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!

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

May 1 - 7, 1948 Joy Still in Hospital



Saturday, May 1, 1948

Very cold and cloudy. We cleaned up the house and Bill’s father and mother here for supper.



Sunday, May 2, 1948

Windy and fair. Bob, Blanche went to Portland to see Joy. Dorothea went too. Bill’s father and he are trimming the blackberry bushes and trees. Billie hauling manure in Bob’s truck.



Monday, May 3, 1948

Washed. Picked dandelions. Cooked. Bob began on the barn. Fair.



Tuesday, May 4, 1948

Cleaned Auntie’s bedroom. Downtown in eve, over to Bob’s. Mama up to Kennard’s. We all called at Hodgdon’s.



Wednesday, May 5, 1948

Fair. We cleaned Fern’s living room. Bob still here working on barn.



Thursday, May 6, 1948

Very nice day. Cleaned Fern’s dining room. Blanche and Delores to Portland to see Joy.  Phil plowed a little.



Friday, May 7, 1948

Cleaned Fern’s telephone room. Bill worked most all of the day. Bill and I down to Jean’s in eve.


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