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!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

October 20 - 26, 1945



Saturday, October 20, 1945

Nice day. Warm. We cooked. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in p.m.



Sunday, October 21, 1945

Milan called again. Minnie’s baby went down to Ilan’s sister today to stay. Kennard, Dolores, and Verna called.



Monday, October 22, 1945

We washed again. Nice day. Set the stove up in the dining room. Rosalie has the mumps.



Tuesday, October 23, 1945

Cleaned up the house. Mr. Murray came and got some pullets. We bought ourselves tonight 15 cross breeds. $50 from Mr. Murray.



Wednesday, October 24, 1945

Cloudy and cold. Bill bot 5 bushel potatoes off Pike at Waterford. Cooked, washed floors, ironed, and worked all day and part the nite.



Thursday, October 25, 1945

No school. Teachers convention. Rained as usual. Billie taken sick. Val and Bill cleaned out the big chicken pen.



Friday, October 26, 1945

Bill and Val worked today. Billie still sick. We called up to Minnie’s in eve.






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