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!

Monday, January 12, 2015

August 23 -29, 1947

Saturday, August 23, 1947

My corselet came. Cleaned up the house. Went to town in eve with Brud and Dot. Hot.



Sunday, August 24, 1947

Terribly hot. Bill worked at Kennard’s. Billie put up electric fence. Bill and I went to town with Bill and Evelyn Ridlon’s folks called in eve.



Monday, August 25, 1947

Went to town with Blanche in a.m. We washed, churned. I had Betty and Billie’s pictures taken at Olin Mills studio at A. L. Hall. Hot.



Tuesday, August 26, 1947

Cloudy light showers. Picked and canned blackberries. Bill and I went to the movies with the Ridlon’s.



Wednesday, August 27, 1947

Nice cool day. I went to Portland with Dot, Velma, and Hartley to see Aunt Mina, Ed Davis, Uncle Sulmore, and Del Shane.



Thursday, August 28, 1947

Churned. Ironed. Canned rhubarb pickles. Country fair today and night for hospital fund. Bill pulled beans.



Friday, August 29, 1947

Picked the last of the blackberries at Ferns. We canned corn. Wash. Kennard and Dolores up for some strawberry plants.



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