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, February 26, 2015

July 3 - 9, 1948 Bill Home From Hospital



Saturday, July 3, 1948

Very nice day. No word from Bill. Mr. Crook and I picked berries. Charlie and Jean called and Eve. Fern and Lloyd late eve with groceries.



Sunday, July 4, 1948

Bill’s mom and dad and I went for a walk down through woods. Ruby went home. Fern and L, Bob and family here for fireworks in eve.



Monday, July 5, 1948

I talked with Bill today it seemed so good I miss him a lot. Rained today. We washed, pick some berries. Kennard called in eve. Kennie, Dot and L called in p.m.



Tuesday, July 19 48

Raining. Bill came home from hospital today. Charlie got him. He looks good and isn’t lame.



Wednesday, July 7, 1948

Bill and I went to town. Nice day. Bill, grandpa and I picked berries. Mr. Randall had a 100 pound calf born at his place.



Thursday, July 8, 1948

Washed. Mabel Grover came up and picked berries to can. A very nice day. Randall all called to see calf.



Friday, July 9, 1948

Another nice day. Picked berries, ironed. Mama down to Milan’s to help Betty can berries. Another calf born to the Randall farm.




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