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!

Friday, August 1, 2014

July 1 - 7, 1944



Saturday, July 1, 1944

Fern went to Portland to Muriel’s wedding. Nice day. Ash gone away tonight.


Sunday July 2, 1944

Bill, Billie and I hauled in hay. Nice day. 

Bill Crook haying  1941


Monday, July 3, 1944

Dolores and Kennard up tonight first time since Dolores got home. Bill, Dorothea, Betty and I went to town in a.m. Billie mowed some grass. Bob’s folks up. Bob fixed Billie’s bike.


Tuesday, July 4, 1944

Quiet all day. Bill worked. Billie mowed some hay.


Wednesday, July 5, 1944

Dorothea went up to Radoe’s (?) to play. Billie got his rabbit.


Thursday, July 6, 1944

Hot today. Had peas from Papa’s garden today. Bill and I went to town. Minnie and Val down tonight. Bob’s folks called.


Friday, July 7, 1944

Very hot today. I ironed. Billie went to town. Dolores up a little while. Japan bombed.
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