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!

Saturday, December 13, 2014

January 25 - 31, 1947



Saturday, January 25, 1947

Papa here all day. Bill and Bob hired out with Les to cut our timber. Bill hauled rest of Raymonds bolts.



Sunday, January 26, 1947

Did regular work. Bob came up.



Monday, January 27, 1947

Rained. We washed. Kids to school. Bill dressed and sold poultry. Got Betty’s new shoes.



Tuesday, January 28, 1947

Cloudy. Bob and Bill began cutting timber. Cleared off today, it is still warm.



Wednesday, January 29, 1947

Snowed a little. Bill and Bob cut timber. They hauled 4 loads out today. Bill and I went down and got Dorothea. Kennard and Dolores called.



Thursday, January 30, 1947

Cloudy and rainy. Bob and Bill worked cutting timber. Kids home for three day weekend convention. Betty not very well.



Friday, January 31, 1947

No school. Teachers convention. Bad again last night. Bob and Bill didn’t work. Hams came back today. Papa here with Bob.

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