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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.

Finished Cruets Story For Journal - Sunday, July 7, 1963

I wrote letters to Nancy Ayres and Nancy Avard - to ask her what became of the LLC colored pictures of the float I had her get reprints of for me. Then I finished the story on cruets - hope Charles likes it alright. I wasn't particularly fond of the last one after I had written it for some reason, but quite a few people said they liked it. Now I hope either Bob or I can get a picture to go along with it. I had a more interesting Sunday School lesson this morning than some of those we've been having when the material was so boring. These lesson plans aren't much better though.

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