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!

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

September 6 - 12, 1947



Saturday, September 6, 1947

Canned, cooked. Bill and I went to town with Kennard. Billie got his new calf tonight.



Sunday, September 7, 1947

Hot. Bob Grover called to see Bill about his car. We washed and churned. Bill and Kennard got tractor to going. All ate outdoors and Fern and Lloyd.



Monday, September 8, 1947

Lester Ames got hurt awful bad his tractor ran over him. School began.



Tuesday, September 9, 1947

I went over to Aunt Joe’s. Betty went with me. I didn’t do much.

Betty Crook and Martin Ashby 1947



Wednesday, September 10, 1947

Hot. Bill, Bob and Ava and I went to Norway. I washed. Mama down to Mina’s.



Thursday, September 11, 1947

Very hot. Jean got a letter from Mr. Crook. Very encouraging about the folks coming over. To Aunt Lena’s today. Jack and Sylvia and Kennard and Dot called. Billie got the heifer home tonight.



Friday, September 12, 1947

Hots. We canned tomatoes. Billie back up to Chet’s.
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