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 1, 2014

September 1 - 7, 1945 Victory of Japan Day



Saturday, September 1, 1945

Mama over to Bob’s and helped to can chickens. Showers in eve. Brud and Dolores called in p.m. Ilan and Bill up to Sweden. Rained at night hard.



Sunday, September 2, 1945

V-J day. Dolores and Kennard up. Didn’t do much during the day. Listen to radio. The surrender at Tokyo Bay on battleship Missouri. Also speech made by Pres. Truman and he declared September 2 V-J day.



Monday, September 3, 1945

Nice day we washed.



Tuesday, September 4, 1945

Cool. Mom up to Dolores and helped her canned chicken. I ironed. Harold Porter found dead today.



Wednesday, September 5, 1945

Warmer. Charlie and Jean called also Goden and Sally here for supper. Did regular work. Bill mowed lawns.



Thursday, September 6, 1945

Hot. Mama and I cleaned oil stove. I went down to Ferns and stayed for dinner.



Friday, September 7, 1945

Hot. Did regular work. I washed.

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