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, October 2, 2020

April 25 - 28, 1976 Fire at Chet's

Sunday, April 25, 1976 FIRE AT CHET’s

 

Cloudy and rain. I done up my regular work. I got my papers ready. About 1:30 the fire alarm rang, we was told there was a fire at Chet’s. Betty and Billie went right up. Thank the Good Lord it was discovered before much damage was done. Billie went up and got Chet to come down to see his place. He got upset about it.

 

 

 

Monday, April 26, 1976 cloudy and rain, DAYLIGHT TIME

 

Up early, done up my work. Down to Betty’s, we cleaned Kim and Carmen bedrooms. Betty done a lot of washing too. It has rained most all day. Betty took Kim to Dr. Herman for a checkup. She is in excellent condition he said. Also he said she was a very nice patient. Betty said she is a very good girl too. Yes, he said she is and he could see she was.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 27, 1976

 

Cloudy all day and some rain showers. I dite of sun now and then. We finished cleaning Betty’s upstairs, Zak’s room, dark bedroom, bathroom and hallway.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 28, 1976 Kim swimming

 

This has been a better day than yesterday. More sunshine, it warmed up some. I didn’t go to Betty’s. She and Dawn went to Lewiston to get bread etc. I did a big wash. I made bread, cream puffs, blueberry pie, cooked a turkey and chicken, been busy all day. Down to Betty’s to babysit in evening. Dawn’s husband Ed is getting worse all the time. Kim went swimming at Conway at Red Jacket Inn with the Girl Scouts after school. She enjoyed it, but asthma was creeping on.

 

 

 

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