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!

Sunday, May 15, 2016

June 3 - 6, 1659



Wednesday, June 3, 1959

Today I cooked, churned also washed in p.m. after it cleared off. Gordon Sanborn came here and hauled the dressing out and harrowed. It came off awful hot.



Thursday, June 4, 1959 Kay Fleck’s birthday

The very nice day. I jumped and leaped all day getting this house cleaned up. Churned, cooked, went to town. In late p.m. Betty came with four girlfriends and they had a cookout. A very good time. Late in evening Kay came. They all slept on the porch.

Also Es, Susan and Billie left Ohio for Maine. They will stay with Brud’s family  til Saturday.



Friday, June 5, 1959 Es called on the phone

Up early this morning, got my doughnuts fried, got the kids breakfast, and off to school. The girls up here last night were Jeannie Dodge, Rowena Robinson, Linda Berry, Linda Rand and Kay Fleck. Today I went over all of the house and brushed up upstairs again. In late p.m. Bill and I to town. Blanche here in evening. Bill lame.



Saturday, June 6, 1959

Esther, Susan and Billie came today. It came off hot. Betty and I mowed lawns. Also today Dr. George Nash called. Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os up in evening. Also Blanche called. It was good seeing Esther and her two children.






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