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, July 29, 2014

June 10 - 16, 1944



Saturday, June 10, 1944

Bill, Betty Louise, Dorothea Jean and I went to town. It rained. After a long drought. 


Sunday, June 11, 1944 

Bill didn’t work. I cleaned the car. We went for a little ride in evening. Nice day.


 Monday, June 12, 1944

I wrote to Jack tonight. Chip Haley plastered today. Nice hot day. Bill set out tomato plants. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m.


Tuesday, June 13, 1944

Cark Warren came and got the two veal calves. We washed, machine went to pieces. Cold and windy today.


June 14, 1944 

Kennard and Kennie 43 years age today. I painted mama’s room and ironed. Nice day.


Thursday, June 15, 1944

Graduation today. Cloudy. Bob’s folks up in the evening.


Friday, June 16, 1944

Hot today. I went up to Minnie’s in eve. Showers.
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