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, August 30, 2021

October 3 - 6, 1979 Debby Wolff married Jay Martin

Wednesday, October 3, 1979 $266.70 $117.20

 

Cloudy, misty and miserable day. I done up my regular work. Got chicks in to bake. I worked at desk getting bills made out etc. Checks came. Betty worked in her barn. Es called this morning.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 4, 1979 got new stove hooked up

 

A dite more sun today, not much. I done regular work, done some figuring. Bill down to the bank. I sent the bills out. About 11 AM I went to town. Bill took us. Today Walter Hewson hooked up the new stove downstairs

 

 

 

Friday, October 5, 1979 permanent

 

Today I got over to Janet’s and had a permanent. It is different, also the color is awful. I’m going to put my rinse on it in a day or 2. I looked just hideous. I came home, cleaned up the house, watch the TV programs. Got supper. I did some wash too but it dried fairly well. I got a few things in then it began to rain. Some things didn’t get dry. Bill had a fire in the new stove.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 6, 1979 JAY AND DEBBIE MARRIED

 

Well we saw the sun today, first time for this whole week. It has rained most of the time this week. Poor week for Fryeburg Fair. Dorothea and Dave came about 9 AM. Dave and Bill up to the farm. Dorothea stayed here. Joy came, they took the wedding gifts over and the beautiful wedding cake made by Dorothea. It was beautiful. I done all my Saturday work then we began to get ready to go to the wedding. It was a nice wedding and very pretty. Debbie looked very pretty. I came home from the reception at the Community Hall in North Bridgton about 5 PM. I got supper and made biscuits. Dorothea and Dave were here. At about 10 PM Walt’s sister and family came for overnight visit.

 




 

 

 

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