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!

Monday, May 24, 2021

September 23 -25, 1978 Fern and Lloyd's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Saturday, September 23, 1978

 

A very nice day. I have been busy all day, washed and ironed. Carmen called. Billie and Bill got some hay. Billie went with Lawrence in PM. Billie done a few odds and end jobs.

 

Sunday, September 24, 1978 Fern and Lloyd’s 50th anniversary, the black heifer went tonight

 

It has been a beautiful day. I done up my regular work, got ready, went to South Paris to the Andrews Nursing Home to celebrate Fern and Lloyd’s 50th wedding anniversary. Dorothea made a beautiful cake. Dorothea, Dot, Esther and Cliff, Betty, Joy and girls and me. Lloyd seemed to know what is, was all about and was pleased. Fern was real pleased. They got money. Afterwards Dorothea and all called at Fern’s, also Muriel and Vinny. They called at the nursing home also. Dorothea came up here for a little while. Walt and Betty sawed some of Walt’s wood.

 







 

 

 

 

Monday, September 25, 1978

 

Billie back to work. It is just the same to him down there. I did my washing down to Betty’s. Then we went to town on some errands. They got all their pork today. It was over $200 worth. Also some chickens. She and Bill got the cabinet in and in its place. The heifer killed today.

 

 

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