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.
Phyllis and Virginia Were in a Car Accident - Wednesday, April 1, 1964
Mom called me about 7:00 this morning from Shenandoah where they went Monday to the hospital after Phyllis and Virginia were hurt in a one-car accident Sunday evening. One of the college guys was driving them to Red Oak so Virginia could take the train home after visiting Phyl over the weekend. They have cuts and bruises but are going to be okay. They took Phyl back to Tarkio today and returned home with Virginia. I guess the college car was totally demolished. I called Phyllis this evening. I have an algebra assignment and test tomorrow. I really don't feel much like studying.
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2 comments:
Reading this all these years later still makes me shudder.
They were very fortunate.
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