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!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

February 17 - 23, 1945



Saturday, February 17, 1945

Bill, Dorothea and I went to town. Dorothea finished up at dentist. Bill worked. Billie worked at Forrest. A very cold day. Betty two years.



Sunday, February 18, 1945

Papa up to his house today to stay. Bill, Billie and Lloyd went icefishing. Got another nice catch. Fern up here. We went over to see Lila’s presents.



Monday, February 19, 1945

Cold again. Mama sick. I wash today. Mama got a v-mail letter from Milan. A v-mail from Red Cross, his right hand has infection.



Tuesday, February 20, 1945

Churned, still cold. Mama better. Bill drove Harmon’s car to Portland today. Vacation week.



Wednesday, February 21, 1945

Very nice day. Minnie down in eve. Did regular work.



Thursday, February 22, 1945

Rain today. Did regular work today.



Friday, February 23, 1945

Lila and Bill married tonight.

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