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, February 4, 2015

January 31 - February 6, 1948



Saturday, January 31, 1948

Still cold. Did regular work. Charlie and Papa Crook called in p.m. The folks been here one week tonight.



Sunday, February 1, 1948

Very cold. Cooked. Washed out a few things. Kennard called.



Monday, February 2, 1948

Bill, kids and I down to Jean’s in eve. Kennard and Delores called in eve.



Tuesday, February 3, 1948

I ironed. Cleaned up the house. Very cold. Kennie and Dot called in a.m.



Wednesday, February 4, 1948

Cold.



Thursday, February 5, 1948

Ed has been dead two months today. Cold.



Friday, February 6, 1948

I did regular work. Cold. Bill fixed pump, he was home early.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

January 24 - 30, 1948 Crooks Arrive From Scotland



Saturday, January 24, 1948

Very cold. Got my hair done. It snowed and blowed at night. Mr. and Mrs. Crook arrived in New York. Bill went to Portland to meet them. I stayed at Charlie’s. We met them there. They are nice. Jean had an awful cold when she came home.

John Robertson and Betsy Creighton Baxter Crook - Bill's Parents




Sunday, January 25, 1948

Nice day but cold. Joy here for weekend. I didn’t sleep any last night. Bill, Betty and I down to see Bill’s folks in p.m.

 

Monday, January 26, 1948

Finish cleaning the kitchen. Delores came up in p.m. Billie came home sick. Jean wanted us to come down, car wouldn’t start.



Tuesday, January 27, 1948

We washed. Bill and I went down to see his mother and father in eve. They have colds.



Wednesday, January 28, 1948

Still cold. Dr. Mabry called to see Billie. I cleaned up the house.



Thursday, January 29, 1948

I ironed. Billie better.



Friday, January 30, 1948

No school, teachers convention. Very cold, windy day. Bill worked. I washed. 16 eggs. Billie still home.
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Monday, February 2, 2015

January 17 - 24, 1948




Saturday, January 17, 1948

Snowed. Bill worked. School kept ‘til one o’clock.



Sunday, January 18, 1948

Cold and windy. Bill shoveled snow. Billie worked most of the day.



Monday, January 19, 1948

We washed. Rosalie came down. Cold. Cleaned house.



Tuesday, January 20, 1948

I cleaned the upstairs. Mama done the ironing. Ilan took Dorothea and I with Rosalie and Nancy down to Scout time. Bill wouldn’t take us. Nice day.



Wednesday, January 21, 1948

I cleaned Mama’s room and Ed’s room. Started on the living room. Snowed. Bill didn’t work. Jean got word from New York. Lloyd, Fern and Raymond called in eve.



Thursday, January 22, 1948

Cold. Jean got word boat wouldn’t arrive till Saturday morning.



Friday, January 23, 1948

Jean left tonight to meet her folks at New York. Cold and cloudy.

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

January 10 -16, 1948



Saturday, January 10, 1948

Nice day. Made raised bread and rolls. Made some cookies. Kennie and Arnold Lane called for a paper to sign about Papa’s place.



Sunday, January 11, 1948

The hens laid 4 eggs today. Billie worked at Maple Lane. Kennie and Dot here for dinner.



Monday, January 12, 1948

We washed. Cloudy. Bill went to work with Hayd. Got 3 eggs. Blanche and kids called in late p.m. Awful cold in a.m., warmed up in p.m.



Tuesday, January 13, 1948

Still cloudy but quite warm. I went to town with Aunt Linnie. She went to beauty parlor, also Auntie and Fern came in.



Wednesday, January 14, 1948

Blanche and Rev. Monroe took Ronald to Goodwill Farm at Hinckley today. I cooked and ironed. Joy here tonight.



Thursday, January 15, 1948

At last, Mr. and Mrs. Crook are on their way to Bridgton. Left yesterday. We washed. Very cold.



Friday, January 16, 1948

It stormed. Bill worked. I ironed.
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

January 3 - 9, 1948



Saturday, January 3, 1948

Delores called  in pm.  Smart girls here today. Did regular work. Raymond went to town with us tonight.



Sunday, January 4, 1948

Billie and Glenn C. (Chadbourne) went ice fishing. Bill didn’t do much. Fern and Lloyd called in eve. I made some fudge in p.m. Hayd came up to see Bill.



Monday, January 5, 1948

We washed. Cloudy but warm. Jean got a note from her father. They are to set sail 14 - 19 of this month. Bill and I down to Jean’s in eve. School began.



Tuesday, January 6, 1948

It was cloudy. Got the clothes in.



Wednesday, January 7, 1948

I ironed this morning. Billie still over to M. (Maple) Lane.



Thursday, January 8, 1948

We washed. Fair today. Nice and warm.



Friday, January 9, 1948

Big storm. Bill didn’t work. He and Bob hauled shavings for hens. Bill up to Hayds in pm to eve.
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