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!

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

April 5 - 11, 1947



Saturday, April 5, 1947

We did regular work. Billie down to town in eve. Rained hard all day. Hauled the timber back.



Sunday, April 6, 1947

Nice day. Dolores called, also Fern, Lloyd, Kennard and Kennie. Billie down to Lloyd’s. Cloudy and a.m. Cleared off in p.m.



Monday, April 7, 1947

Wind blowed up cold. We washed. Bill down to Portland to Dr. Martins. Goden took him. Bob up here and he and Billie piled boards in p.m.



Tuesday, April 8, 1947

Nice day. Bill began to work at Jim’s. Bob here for dinner. Bill began to rake the yard for first time.



Wednesday, April 9, 1947

Washed kitchen floor. Cold and cloudy. Bill still at work. Got bag of grain for cows.



Thursday, April 10, 1947

Very nice day. I worked down to Ferns and helped her to sweep and dust. Her feet are bad.



Friday, April 11, 1947

Papa down this morning and I made out his order for his seeds. Bill went to work lame. Very warm. Duck gone.


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