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, July 23, 2014

April 29 - May 5, 1944



Saturday, April 29, 1944

Kennie came up and got Milan and Franey to take them to Portland to meet the train to New York. Nice warm day. Milan hated to go back. Goden up to haul rocks for the well. Billie helped.



Sunday, April 30, 1944 

Bill home all day, no work at shipyard. Goden was here, they hauled rocks for the well. Dolores up in p.m. Nice warm day.


Monday, May 1, 1944

Bill and Goden pumped water from the well. Wyvern and Eli Krort worked here in p.m. with Goden on the well. Nice warm day.


Tuesday, May 2, 1944

Goden and I went to town to shop. Rained in p.m. A little give up the well till after haying. I went up to Minnie’s in evening.



Wednesday, May 3, 1944

Val hung a May basket. Bob’s folks up in eve. A nice warm day. I moved kitchen table to center of room.



Thursday, May 4, 1944

Hot today. Grass grew and real green tonight. Bill, Betty, and I went to town. Hauled logs down to be sawed for a dump cart body.





Friday, May 5, 1944

Hot. Bill and I went to town came up back road and got stuck in mud. Ilan pulled us out. I went down to Aunt Joe’s in p.m.
 






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