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, July 14, 2014

February 26 - March 3, 1944

Saturday, February 26, 1944

Bill and I went down into the woods. Papa lost teeth yesterday. Bill went to town. Blanche and kids up. Called up Ken Lord to see about chickens. Sold 21 doz eggs to Frick.


Sunday, February 27, 1944

Fern came up. Dolores and Brud. Brud came to saw wood. Bob's family and in evening Kennies family. Washed. It was warm with little snow at nite. Bill didn't work.


                                                          (Brud Smith - unsure of year)



Monday, February 28, 1944

Dorothea didn't go to school. Bill back to work. Warm. I ironed. Miss Gould called up. Billie over to Raymond's. Milled called up.


Tuesday, February 29, 1944

Dorothea back to school after tonsil operation. Leap year.


Wednesday, March 1, 1944

Nice March day, windy kind of cold. Did regular work.


Thursday, March 2, 1944

Did big wash in P.M. Bill and I went to town in A.M.  Bill went to see Pike (?) about income tax. Wrote to Jack.


Friday, March 3, 1944

Did ironing. Velma and Ann and Little Velma Ann called. Both kids went to school. Jean called up.
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