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!

Friday, September 5, 2014

March 3 - 9, 1945



Saturday, March 3, 1945

Bill, Dorothea and I went to town. Bill stayed home from work with lame foot. Papa called in p.m. Rained in a.m.



Sunday, March 4, 1945

Kennard, Kinnie, Papa and Rayburn called. Also Bob in p.m. We made ice cream in Minnie’s freezer (1 gal). Nice day.



Monday, March 5, 1945

Bill home still lame. He and Betty walked up to Papa’s. I washed.



Tuesday, March 6, 1945

Bill back to work. He went to town, took Papa down and took Dolores uptown. Sawdust came.



Wednesday, March 7, 1945

Nice day. I washed. Dorothea and I went up to Minnie’s in eve.



Thursday, March 8, 1945



Nice day. Bill, Betty and I went to town. Papa called in p.m. Coal all gone. Velma and Ann and children called in p.m.



Friday, March 9, 1945

Bill had his check and today we went to town to get groceries etc. We washed.


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