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!

Saturday, October 17, 2020

June 17 - 19, 1976 Lloyd Breaks Hip

Thursday, June 17, 1976 Cloudy

 

It cleared away and was a nice day. Betty down to Dawn’s to take something down to her. Dorothea came about noon. We went down to Betty’s with me, Betty, Dorothea, Laurie and I made root beer. This was Kim’s last day of school because she has to go to the heart clinic tomorrow. She passed. We enjoyed Dorothea’s visit very much. She stayed up here for supper. She worked on Bill’s diet menus. Bill is very bad. He is so weak.

 

Dawn's dog Judd on HIS bed


 

 

 

Friday, June 18, 1976 LLOYD BROKE HIP, IN HOSPITAL, NCMH, KIM TO CLINIC, ED VERY LOW

 

Bill up to camp but he is very weak and looks very bad. Today Betty and Kim left early to go to the heart clinic at the Maine Medical Center. She will have her operation the summer. She has got to lose some weight. Betty saw Dawn at the Osteopathic Hospital. Ed is very low and the end is near. We are so sorry for him and Dawn too. He was such a very likable guy. He didn’t know them today. This forenoon Lloyd fell in his garage and broke his hip. He was taken to the NCM hospital by ambulance. It’s too bad he is so feeble and has fallen many times. He will have an operation Monday morning. Esther, Fern, Betty and I down to see him tonight. I done a big wash. Carmen and Zak passed at school.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 19, 1976 cloudy in a.m.

 

When we got up it was cloudy and foggy. Bill went up to camp. I done up my regular work. Betty up here for breakfast. Kim came up for a little while. Dawn, her brother David, wife and son called. Ed is about the same. Very low. Zak up here this afternoon. Carmen and Kim up to Camp Encore with Bill to go swimming I did a big ironing this p.m. After supper, Bill and I went up to Camp Encore. Billie didn’t get much done today, he tried to get ahead on the tractor. He is going to have Mike Ryan come up to see if he can fix it. Laurie down to Ruth’s last night and today. She and Carmen over to play tennis after supper. Fern, Esther and Betty down to hospital tonight. I was ready to go. Bill some better now. Still very weak.

 

 

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