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!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

August 31 - September 6, 1946



Saturday, August 31, 1946

Churned. Cleaned up the house. Billie’s pants came from Sears.



Sunday, September 1, 1946

Very hot. Worked on strawberry. Mama down to Ferns. Fern and Lloyd called in eve. Billie worked at Chets.



Monday, September 2, 1946

We washed. Not a very good day. Bill and Billie worked. Milan didn’t. Brud and Verna called in eve. We went over to Bobs in the eve.



Tuesday, September 3, 1946

Ironed. Canned tomatoes. Sent a big order to Sears.



Wednesday, September 4, 1946

Mama finish canning tomatoes and canned green peppers. I washed floors early this morning. Very nice day. Ken and Ray B called a minute.



Thursday, September 5, 1946

Mama went down to Ferns in p.m. I washed, went over to Papa’s in a.m.



Friday, September 6, 1946

Nice day. Mama came home from Ferns. Been helping her can. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called in eve. Package came from Sears.

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