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!

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

November 13 -19, 1948



Saturday, November 13, 1948

Bill still awful lame. He finished up down cellar. Rained all day.



Sunday, November 14, 1948

Kennie up here, he and Bill worked on the flush seat. Fair.

Rayburn and his father, Kennie Smith (unknown other man)




Monday, November 15, 1948

Washed. Cloudy and cold. Bill worked on pipe for flush seat. Kennie up at night. The little (?) born.



Tuesday, November 16, 1948

The first water went through our toilet. Called at Abby’s tonight.



Wednesday, November 17, 1948

Rained hard, very dark. Bill back to work. Kennie up tonight, piped water pipe for toilet. Kennard called.



Thursday, November 18, 1948

Very nice day. Washed.



Friday, November 19, 1948

I cleaned up the house some. Bill and I downtown to get Dorothea. She stayed for Girl Scouts.

2 comments:

  1. What did they do before they piped the water for the toilet?

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