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 14, 2016

May 28 - June 2, 1959



Thursday, May 28, 1959

A very nice hot day. I done some odds and end jobs. Betty to the fashion show tonight, she modeled her new play suit she made at school. I washed.



Friday, May 29, 1959 Bill’s mother Betsy Baxter Creighton Crook’s birthday

A nice day, on the cool side. Aunt Ava called in p.m. I churned and ironed. Shampooed my hair and took a bath. Letter from Es. She will be here next Friday night. Also a letter from Dr. Nash. In evening Bill and I down to the cemetery and Jean’s. Got two wood planters and set out.



Saturday, May 30, 1959

A nice day. On the cold side, some showers. I planted sunflower seeds. Billie didn’t have to work. Betty up to Dawn’s. In p.m. Mike came up.

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Sunday, May 31, 1959

Cold today. Clear and sunny. Bill planted the garden. Raymond here for dinner. Billie worked at Chet’s.



Monday, June 1, 1959

Cloudy and cold. Blanche and I to Portland today. Today we got a letter from Dorothea.



Tuesday, June 2, 1959

I done some odds and end jobs. The Redfields came today.
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