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 22, 2014

June 30 - July 6, 1945



Saturday, June 30, 1945

Very hot. Mr. Murray and Mrs. Murray came. He paid us $35. Bill, girls and I went to town and Billie went in eve.



Sunday, July 1, 1945

Lloyd worked up here today. Nice day. Auntie went down to Ferns.



Monday, July 2, 1945

I did big wash. Cleaned up the house. Bill and I went to town in a.m. Bill and Ilan didn’t work in woods.



Tuesday, July 3, 1945

I ironed. Mama came up from Uncle Os and spent the day. Much cooler.



Wednesday, July 4, 1945

Hot. Lloyd worked up here in forenoon. Finished up. Aunt Linnie, Betty and I called to see Auntie at Ferns. Very poorly.



Thursday, July 5, 1945

Very hot. I washed. We mow the lawns in eve. I washed windows and swept floor on second floor of chicken barn. Dolores began work. The suitcase came from Frances Smith with one pair of German boots and some of Milan’s clothes.



Friday, July 6, 1945

I cleaned up the house. Iron. We finished mowing the grass. I got a letter (V-mail) from Milan. Mama got one yesterday.


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