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 7, 2014

January 8 -14, 1944






January 8, 1944 - Saturday

Made bread rolls. Cleaned the house. Papa went to town.


January 9, 1944 - Sunday

Bill didn't work - no shipyard work. Started hams to smoke. Fern Lloyd up. Charlie and Jean, Kennie's folks and Bob up.


January 10, 1944- Monday

Washed. Did same work.


January 11, 1944 Tuesday

Blanche went over to hospital. N.C.M. Sick. Joy Aleta came up here on school team. Bill's ham for dinner. Good. Bill took eggs to ship yard to sell.


January 12, 1944 Wednesday

Had some of Bill's bacon for breakfast. Yum! Yum! Ham for dinner. Made bread and rolls. Bill took eggs to shipyard.


January 13, 1944 Thursday

Billie home sick. Bill took eggs to shipyard. Joy still here. Velma called with baby Dexin. (?) Lila called for a package.


January 14, 1944 Friday

Billie went back to school. Washed. Did regular work. Bill Sold 3 dozen eggs at S.Y. Dorothea came home very sick tonite (nerves bad). Joy here.



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