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!

Monday, February 9, 2015

March 6 - 12, 1948 Blanche Home From Hospital



Saturday, March 6, 1948

Joy here all day. We did regular work. Bill still lame. Called at Jean and Jack’s in eve. Jim Halket married.



Sunday, March 7, 1948

A long stormy day. We took Joy home. She was homesick. Bill and I called at Uncle Sulmore’s.



Monday, March 8, 1948

Blanche came home today. Bill’s foot not so good.



Tuesday, March 9, 1948

Bill’s foot better. He went up to get pickerel today. I ironed. Nice day. Kennie in Portland tonight to a plumbers meeting.



Wednesday, March 10, 1948

Nice warm day. Bill, Betty and I down to his father’s. Delores called on Mama in p.m.



Thursday, March 11, 1948

Mama in bed with a cold. Kennard called. I washed. Washed baby clothes. It has snowed today. Bad weather.



Friday, March 12, 1948

Dorothea stayed down for scouts.
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