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!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

December 8 - 14, 1945 Carkie Surprise!



Saturday, December 8, 1945

Raymond Harmon and girlfriend called also Lawrence Sargent. Nice day.



Sunday, December 9, 1945

Mama up to Uncle Willis with Auntie and Uncle Os.  I went to movies with Fern and Lloyd. Sara up here for the day.



Monday, December 10, 1945

Cloudy. Washed. Milan down to Bob’s afternoon and evening. Kennard and Delores up in evening. Hayd and Ilan called. Stanley Staley called.



Tuesday, December 11, 1945

I sent my Ward order. I ironed today.



Wednesday, December 12, 1945

Nice day. Carlton came tonight. Walked in on his folks, a surprise.



Thursday, December 13, 1945

Nice day, cold. Carlton called today.



Friday, December 14, 1945

Milan and Carkie went to Portland with Ray Harmon in his new car to get ration books. Dorothea got a book and a game of Tiddlywinks at school.


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