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!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

November 4 - 10, 1944 Election Day



Saturday, November 4, 1944

Dorothea and Bill went to town. Nice day. Indian summer day. Billie got a new cap.



Sunday, November 5, 1944

Bill worked today. Lloyd and Mama came up tonight. Kennie, Bob and Raymond went up north hunting for a week.



Monday, November 6, 1944

First snow came today. It rained. I had another permanent. $7.00. 



Tuesday, November 7, 1944 Election Day (Roosevelt)

 
We voted. A very cold clear day. And Roosevelt reelected for fourth term. We voted for him to. I listened ‘til 2 AM Wednesday for the returns.



Wednesday, November 8, 1944

Nice day. Did regular work. Kennie, Raymond came home from hunting. Foot of snow up where they were.



Thursday, November 9, 1944

Nice day. Did regular work. I washed kitchen floor. Robert sick. Fern came home from Ohio.



Friday, November 10, 1944

Rained hard. Kennie, Bill and Eddie Hardy went down back hunting. Bill got a shot at a deer.

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