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.
Tried to Have Picnic by Covered Bridge - Monday, August 19, 1963
We drove to Delta tonight and were going to have a picnic by the covered bridge. They were doing construction work on it and we couldn't drive the cars across. While some of us got the food ready, the others attempted to drive the long way around to the other side, but didn't make it. And David had a bad stomach ache, so we came home without eating. A long way to go just to set out a picnic and come back without eating! Bob Elliot has gone to reserves camp. My feature articles may get published yet. It finally sounds a little more hopeful again.
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Who was Bob Elliot? Was he a Washington journalism person?
Yes, he was the photographer for the Journal and also wrote sports news.
I thought that had to be the same Bob Elliot! I worked with him at ACT for many years. I knew he was sports writer and from Washington. Was he your age?
I always thought the Bob Elliot at the Journal was older than I was.
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