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!

Friday, July 3, 2020

May 27 - 30, 1975 Dorothea Begins New Job


Tuesday, May 27, 1975 DOROTHEA BEGINS WORK

A cloudy day, rain, showers. It has rained hard all evening. I was down to Betty’s this morning a little while. She had her coffee group meeting. Today Dorothea goes to work on her new job 3 – 11 PM. I hope she will like it. We went to hospital to see Robert. He looks bad, his condition is poor.



Wednesday, May 28, 1975

Clear but windy. A very nice day. I done regular work, made some brownies. Bill painted at Lloyd’s. Betty got a new horse yesterday. She didn’t buy it, just got him for a few days hoping Zenya will buy it. I talked with Dorothea, she had a pretty good night for the first day of work. Delores was left $500.00 in Marion Dew’s will.



Thursday, Maine 29, 1975 Permanent

Cold and windy. I done up my regular work. Shampooed my hair and over to June’s to get a permanent. I didn’t get home till late. Betty cleaned the cars. I washed my windows on the outside.



Friday, May 30, 1975

Went to town shopping in a.m., came home. I helped Betty in p.m. We made root beer. Called at Fern’s in evening. Bill painted at Lloyd’s.


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