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, October 14, 2014

December 1-7, 1945



Saturday, December 1, 1945

Nice clear day. They shoveled snow. Murray brought shavings, 1550 R. I. red male chicks came from Edgecombs. Milan and Billie gone to movies. I called Dolores a minute. 


Sunday, December 2, 1945

Nice day cold. Didn’t do much. Kennard’s folks called. Bob called. Fern and Lloyd up in eve.



Monday, December 3, 1945

Bill went to work this morning with Hayd Smart cutting timber. Cloudy. Milan went to town. I washed.



Tuesday, December 4, 1945

Nice day cold. Milan went to town with Raymond. I ironed. Bill worked. Mama made me a night gown.



Wednesday, December 5, 1945

Mama made another nightgown. Started Dorothea’s pajamas.



Thursday, December 6, 1945

Cloudy. Milan took the car down and got it fixed. Bill worked,home early. Bad storm in Portland.



Friday, December 7, 1945

Rained hard all day. Bill didn’t work. Billie up to Val’s in eve. Ilan and Minnie went to movies. Mama finished Dorothea’s pajamas.



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