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!

Monday, November 17, 2014

July 27 - August 2, 1946



Saturday, July 27, 1946

Hot. Did regular work. Milan went away for weekends.



Sunday, July 28, 1946

Billie worked up to Chet’s haying. Bill helped Kennard cultivate. Hot. Bill worked in his shop and cleaned it up.



Monday, July 29, 1946

We washed. I went to town with Blanche. In p.m. Dorothea had birthday party. Smart kids, Muriel Mowatt, Lorraine Smith, Sara Taylor, Joy Smith, and Aunt Fern. Lot of gifts, ice cream, cake, cookies, tonic, cheez-its, prizes and good time.



Tuesday, July 30, 1946

Did a big ironing. Cooked a squash pie and pudding. Nice day.



Wednesday, July 31, 1946

Washed windows, cleaned up the house. Milan began to work for Les Thomes. Helen Smart called for the p.m.



Thursday, August 1, 1946

Cold and cloudy. Auntie up here and spent the day.



Friday, August 2, 1946

Rainy. Milan, Billie, and Bill didn’t work. Bill puts light over sink. Milan fixed chairs. Billie put up electric fence.


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