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 2, 2014

February 10 - 16, 1945



Saturday, February 10, 1945

Bill, Dorothea and I went to town. Got Dorothea’s shoes, Bill got some new clothes. Mama still down to Ferns.



Sunday, February 11, 1945

Very nice day. Bill, Billie and Lloyd went fishing got a lot of nice pickerel. Papa came up for a minute with Kinnie. Bob and Joy up. Dolores called on me. Mama home from Ferns.



Monday, February 12, 1945

Another nice day. Warm. We churned. Bill back to work. Al Harman took his physical. Dorothea and I up to Minnie’s in eve. Billie to movies.



Tuesday, February 13, 1945

Bill and I went to town. We washed. Nice day.



Wednesday, February 14, 1945

I bought Lila’s shower gift today. A glass Oakleaf platter. Called on Fern a minute.



Thursday, February 15, 1945

Nice warm day. We churned and Mama cooked. I washed kitchen floor in eve. Lila’s shower tonight at Gladys Potters.



Friday, February 16, 1945

 I washed. And. And. Cleaned up the house. Betty sick today.

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