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!

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

May 31- June 6, 1947



Saturday, May 31, 1947

Finished cleaning the front bedroom. Papa over his foot swollen badly.



Sunday, June 1, 1947

Cooked. Blanche over, we washed. I cleaned some in the sitting room. Billie worked for Lloyd and Raymond.



Monday, June 2, 1947

We finished the sitting room, it looked good. Bill got ready for chicks.



Tuesday, June 3, 1947

A terrible rain. Papa taken sick, they took him to the hospital down here. Didn’t know as he would live. I stayed down to the hospital with Blanche till midnight. Began to sell milk to (?).



Wednesday, June 4, 1947

Nice day. We called Esther today and Milan a telegram about Papa. He was quite sick tonight. I finished cleaning dining room.



Thursday, June 5, 1947

Washed, cleaned the shed. Cold and windy. Down to hospital to see Papa, his heart quite weak and worse tonight. Chicks came 101. Billie sold his veal calves.



Friday, June 6, 1947

Hot today. Ironed most all day. Cleaned kitchen ceiling. Down to hospital. Papa still very sick and out of his head. Swelling gone down.



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