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, September 30, 2014

August 25 - 31, 1945



Saturday, August 25, 1945

Raining. Finished hauling pulpwood. Called Mr. Newcomb tonight.



Sunday, August 26, 1945

Mama came home from Ferns. Dolores and Verna called. Nice day.



Monday, August 27, 1945

Washed. I went down to Ferns and picked 1 1/2 bushel string beans. Nice cool day.



Tuesday, August 28, 1945

We canned beans. Ironed and did a little cooking. Warmer. Brud left P. I. at 2 PM.



Wednesday, August 29, 1945

Hot. I cleaned up the house. Mr. Whitten the M. E. minister called in PM. Very hot. Dolores up in a.m. Bill and Raymond went swimming.



Thursday, August 30, 1945

Showers, heavy rain. But our surprise this morning: Bruddie came home for 15 day furlough. They killed Tony our dog.



Friday, August 31, 1945

Rainy, I cleaned up the house.

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