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!

Thursday, July 31, 2014

June 24 - 30, 1944



Saturday, June 24, 1944

Mama and Dorothea went to see Lassie Come Home. Rained hard again today all day. Sold roosters to Breezy Acres. $54.87 for them. Blanche took them.


Sunday, June 25, 1944

Bill, kids and I went down to Chet Haley’s today. Bill and Billie fished in Adams Pond. We also went up to Sweden to Lee Gray’s to see our heifers that are up there to pasture.


Monday, June 26, 1944

Wash today. Bill back to work today. Nice day. Stanley went to war.


Tuesday, June 27, 1944

Nice day. Wash today again. Bill and Billie began haying.

Bill standing on top of a load of hay 1942


Wednesday, June 28, 1944

Painted front bedroom today.


Thursday, June 29, 1944

Awful hot. Bill bought a hay rack off Hazel Mayberry today. I went up to Minnie’s today.


Friday, June 30, 1944

Billy and I (?) up potatoes. Billie mowed. Much cooler today.
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  1. Betty Crook HortonJuly 31, 2014 at 3:22 PM

    These entries from the 40's are 70 years old. It is fun to see how much they paid for things and a ride up over the Ridge, was a good time in the old town that night. They visited neighbors and family a lot more then we do now, it seems. I wouldn't mind going back.......

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