Bill up to Camp Encore.



Saturday, June 7, 1975

Cloudy and rain. Another miserable day. It has been so gloomy and some rain. I done up the regular work, did a dite of cooking. Milan and Betty to town. Called on Kennard, Bob. Esther here in p.m. Walt and Betty up in evening.

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