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, September 29, 2014

August 18 -24, 1945



Saturday, August 18, 1945

Very hot. We did work. Bob hauled hen manure.



Sunday, August 19, 1945

Very hot. Bob hauled cow manure. Mama went down to Ferns. Uncle Os and family went to Raymond. Virgins.



Monday, August 20, 1945

I washed in p.m. Bill and Betty, Dorothea and I went to town in a.m. Very hot.



Tuesday, August 21, 1945

Very hot. Mr. Grover and Lazen (?)  worked. I made ice cream. I ironed.



Wednesday, August 22, 1945

Grover and boy worked in woods cutting pulpwood. Bill and Billie hauled out pulpwood. I did regular work, not so hot. Churned.



Thursday, August 23, 1945

I washed. Nice day. Bill and Billie hauled pulp. Mr. Grover and Lazen cut pulp. Telegram from Milan.



Friday, August 24, 1945

Still hauling pulpwood. Mr. Grover and Lazen worked. I did regular work. Cloudy. Got word Brud can’t come home. Going to Japan on Tuesday.


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