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 13, 2016

October 12 - 15, 1959



Monday, October 12, 1959

I washed and ironed, churned and washed windows. Dorothea and Dennis had some mail come here today. Dolores called in p.m. I got ready to go with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis tomorrow. In evening Betty to town, she saw MIKE. In evening Fern, Lloyd came up, they cut up the forward quarter of beef. Blanche here and cut out my dress. Nice day.



Tuesday, October 13, 1959

Fair. I got ready to go up in mountains. Dolores, Aunt Ava, Uncle Lewis and I went way up into the White Mountains. Had a lunch, had a very good time. Dorothea had some mail come here again today. They cut up one of the hind quarters of beef tonight. It is very nice meat.



Wednesday, October 14, 1959 Today is the birthday of President Eisenhower and Carl de Suze

A very nice day. Betty got a letter from MIKE. She was so pleased.

TONIGHT. We talked with Dorothea, Dennis, and Jeffrey. They got to Detroit from Riverside California. Was so glad to hear from them. Wish we was going to see Dennis. Jeffrey and Dorothea will be here most of the winter with us. Cut up some more meat tonight. Dr. Nash paid up to November.



Thursday, October 15, 1959

Talked with Dorothea, Dennis and Jeff. Cold. A nice day. I worked as the usual. Dolores called on the phone. Tonight we finished cutting up the meat. Today went up to Wilton with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis, had a nice visit with Blanche and Ed Davenport.




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