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 10, 2014

November 3 - 9, 1945



Saturday, November 3, 1945

Mama went down to Fern’s to help her fix some skirts for Dow. Rained all day. Billie out for the first time and he milked.



Sunday, November 4, 1945

It snowed today ground white. We were alone today. Mama down to Fern’s. Kennard call a minute. Val down in eve. Ronald (?) and Kennie gone hunting.



Monday, November 5, 1945

We washed. Nice day. Mama has a cold. Got Betty’s overshoes. Lloyd bought some new pullets. And he got a egg from his R. I. reds.



Tuesday, November 6, 1945

Nice day. Mr. Murray came and got 570 chickens from the barn. We ironed. I called over to Aunt Linnie’s in AM a little while.



Wednesday, November 7, 1945

Mama went down to Fern’s this p.m. to help make dress for Dorothea. Dorothea home today with chicken pox and mumps.



Thursday, November 8, 1945

I washed. Cloudy. Warm.



Friday, November 9, 1945

Foggy, warm. Did regular work. Bill hunted.
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