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.
Area Boy Suffocates in a Grain Bin - Monday, July 17, 2011
This was my day of contributing somewhat toward my earning of room and board. I got both dinner and supper, hoed the garden and picked raspberries. Mom took the first part of her comps today. I guess they were pretty hard, but at least she knew what they were talking about. Gary Tadlock suffocated in a grain bin last night. Mom had him in Kindergarten. A Bible Story Book salesman was here. We bought the 10-volume set for $86.00.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
gosh, that seems kind of expensive!
Ron, I thought so, too. I cannot remember if I sat in on the presentation. I don't think my Mom (or parents) would have caved in to any high pressure sales tactics. I can almost remember the set. I think they took up about two feet of shelf space, had blue covers with a different Bible scene on each cover, and were, of course, numbered - I'm thinking Volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.
Post a Comment