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!

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

October 11 - 13, 1984 Milan and Betty Arrive

 

Thursday, October 11, 1984 very hot 70 and up. Milan and Betty came

 

I got my work, made a apple pie, swept and dusted. Bill went down to Kim, he brought her up. She, Billie and I all went up to Roberts Poultry Farm at Rumford and got some nice fresh eggs. Then we came to Bethel. Did some shopping. What an expensive place. Milan and Betty came about 10 AM after we got home. I stay with Fern while Carmen went to town to look for jobs and she shopped. Kim enjoyed her ride very much. Fern is not so good as yesterday.

 

 

 

Friday, October 12, 1984

 

It was foggy in a.m. but it burned off and became very sunny and hot. I did a washing and ironing and other odd jobs. I got to watch some of the shows. Betty up in PM. She and Milan worked on the Cemetery lot. Milan got very worked up and upset. Fern is about the same, no better. Kim back to work today at different hours. Billie has been working on the leaves today. Dorothea to the hospital for glaucoma test. I hope she will be okay. Also Bill back again for test. He is not improving very much.

 

 


 

Saturday, October 13, 1984

 

Another mild day. Dorothea and David called. Dorothea fixed up Billie’s bills for the doctors at Portland. Billie and David went and got cans for David to have to use to haul his water in, as well went dry yesterday. Carmen called, also Zak and Milan and Betty.

 

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