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!

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

March 9 - 12, 1988

Wednesday, March 9, 1988 ZACK SIGNED UP FOR NATIONAL GUARD

 

A partly cloudy day. Very mild. I done regular work. Carmen and Brogan came. Zack went to Norway. He signed up to go to the National Guard. Billie to Portland to have his eyes checked. They are fair. His with the cataract will go till next fall. Carmen, Zack and Bill down to North Windham to do grocery shopping. Milt Allen came and worked on the furnace again.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 10, 1988

 

Carmen called again this morning. She went to town. This is a beautiful day. Sunny after the clouds cleared away. Kim called at Betty’s. Very windy today.

 

 

 

Friday, March 11, 1988

 

A nice sunny day. It is still very windy which makes it quite cold. Betty and Kim took Bill’s car over to have the door fixed. Carmen and Brogan were here. She is a very pretty child and very cute. Dorothea dropped in for a visit tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 12, 1988

 

I done up the Saturday work. Baked some very good yellow eye beans for supper. Billie let the cows out for a little while. Carmen had to work tonight. Betty and Zack babysat. Zack took her home and stayed all night at Carmen’s. Bill reading all day. Betty called in a minute when they brought the car back.

 

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