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 10, 2015

September 25 - October 1, 1948 New Toilet Seat Came!



Saturday, September 25, 1948

Nice day. Bill and Val dug cesspool and ditch. Our new toilet seat came.



Sunday, September 26, 1948

Bill and Evelyn called in a.m. Bill brought his power saw down and sawed  wood up. Bill down to mill and sawed slabs in p.m. Charlie and Jean called.



Monday, September 27, 1948

I washed. Mama came home from Dots tonight. Nice hot day.



Tuesday, September 28, 1948

Very nice hot day. I called on Delores in p.m. Bill down sawing wood tonight. Fern and Lloyd called in eve.



Wednesday, September 29, 1948

Nice warm day. Betty at Delores’. Mama not feeling good. She was down to Dot and Forrest’s for supper. Bill very lame. He and Val hauled shavings for hens. Lot of folks called in eve.



Thursday, September 30, 1948

Bill still home lame. Not feeling good. He and Val got ready for chickens.



Friday, October 1, 1948

Bill still home lame. Worked in henhouse.


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