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, April 19, 2016

January 16 - 20, 1959



Friday, January 16, 1959

A bad day. It rained last night and this morning it is all glare ice covered all over. Not any school. Not but a few cars on the road. Bill, Billie and I worked in the kitchen, bedroom and hallway. Got them ready to do. Betty cleaned out her desk drawers, read, played cards, watched TV. Mama in her room reading. A dismal day. Betty sick with cold.



Saturday, January 17, 1959

Wind came up and it got awful cold. Bill and I papered the hallway. Very pretty. Billie to town with Bob, up to Chet’s to work. Raymond here and had dinner. Kennard called in p.m. Betty up to Dawn’s.



Sunday, January 18, 1959

A nice day, not too cold. Bill and I papered kitchen. Billie painted his room. Betty up to Dawn’s. Bob and Blanche called.



Monday, January 19, 1959

A nice day. Bill and I papered Billie’s bedroom. It clouded up and snowed in p.m. Billie painted today.



Tuesday, January 20, 1959

Bill and I finished the papering, did bathroom and upstairs hall. Billie to town. A fire last night in the George Bowley house and store on Main Street.

Jeffrey Adair 6.5 mos Old



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