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, August 24, 2014

December 9 - 15, 1944



Saturday, December 9, 1944

Mama came home from Bob’s. Bill didn’t work. He and I went to the movies. It seemed good to have him home after working six weeks steady.



Sunday, December 10, 1944

Lloyd built our bulkhead door it is a dandy. Bill worked no snow.



Monday, December 11, 1944

Went to town to do a little Christmas shopping. Nice day



Tuesday, December 12, 1944

Snowed and rained. About two or 3 inches of snow. I went up to Minnie’s in eve.



Wednesday, December 13, 1944

Ground all white this morning. Nice morning.



Thursday, December 14, 1944

I did regular work. Nice sunny day but cold very cold at night.



Friday, December 15, 1944

Very cold 2 below this morning. Dorothea had a Christmas party at school today. Third-year Mrs. Draper teacher. Her gift a pretty pencil box with a red white and blue pencils from teacher and a book from a little girl.

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