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.
Grandma Kay Is Here - Saturday, May 20, 1961
Grandma Kay is here now. We went to the Iowa City airport to get her. Grandma and Grandpa said they could do chores, so all of us kids went. Phyllis and I went over to the FHA mother-daughter tea. Phyl was in two things, the emblem service and a skit. Mom didn't go (she took us) but went back to the hospital to see Daddy. He will need more rest and they are still giving him shots to ease the pain. As nice as the weather has been, baccalaureate and commencement should have been last night and tonight. I know it will pour before it's all over. Daddy doesn't think he will feel like sitting up even Monday night.
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I can't believe Gram Kay flew into IC!
Yes, she flew to Iowa City a number of times. I don't remember her plane change for the flight to Iowa City ever being discussed.
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