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, October 31, 2014

March 30 - April 5, 1946



Saturday, March 30, 1946

Bill only worked half-day. He and Billie went over and got our new horse. Bill walked him home from Sam Pitts. Cooler today. Dorothea down to Ferns. Mama came home tonight. I put the separator out for first time.



Sunday, March 31, 1946

Very cold. Dolores and Verna came up. Bob and Ronald, Fern and Lloyd. They been plowing with the horse. Olby Grover came up.


Monday, April 1, 1946

Very cold.  Milan and I went to town had trouble with his car. We washed. Mama went back down to Ferns.



Tuesday, April 2, 1946

Snowed, thundered, lightning, and rained. Got about 4 inches of snow. Bill lame again had Dr. M. Bill has got to go to hospital.



Wednesday, April 3, 1946

Milan decided to go to Florida. Sold his car. Got pension check today. He made reservations for Florida. Les Thomes came up got Milan to kill (?) heifer.



Thursday, April 4, 1946

Cloudy and rainy. Bill still home from work. I cleaned up the house today. Billie over to Aunt Linnie’s to take care of (?) Tim’s kittens.



Friday, April 5, 1946

I washed and churned. Charlie and Jean, Kennard and Dolores called in eve. Bill still home lame.

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