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!

Thursday, October 9, 2014

October 27 - November 2, 1945



Saturday, October 27, 1945

Billie put the storm windows on. Val worked again today for Bill. Billie still sick.



Sunday, October 28, 1945

Billie very sick. Dr. came tonight his temp 104° flu. Mama down to Fern’s for dinner. Very cold today but nice and clear.



Monday, October 29, 1945

Dr. Mabry here again this morning. 102 ½ Billie’s temp. Cloudy all day. We washed. Bill helped Hayd.



Tuesday, October 30, 1945

Very nice warm day. We ironed, churned and washed kitchen floor. Billie’s better temperature 99° Dr. Mabry came for last time.



Wednesday, October 31, 1945

Cloudy showers. Warm. Didn’t do much today. Billie still bed. Fern went to Portland to get her new supports. Charlie got his hens.



Thursday, November 1, 1945

Bob Allen got a deer. We washed. Very nice clear day. Cold. Bill hunted a little. Billie up a little.



Friday, November 2, 1945

Didn’t do much today. Bill hunted a little.
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