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!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

July 21 -27, 1945



Saturday, July 21, 1945

Nice day. Goden worked here. Harold Penley called. Milan 26 years today and called Mama from New York.



Sunday, July 22, 1945

Mama up here today. Bill, Goden and Ilan worked on the barn. Billie led the Guernsey cow up to Del C. (Chadbourne) Holstein bull.



Monday, July 23, 1945

I washed, kind of cloudy. Goden and Ilan worked on the barn. Holstein cow calved. Hauled one load of logs today. Bill drawed $100 from Les Thomes.



Tuesday, July 24, 1945

Rayburn came up yesterday. They begun to work on timber in back of house. Hauled three loads from way down. Milan phoned from Monson.



Wednesday, July 25, 1945

Nice day. I worked outdoor mowing grass etc.



Thursday, July 26, 1945

Move chicks out onto range. Mama came home from Aunties or Fern and Lloyd’s new home. Began haying.



Friday, July 27, 1945


Finished up the new barn. Move chicks on the range. I washed. Nice day. Rayburn went home this morning.

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