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!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

August 4 -10, 1945 First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan!



Saturday, August 4, 1945

Nice day. Did regular work. Mama, Milan, and Uncle Sulmore called at Uncle Willis and Fern’s to see Auntie. Billie and Rayburn to show.



Sunday, August 5, 1945

They hayed up to Roberts. Dorothea went to show with Blanche and children.



Monday, August 6, 1945

We washed. Nice day. First atomic bomb dropped on Japan. Russia entered the war against Japan.



Tuesday, August 7, 1945

It rained. We cooked. Mama and Milan cleaned out Milan’s trunks. Bill and Rayburn went fishing.



Wednesday, August 8, 1945

We washed, iron, cooked, and washed floor. Nice day.



Thursday, August 9, 1945

I cleaned the house and wash the windows.



Friday, August 10, 1945

Very hot. 2300 chicks came. R.I. Reds. Finished up haying. Milan home all evening. Bob, Kennie, and Kennard called in eve.
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