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, January 18, 2015

October 4 - 10, 1947



Saturday, October 4, 1947

Nice warm day. Billie worked over to Bob’s cementing. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here for supper.



Sunday, October 5, 1947

Nice hot day. They finished up Bob’s foundation for his house cement Bills cellar. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here. Evie Virgin and Fern called. Bill and I took Ed up on the ridge.



Monday, October 6, 1947

I washed. Blanche here most all day. Mama lame. Kennard called in eve. Ronald got hurt at school.


Tuesday, October 7, 1947

Hot. I did regular work. Fern, Lloyd and Sara called in eve. Lloyd brought me up a 100 pound onions he raised. Billie got his pigs.



Wednesday, October 8, 1947

Hot. No rain. Cleaning house.



Thursday, October 9, 1947

Cleaned house.



Friday, October 10, 1947

Hot. Cleaned house.
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