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~ 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.

Long Distance Telephoning is Matter-of-Fact - Sunday, December 20, 1964

Mom is talking to Aunt Jane. Long distance is really matter-of-fact these days. We're planning to go to Pittsburgh for Christmas! Evelyn is there now visiting Jim, but she'll be leaving before we get there. Tonight we went to church for the Christmas program. Phyllis and I narrated it - about Christmas customs around the world. This afternoon I felt too lazy to do much. I helped make a few spritz cookies, read, and looked at Christmas cards. I've got to get busy and get my own sent.

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