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!

Monday, June 27, 2016

December 19 - 23, 1959 Lot of shopping and callers before Christmas



Saturday, December 19, 1959

Cloudy and a few snow flurries, about 3 inches came last night. Been quite busy today, cooked, churned, Dorothea decorated windows and Christmas tree. Jeff sure is excited about that. Betty to Portland again today. Kennard and Dolores left for New Jersey today, down to Carlton’s.



Sunday, December 20, 1959

A nice day. Kennie, Dot, Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis, Jack, Sylvia, Judy. Barbara and Wesley. Bob and Blanche all called today. D and Aunt Ava over to Os Abbotts. D and J down to Howard Conant’s. I washed etc. Betty and Bill made a stall for Starlite.



Monday, December 21, 1959 COLD

A nice day but cold. Today Dorothea, Billie and I over to Norway to do Christmas shopping. Betty slept most all day. She is better after getting much-needed rest. Mike called her tonight.



Tuesday, December 22, 1959

Cold and cloudy. To town today and done some shopping. Betty down to Dolly’s. Stayed all night. Barbara over this evening.



Wednesday, December 23, 1959

Cold, a nice sunny day, but cold. I done some cooking. Dorothea and Barb to Portland. I washed. Betty here with Dolly all day. Went skating. Had the colt out.


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