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, November 12, 2014

June 22- 28, 1946



Saturday, June 22, 1946

Cleaned up the house. Blanche took Dorothea to movies in p.m.



Sunday, June 23, 1946

A very hot day. Called on Minnie in p.m. Up to Kennard’s and Delores.



Monday, June 24, 1946

We washed. A very hot day. Washed kitchen floor.



Tuesday, June 25, 1946

Ironed this forenoon. Worked at Walters to clean lamps in p.m. Very hot. Sick with stomach trouble. Bill and Bob worked on hayfork.



Wednesday, June 26, 1946

We clean the downstairs brooder room today. Very hot. We got our car back tonight. Bob has had at seven weeks. Finished hayfork.



Thursday, June 27, 1946

We cleaned upstairs in the barn today. Billie and Val hauled in the first load of hay. A small shower today. Fern called in p.m. Hot.



Friday, June 28, 1946

Finish cleaning grain room and did a big washing. Very hot.
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