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, August 12, 2025

March 19 - 20, 1994 Parties for Billie and Tom

 


Saturday, March 19, 1994

 

A nice sunny day, on the coolish side. The snow is settling some each day. Carmen came and did the work this morning as usual. David came for coffee. Also the nurse came for Billie. Carmen came and got the mail. I wrote to Esther. Carmen and Arnold went to Lewiston and got their rings. It was the first step for her, she has waited  for a long time for a man to put a engagement ring on her finger. I hope she will have a nice engagements and a nice forever wedding. Time will tell. No one deserves a long happy life than she does. And I hope Arnold will make it a good one. They picked BJ up today. She has grown very tall.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 20, 1994

 

Nice and sunny all day, not too warm. Dorothea came early this morning, done all the morning work, got the breakfast. Done all the work. The nurse came and worked for Billie (Debbie Ayres). Walt up for coffee. Zac came later. BJ and Brogan came for a visit. Susan came for a call. I got a lot of reading done today. Betty came and got the supper tonight. A little later later Dorothea, Betty Smith, David, Walt, Zac, Carmen, Brogan, Cameron and a new member of the Horton family Tess came. Tom, Joy, Betty H all were here for Billie’s 63rd birthday which is 22 of March. He had a money tree. A lot of nice cards, ice cream, cake made by Dorothea. It all was very nice. He was pleased. Tom brought his gifts etc. etc. which he got  at his farewell party at the town hall Saturday night. It was very nice speeches made by all. The gifts were given in honor for his service.

 

 

 







 

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