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.
Parcells Were Here For Dinner - Sunday, August 18, 1963
We had Parcells up for dinner so they could have a chance to visit with the Schwartzes. Peters are in Minnesota, so we didn't have church or Sunday School. Esteps have been at Grandma's since yesterday afternoon, so all the relatives were at Cuddebacks for supper tonight. They showed some movies. Martin is a real cute little boy. I wrote to Flo and Roger that I could be there early to help with rush. It's still cold. But I will have to pretend I don't mind cold weather - around someone in particular.
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Who in particular did you have to pretend to not mind cold weather?
Lots of visitors all at once.
Suzanne, I didn't want to let on to Dave at McLellans dime store that I felt cold.
Ron, I once submitted a story called "The Invasion of the Cousins" to the Seventeen magazine's story writing contest.
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