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, December 12, 2014

January 18 - 24, 1947



Saturday, January 18, 1947

School this a.m. to make up for day they lost. Very nice day. Billie downtown in eve. Set to at Ferns.(?)



Sunday, January 19, 1947

Papa and Kennie called. Bob and Ronald. Mama came home from Ferns. A nice day. Billie and Bill hauled slabs. (?) Guts went.



Monday, January 20, 1947

Very bad rain. Icy traveling. I washed.



Tuesday, January 21, 1947

Today we went to see Les. Went over to Maple Ridge, very icy traveling and cold. Also down to town and did business.



Wednesday, January 22, 1947

Very cold day. They picked over beans all day. Jack called in eve.



Thursday, January 23, 1947

Cold. I ironed. Bill worked on radios. Mama shelled corn. Fern and Lloyd called in eve.



Friday, January 24, 1947

Very nice day, warmed up a lot. Bill hauled bolts for Raymond.

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