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.
Kathy Wrote a Letter in Favor of Park - Friday, May 16, 1964
I worked all day today since Mrs. Luckenbill went to Indianapolis. The morning started out slowly, but then the Thursday club news began coming in and I had plenty to do. Terry sent the ballot back, and I got letters back from Nancy and Kathy Rickard. Kathy said Mr. Edwards had dictated a letter to her that she sent to me (except that I haven't received it yet - it must have been with regard to the one I sent Mr. Norrington). Anyway, Kathy said everything she could in favor of Park, thinking I must really be disillusioned. Mom and Dad went to the Lion's Club dinner at Keota, and Virginia is helping decorate for the prom. They just got home. Mom said, "What do I smell?" I nearly could have set the house on fire frying hamburgers. After I ran water into the skillet, I set it on the kitchen floor. We sandpapered the skillet ring I made on the floor.
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Sorry Barb, but I had a nice chuckle over the sandpapering comment! I could just picture the scene!
I can still picture the flaming hamburgers.
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