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!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

October 30 - November 5, 1948 Election



Saturday, October 30, 1948

Nice day. Bill home in p.m. and he and Val run cement for cesspool. Charlie and Jean up. Dorothea to Joys all day. D. and Betty to J. for party. Kennie got 11 point buck.



Sunday, October 31, 1948

Bill, Val and Teddy cemented. Cold and cloudy.



Monday, November 1, 1948

Wash machine belt broke so I cleaned up the kitchen.



Tuesday, November 2, 1948

Voted today Truman was elected for second term. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis here in eve. I sat up till 2 AM for returns, longest election in history, was 1 ½ day of it.



Wednesday, November 3, 1948

Cleaned house.



Thursday, November 4, 1948

I worked cleaning. Rained. Bill worked today, he and I over to Abby Chadbourne’s at night to see her.



Friday, November 5, 1948

“I am still cleaning”. Bill worked. Dorothea stayed at Scouts. Aunt Ava called.

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