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!

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

November 19 - 23, 1959



Thursday, November 19, 1959

Another nice day, not so cold. I worked upstairs to get ready for Dorothea.



Friday, November 20, 1959 Esther Louise Smith Deming’s birthday

Billie Deming (stripped shirt) and Jeff Adair in Ohio Nov. 1959


Today I have been busy as a whirlwind getting ready for Dorothea tomorrow. But tonight about 8:30 Esther called she isn’t coming till Tuesday. Because Mr. and Mrs. Adair are coming to Esther’s to visit Dorothea and Jeffrey. I’m glad they can see them again.



Saturday, November 21, 1959 SNOW

Today it has snowed. Bill, Betty and I were going to Portland to do some shopping, but it was too bad traveling. Bill and I to town in p.m. Betty typed a story she has written. Very good.




Portable Solar Cooker





Sunday, November 22, 1959

Cleared off. Very nice today. I done up the housework and churned. Billie worked at Chet’s.



Monday, November 23, 1959

Rain. I washed. Done more work getting ready for D and J.

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