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, October 26, 2014

February 23 - March 1, 1946



Saturday, February 23, 1946

Nice day. Billie went to town got haircut. Lloyd called in eve. Milan worked at Charlie’s fueling station.



Sunday, February 24, 1946

Milan down to Robbins station again today. Dolores and Kennard called.



Monday, February 25, 1946

1600 baby chicks came today. I washed. Very cold today. Kids back to school. Bill still home with lame foot.



Tuesday, February 26, 1946

Helped with chicks. Nice day. I ironed. Velma had to pay $55 for stolen chickens. Brud arrived in China.



Wednesday, February 27, 1946

Cloudy. Milan gone to Portland today. Haven’t done much today. Betty’s tractor came today.



Thursday, February 28, 1946

Very nice day. Didn’t do much work. Washed kitchen floor. Gave Betty bath.



Friday, March 1, 1946

In like a lamb. Betty didn’t have any bottle today or tonight. Bill, Dorothea and I went down to Mr. Grovers. Very nice day. Mr. Murray came.



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