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 27, 2014

December 30, 1944 - January 5, 1945



Saturday, December 30, 1944

Bills birthday. Home all day and his foot pained him terribly. Brud and Dolores came up, Brud took me to town. Milan’s box came. Got word from George Crook. Prisoner of war in Germany.



Sunday, December 31, 1944

Cloudy. Bill still very lame. Bob called. Fern and Lloyd, Al Harmon and family, Kennard and Dolores, and Kenny’s folks. Billie and Raymond went fishing, 2 cusk.





Monday, January 1, 1945

School began. Bill still home lame. Rained hard all day.




Tuesday, January 2, 1945

Bill’s car filter came. Very icy.



Wednesday, January 3, 1945

Killed our hog. Bill still home a little better. We went down to Jeans. Ilan help to get the hog out of B. cellar. Finished puzzle.



Thursday, January 4, 1945

Very cold. Bill still lame and at home. Sick also today. He stayed in bed most of the day.



Friday, January 5, 1945

Merton Kimball brought our hog back. 275 to 300 pounds. Very cold. Bill went to Dr. Marty. High blood pressure, bad heart told him to stay home 15 days.

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