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!

Saturday, September 6, 2014

March 10 - 16, 1945



Saturday, March 10, 1945

Stayed home, made bread, baked R.K. beans Esther sent. Cleaned up the house. Billie went to show.



Sunday, March 11, 1945

Bill, Billie and Lloyd went icefishing. Bill Dorothea and I went to movies.



Monday, March 12, 1945

Slab wood came Laurence Howard. $9.00. Cloudy little snow. Washed. Ground meat. Papa called in p.m.



Tuesday, March 13, 1945

Very nice day. Did up housework. (?) out lard.



Wednesday, March 14, 1945

Mama, Dorothea and I went to minstrel show with Dorothy Forrest and Aunt Mina. Show by M. E. Church ladies aid. Very nice day. Dot, Lorraine and Fern in show.



Thursday, March 15, 1945

Very hot today. Billie went to minstrel show tonight. Lloyd sold tickets for this show.



Friday, March 16, 1945

Cloudy. Bill and I went to town shopping. Mama washed in p.m.


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