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!

Saturday, May 28, 2016

July 29 - August 1, 1959 Dorothea's Birthday



Wednesday, July 29, 1959 Dorothea Jean Crook Adair’s birthday



Another awful HOT day. I went to the opening of the new A&P store this morning with Dawn and her mother. I washed, ironed. Went blueberrying. Kids swimming in day and in evening. Dr. Nash came back tonight.

Dorothea in California - July 1959




Thursday, July 30, 1959



Cloudy today, yet it was drying. I picked some peas today. Betty and Norma up to Dawn’s today and tonight all went swimming. Bill and Billie to Portland after supper with some vegetables.







Friday, July 31, 1959



Another letter from Dorothea, good. I wish she would write like this all the time. I love this picture of Jeffrey Dennis Adair. He is the sweetest baby I’ve seen for a long time. This past week he has had measles and a sore throat. I cleaned up the kitchen and rest of the house. To town in late p.m.


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Saturday, August 1, 1959


A nice day. I churned, cooked, done up the regular work. Mike here today. Kids gone to the circus. Milan and Betty came about noon. Betty, Norma, Betty and I went to the circus tonight. Had a good time. Mike and Betty broke up today. Too bad, he is such a nice little fellow. I feel sorry
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