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, December 12, 2020

January 9 - 12, 1977 A BAD BAD SNOW STORM

Sunday, January 9, 1977

 

A very nice and sunny day. I did a wash, clothes dried quite well. Kimmy up here in p.m. Billie up to Chet’s. He is very good. Betty, Walt and kids up to Sweden looking at a cottage they are interested in on Stearns Pond.

 

 

 

Monday, January 10, 1977 A BAD BAD SNOW STORM

 

It had just begun to snow when we got up at 5 AM. It increased and began snowing much harder. Most all schools were closed down. SAD 61 schools closed at noon. Carmen got home at about 2 PM. Kim and Zak’s bus to come until 2:30. I went down to Betty’s for a little while this a.m. In p.m. I was busy looking over my scraps and some papers. Bill done some plowing after supper. Billie shoveled. A very bad day and night. It cleared about 10 PM.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 11, 1977 Sunny

 

A nice sunny day, on the cold windy side. NO SCHOOL. Zak up here for the day. Betty and girls took it easy. I talked with Dorothea. Jeff is one of the best, but he has a bad problem. We got a lot of snow around. Mr. Saltman’s son called here tonight on his way to Camp Coda.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 12, 1977

 

A most beautiful day, the coffee group met at Betty’s. I did a wash. In p.m. Betty, Fern and I went to the hospital in Portland NM Care. He was so pleased to see Fern. He is about the same. The city of Portland is a mess. The city street department are working so hard to get cleaned up. It was awful.

 

 

 

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