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 9, 2014

March 31 - April 6, 1945



Saturday, March 31, 1945

Cloudy and rainy. I washed. Dolores and Brud up in p.m. Also Bill, girls and I went to town in a.m.



Sunday, April 1, 1945



We finished chopping the ice up out back.


(nothing for April 2, 1945)

Tuesday, April 3, 1945

Cloudy a little colder. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m. I wash today. Been kind of lame. Bill got first trout at river fork.

Wednesday, April 4, 1945

Rained cloudy and cold all day. I cooked and ironed. Went up to Minnie’s in eve. Billie got a trout out of Rogers brook.



Thursday, April 5, 1945

It has cleared off this p.m. Bill got his release slip at the I. P. Shipyard. Ice went out of Long Lake. Cold and windy. Papa down in p.m.



Friday, April 6, 1945

Still cold and windy. Bill, Aunt Linnie and I went to town shopping. I had to go to bank. Mama went back to Aunt Mina’s. Dorothy and Forrest going to Boston for weekend.

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