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!

Friday, November 14, 2014

July 6 - 12, 1946



Saturday, July 6, 1946

Billie and Val hauled in hay. Harry Leavitt finished mowing hay. Nice day.



Sunday, July 7, 1946

Very nice day. Bill, Billie, Val, and Raymond Leavitt hauled in hay. Mama went to Gorham with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Up to Bob’s in eve. Bob moved piano.



Monday, July 8, 1946

Hayed all day. We washed. Milan came home. He and Betty here for dinner.



Tuesday, July 9, 1946

Cloudy, much cooler. Rayburn up here. He, Milan, Val and Billie got rest of hay in. Social Security man here to see Mama. Papa called.



Wednesday, July 10, 1946

Verna called in eve. Kennie and Rayburn also. Washed floor. Picked over greens. Keyes called in p.m.



Thursday, July 11, 1946

Canned 12 pints of strawberries. Mama picked over greens and beets. Cooler. Bishop got the rabbits. Delores call. Billie up to Del C. Dorothea took first swimming lesson.



Friday, July 12, 1946

I washed. Pulled weeds in p.m. Milan and I went to town after supper.


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