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~ 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.

Surprise Breakfast and Bible School Crafts - Thursday, June 1, 1961

This morning I was supposed to take Mom, Grandma Kay, the kids, Jane Duvall, Oneita Fisher and Mrs. Brinning to Grandma's for a club surprise breakfast. As it turned out I couldn't go because of space, but at least Mom was able to go "surprised." Tonight I went with Isabelle and Mrs. Woodford to Cuddebacks to discuss Bible School crafts. I'm going to have to show the kids how to make bracelets. I sure didn't get much of anything done today. What a fast week this has been. We were going to go to town but couldn't because of the breakfast. Mom and Grandma Kay went to missionary meeting at Olive's. Virginia was at Mary's.

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