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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.

Grandma and Grandpa's Anniversary - Tuesday, July 30, 1963

We had Lorahs and Shirley here for supper. Then Grandma and Grandpa, Leets and Cuddebacks came for ice cream and cake for Grandma and Grandpa's anniversary. We kids played soccer for a while - thus I have a bruised leg. We showed some slides later this evening to Ruth and Bob. There were certainly a lot of local news items today, and a couple more I could have had but saved for tomorrow. Kathy Amayo, my "little sister," wrote to me. I'm sorry I didn't see more of her last year, but she was able to take care of herself so well.

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