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, August 25, 2014

December 16 - 22, 1944



Saturday, December 16, 1944

Wyvern took me down town. I done some Christmas shopping. Cold. Got the Christmas tree in today. Betty very excited.



Sunday, December 17, 1944

Fern and Lloyd up. Lloyd made the back door in the barn where the hay fork goes through. Bill worked.



Monday, December 18, 1944

Bill got a new tire. Very cold. Kennard called in evening a little while. Vacation week. Got a letter from Milan today.



Tuesday, December 19, 1944

Wired Milan’s money. Got a telephone call from Milan in p.m.



Wednesday, December 20, 1944

We washed. Dorothea went down to Ferns to have some sewing done. Cold.



Thursday, December 21, 1944

I cleaned up the house and did regular work. Cold.



Friday, December 22, 1944

Big load of shavings came from Jim Chadbourne. Very cold. Did regular work.
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