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 31, 2014

January 27 - February 2, 1945



Saturday, January 27, 1945

Cold. Shoveled snow. Bill and Billie. Billie went to show. Bill down and got groceries. I went up to Minnie’s a few minutes after supper.



Sunday, January 28, 1945

Very nice and warm. Papa’s house broke into. He is still in hospital. Kinnie and Dot down to see him much better. Dolores, Kennard, Bob and Joy, Kin and Dot called.



Monday, January 29, 1945

Washed. A lot of snow fell and the snow drifted. Not so cold. Bill went back to work.



Tuesday, January 30, 1945

Bill didn’t work. Very windy and cold.



Wednesday, January 31, 1945

Bill and I went to town on business. Bill went back to work. Esther sent us a picture of Dorothea very nice. 8° below this morning.



Thursday, February 1, 1945

We washed. A very cold windy day. Did regular work. No word from papa (?) yet since Sunday.



Friday, February 2, 1945

Churned. Did regular work. Cold and windy. Dorothea and I went up to Minnie’s in eve. Rayburn came up and stayed all night. Papa got to stay in hospital a month longer.

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