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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.

A Strange Sunday With A Guest Minister - Sunday, July 23, 1961

Cuddebacks were here this afternoon and John Combs came up on his bike. Dr. Thompson was here for church. Peters are back in Minnesota for two weeks. After Dr. Thompson finished the closing prayer, he looked up and said, "My driver's here; I've got to go now." Grandpa decided to call out and ask him if he'd be back next week, then. Dr. Thompson can't hear very good any more and Grandpa was practically shouting by the third time when he finally heard. I don't know why Grandpa took a notion to say that anyway.

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