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!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

May 10 - 16, 1947



Saturday, May 10, 1947

Very nice day. Dorothea and I went to Norway with Carlton and Dolores.



Sunday, May 11, 1947

Nice warm day. Got some nice useful gifts for Mother’s Day.



Monday, May 12, 1947

We did a big wash. I worked out back. Fern and I went to the Brownies investiture with Dorothea and Sara. Very nice. Dorothea got her wings and G. S. pin. She is a Girl Scout now. Very hot day.



Tuesday, May 13, 1947

Cloudy and showers. Cleaned the parlor down to Fern’s today. Aunt Ava there and did a big ironing. Aunt Ava came up yesterday.



Wednesday, May 14, 1947

Not so warm. We cleaned Ferns living room.



Thursday, May 15, 1947

Cold but clear. We cleaned Ferns dining room.



Friday, May 16, 1947

Fern and I cleaned her kitchen or telephone room today. Fair but quite cold. We got all done at Ferns.

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