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 1, 2016

March 20 - 25, 1959



Friday, March 20, 1959

This is been the nicest day we have had since last fall in the 50°. Snow settled a lot. Bill and Billie down to Raymond. Billie and I downtown. I cooked and churned. Dawn and her mother called, also Esther Allen and Bobby at night. Betty to movies in evening. Bill over to Blanche and got his haircut.



Saturday, March 21, 1959 Dot and Jeffrey Smith and Thena Allen birthdays

Cooked, churned. Betty and Billie to town. Bill worked over to Jim’s all day. Cloudy tonight. Walt Keen died tonight.



Sunday, March 22, 1959 Birthday of William M Crook Jr.

Cold and windy. Had turkey dinner. Dawn Parks here. In p.m. Aunt Ava called, Fern, Lloyd and Uncle Os had ice cream cake. In a.m. Verna, Brud and Jeffrey called. Also Hayd and Stan W. came, got his cow.



Monday, March 23, 1959

Real cold this morning but warmed up in middle of forenoon. I washed. Bill and Billie over to Fryeburg and got spring for Billie’s car. I got the clothes in after supper. I churned.



Tuesday, March 24, 1959

Warmer. I cleaned up the house, cooked, churned and ironed. Billie got his car back. Kennard called today. A beautiful day.



Wednesday, March 25, 1959

Cloudy. I began cleaning over to Aunt Ava’s. Cleaned the bedroom, living room and bathroom. Billie worked up to Chet’s. Mike up tonight with Betty.



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