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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.

Fourth Place in Miss Iowa Contest - Monday, July 29, 1963

Peggy McKinstry was third runner-up in the Miss Iowa contest. I heard on the news last night that she was one of the five finalists and found out at the Journal this morning that she was fourth, after we heard she wasn't one of the top three. I just had a feeling she could be among the finalists. Miss Davenport won (from Illinois), followed by Ames (from Minnesota), Burlington, Washington County, and Manona. Leets, Shirley - the girl Lorahs brought to Iowa with them - Betty Peters and we girls went miniature golfing tonight.

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