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 16, 2014

March 11 - 17, 1944

 Saturday, March 11, 1944

Cold in A.M. Warmed up in P.M. did regular work. Bill and I went to town. Ilan moved his house down today. Bought Winona's house.


Sunday, March 12, 1944

Bill home. He and Billie cut a few sticks of wood. Tore petition out of tie up. Bill, Billie, Betty and I went up to see Ilan's house. Helen and Hayd were up there. Hayd helping Ilan. Dorothea was up there playing with their children.


Monday, March 13, 1944

Rained. Cleared off tonite. Jimmy Reynolds funeral today. We washed. Papa made out order for his seed. Baby has got cold.


Tuesday, March 14, 1944

Mama went down to Ferns. I ironed, nice day. A load of shavings came from Jim's. Billie up to H. Smart's in evening.


Wednesday, March 15, 1944

Dorothea home from school with a cold. Cold today. Begun on puzzle. Billie got up to Helen's.


Thursday, March 16, 1944

Dorothea back to school. Warm today but raining. Finished another puzzle tonite.


Friday, March 17, 1944

No school. Teachers meeting at So. Paris. Rain. Dorothea and Bill went to town. Cleaned up the house. Brud was up.

(Dorothea and Billie)
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