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!

Sunday, November 2, 2014

April 13 - 19, 1946



Saturday, April 13, 1946

Cooked. Bill and Billie went to Harrison, got grain and groceries. Bill to work.



Sunday, April 14, 1946

Bill and Billie finished up the big pile of hen dressing out back, raked up around the buildings. Fern and Lloyd called in late p.m. Nice day.



Monday, April 15, 1946

Warm but cloudy and rainy. Bill didn’t go to work, he and Billie hauled dressing and Bill went down to Charlie’s to get fills for cart. Murray came. $50.



Tuesday, April 16, 1946

Very cold and windy. Done a little work. Bea Larrabee operated on today for breast cancer.



Wednesday, April 17, 1946

Cleaned Dorothea’s room. Nice day. Washed floors and ironed curtains.



Thursday, April 18, 1946

Fair and nice and warm. I cleaned Billie’s room, my room, and dark bedroom. Kennard and Dolores called in eve.



Friday, April 19, 1946

Fair and cold and windy. We cleaned Mama’s room, Milan’s room, close (?) press today. Billie hauled manure.
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