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!

Sunday, July 20, 2014

April 8 - 14, 1944

Saturday, April 8, 1944

Bill and Dorothea went to town. Billie and I moved the stove out. It is snowing this P.M. turned to rain. Billie had a new jacket come.


Sunday, April 9, 1944

BETTY WALKED a few steps. Bob and Joy came up . Bill trimmed the apple trees. Kennie and Dot came up. Bill raked the door yard. Ilan's folks moved into their house.

(Betty at 5 months of age)



Monday, April 10, 1944

Washed. Both kids at school. Bill went to work.


Tuesday, April 11, 1944

I cleaned shed chamber. Cold.



Wednesday, April 12, 1944

It snowed. Cold.


Thursday, April 13, 1944

Cold and windy. Bill and I went to town. Mrs. Otis died.


Friday, April 14, 1944

Laurence Howard hauled slabs. $9.00. Bill and I went out of town today. Ash hot for fourth continual nite. A very cold day.
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