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!

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

December 27-31, 1959 Good Bye 1959



Sunday, December 27, 1959

Billie, Lloyd and Betty up to Irwin Morey’s and Billie bought a durham calf. Betty had Starlite out.



Monday, December 28, 1959 Snowing

Betty very sick tonight. She want feeling very well when she got up. Up to Dawn’s. Had the doc come to see her tonight. He said it is a strep sore throat or scarlet fever. Got to stay in bed for two days. Billie, Dorothea, Jeff and I downtown this a.m.



Tuesday, December 29, 1959

Cloudy and snow, a lot of snow came in the night. Billie and Bobby plowed and shoveled. Betty still very sick. Dorothea washed today. I didn’t do much today. She used the new tubs, they are nice. No school today because of awful storm. No mail got through today.



Wednesday, December 30, 1959 William M Crook Sr. 51st Birthday

Cleared off in the night. A real nice day, quite warm. The mailman was quite late today. Dorothea and Jeff over to Barbs. Betty still sick. She stayed a bed. Billie worked at Chet’s in p.m. Dr. Skillins here at supper time to see Betty. Maurice came and brought grain and hay. Kennard and Dolores called in evening. Dennis plow driveway in evening. Oil man came today.



Thursday, December 31, 1959

A very nice day. Betty better, had Starlite out and in p.m. she went to the corner and to town. Kennie, Dot and Wanda Jean called in p.m. Billie worked at Chet’s. I ironed. Fred Alexander Jr got hurt very bad today at the transmission company. In early evening Billie took me to town, I paid telephone bill and got the insurances off. Dorothea and Betty over to Barbs in evening for the old year out and new one in. The end of 1959.  Goodbye.
Dorothea and Jeff here twice this year. Met Dennis and Jeff for the first time during this past year.
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