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!

Monday, August 18, 2014

October 28 - November 3, 1944



Saturday, October 28, 1944

We went to town. Awful cold. Got Dorothea new shoes and a pair of overshoes. Got a new butter stamp and some butter paper. Dots shoe size 1 ½. Congdon’s truck brought the kitchen rug.



Sunday, October 29, 1944

Bill and Billie laid the new rug in the front downstairs bedroom. Awful cold. Took up the old rugs in the kitchen. Dolores called.



Monday, October 30, 1944

Still awful cold. I did a big wash. Kids get cards from Fern today.



October Tuesday, October 31, 1944

Warmer today. Did regular work, up to Minnie’s in PM. Dorothea up to Minnie’s in evening to Halloween party.



Wednesday, November 1, 1944

Got a letter from Milan today. He is unable to stay in P. T. Arnie Allen died – a crippled man about town no relation.



Thursday, November 2, 1944

I washed and ironed.



Friday, November 3, 1944

I churned. A nice day.


Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)