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!

Sunday, September 28, 2014

August 11 - 17, 1945 The World Celebrated!



Saturday, August 11, 1945

Very hot. We canned string beans for Kennard and ourselves. Milan gone back.



Sunday, August 12, 1945

Very hot. Bill and Billie helped Lloyd to hay. Mama canned peaches.



Monday, August 13, 1945

We washed. Waited for news from Japan.



Tuesday, August 14, 1945

End of the war, three months six days from V-E day. It came at 7 PM. The world celebrated.



Wednesday, August 15, 1945

Holiday no. 1. Very nice day. We did regular work. Very happy war is over.



Thursday, August 16, 1945

Holiday no.2. Nice day we washed. Mr. Grover called. Billie took care of our dog socks.



Friday, August 17, 1945

Mr. Murray came $25. Bought 4 feed hoppers and three range shelters of Warren Chadbourne.
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