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!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

November 1 - 7, 1947 Esther Arrives For A Visit



Saturday, November 1, 1947

Cold, I cleaned the shed. Bill, kids and I went to town. Dick Knight up to see about painting the barn. Housecleaning all done. I got my new shoes.



Sunday, November 2, 1947

They sawed a little wood. Fern came up. Lloyd here for dinner. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called.



Monday, November 3, 1947

We washed. Bill stayed at home. He and Billie cleaned out the well. Set out the new fruit trees. Dick Knight painted the house.



Tuesday, November 4, 1947

Es and Cliff came today. Called up here in eve.



Wednesday, November 5, 1947

Cooked. Did the work. Es and Fern called in PM a few minutes. Cloudy.



Thursday, November 6, 1947



Es and Cliff here for supper and spent afternoon and evening. They cleaned out our oil burner. Lin Hall did the work.



Friday, November 7, 1947

I washed. Cloudy. Cliff and Esther to Kennard’s. They worked on Smith’s new house.


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