About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Mom's High School - Tuesday, December 27, 1960
Tonight I went with my pen pal Patty Holecek to a basketball game at Mom's old high school. Lakewood played West Tech and they were both undefeated in six games. Lakewood led the whole way and then West Tech won by four points. It was sure fun. Phyllis and I walked over to Holeceks this afternoon to take Patty a pillow, but she was working. We visited with Mrs. Holecek. All of us visited with Aunt Nell and Mrs. Clause this morning, and in the afternooon went ice skating on a pond in Westgate. The rest of them drove downtown to see the city Christmas lights, but I was at the game.
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That is so cool to have those connections with your Mom's hometown when you were kids. Who was Aunt Nell and Mrs. Clause?
I don't remember exactly who Aunt Nell was but I think Mrs. Clause was a neighbor of my mother and my Aunt Jane when they were little girls. I thoughht sure you would say something about going to see Mrs. Clause so soon after Christmas.
Oh, I wanted too but I resisted!
We know each other pretty well, don't we? Enough said!
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