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.
Two of Us Had a Hole-in-One - Tuesday, July 2, 1963
Phyllis, Virginia and I went miniature golfing tonight. I got a free bottle of pop for a hole-in-one and Virginia won a free pass for a hole-in-one when we were putting our balls away. Another interesting day at the Journal - never a dull moment. I told a woman that we destroyed all wedding pictures - then Charles said - no, that was only with Ken-Rene and Novotny photos, to go ahead and give her the picture! Charles did a nice article on the bell ringing and included the West Chester school bell and Grace Hill church bell - after I informed him they'd be ringing.
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