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, August 6, 2014

August 5 - 11, 1944



Saturday, August 5, 1944

Still hot and too hot to work. Went to town.



Sunday, August 6, 1944

Bill home all day. Still hot. Nobody did much work. Kennie came down a little while.



Monday, August 7, 1944

Bill and I went downtown (P.O.). Our papers came. Not so hot.



Tuesday, August 8, 1944

Washed did regular work. Cooler. Dolores here for dinner. Mama went down to Aunt Mina’s.



Wednesday, August 9, 1944

A pretty birthday card from Cliff, Es, and Brud. Fern and Lloyd came up in eve. Brought me up a nice chocolate birthday cake.



Thursday, August 10, 1944

Did regular work. Hot again. Papa stayed home tonight.



Friday, August 11, 1944

Still hot. Did regular work. Brackett boys called. Mama came home from Aunt Mina’s. Dot and Aunt Mina visited. Flat tire on car. I had a check $75.
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