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, January 13, 2015

August 30 - September 5, 1947



Saturday, August 30, 1947

Cloudy and cold showers late p.m. Bill home and pulled beans. Went to look for a car. We picked and canned shell beans.



Sunday, August 31, 1947

Clear and cool. Billie harrowed and hauled dressing. Bill worked on strawberry beds. Ava and Robert brought brooder home.



Monday, September 1, 1947

Bill worked. Billie hauled more dressing. Washed. Kennard and Dolores took Mama, kids and I down to the cemetery.



Tuesday, September 2, 1947

Showers. Canned beans. Bill came home and worked on his cellar.



Wednesday, September 3, 1947

Betty over to Joys all day and night. Val staying down with Billie. Aunt Linnie  and George came tonight. (?) Tinney had a little kitten.



Thursday, September 4, 1947

Nice day. Lloyd picked his corn. We made pickles. Blanche took her mother to Portland hospital. Joy here all day.



Friday, September 5, 1947

Made mustard pickles and other kinds. Dorothea and I went to town. Dorothea got her hair done.

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