Went With a Group to the Captain's Table - Wednesday, May 6, 1964

It's a little after midnight and I just got home from Washington. Mom said someone from Parkville has been trying to call me and should call back - so I'm waiting, for what kind of message, I don't know. I went to the Captain's Table tonight with a group of women and girls who enjoy each other's company. I had catfish. It was for Alice McDaniel's and Florence Kyle's birthdays. Then we went to Frances Miller's, and Sally Smith, the county extension home economist, showed slides of her tour of Europe.

Went to the Washington County Art Exhibit - Tuesday, May 5, 1964

I finally made it up at 7:15 - the earliest yet this summer, I think. I even got a letter written to Marilyn. Phyllis worked in a field today - discing. This afternoon I went to look at the Washington County art exhibit at the library, and as both Oneita Fisher and Dave Elder had suggested, I stopped for the coffee and cookies some of the Fortnightly ladies were serving. Their conversation was about ladies falling down stairs, nonetheless. I mowed grass this evening. Virginia trimmed my hair. I'm reading The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carlson.

Saw Kiwanis Club Travelog About Colorado River - Monday, May 4, 1964

Phyllis and I went in to one of the travelogs that the Kiwanis Club sponsors during the year. This movie was "Thrills on the Colorado." My grades came today, A in organization and administration, B+ in teaching of arithmetic, in addition to the ones I already knew: government, A, children's lit, B+, geography, B-, and algebra, D. I had a funny experience with the new manager of the State Theatre. (Charlie sent me there to get a brief on the new manager.) He took me clear in to his office from out on the street - he was just coming to the theatre - before he told me he'd gotten mad and resigned Saturday night, so we'd better wait on the story. He was weird - like a Sherlock Holmes character.

Still No Luck Finding Mushrooms - Sunday, May 3, 1964

We girls went mushroom hunting in Cuddebacks' north woods at their other farm while Mom and Dad went down past their new pond and looked at the cattle we have down there. We didn't have any luck. Then Mom and I hunted, also to no avail, in Bady's timber while the others rode horses out at Grandma's. Cuddebacks were here tonight and said they found about 60 in another part of the north woods. I scratched my legs up, but they are nothing like Virginia's from the accident.

Wrote to the President of the Board of Trustees - Saturday, May 2, 1964

We girls drove out to the woods past the cemetery and drove down to the creek this evening to look for mushrooms, but we didn't have any luck. We had fun exploring the areas though, and looking at the tombstones in the cemetery. I wrote a letter to Elmer Norrington, president of the Board of Trustees, to ask him what could be done to "save Park College before it's too late." I got Karen's, Carol's and Sue's Stephens pictures ready to mail to them. I won a hand lotion doll yesterday at Osincup's - too bad my name wasn't drawn for a box of chocolates instead.

Will Need to Get Busy on the Yearbook - Friday, May 1, 1964

It doesn't seem at all possible that it's already the first of May. I'm going to have to get busy on the yearbook and get down to some other business, too. I got a letter from Marilyn. Barbara Shannon Shalla had a baby girl today so Bill Shannon is a proud grandfather. Princess Margaret had a girl today. There is a trick with a pencil, needle and thread that is supposed to tell you how many children you will have - and what sex - for me, a girl and a boy!?!

Have Become a Woman Without Realizing It - Thursday, April 30, 1964

Phyllis and I ended up getting two meals today since they weren't home from town when it was time to get supper. I made pancake batter when I thought I was making waffle batter, so we made somewhat of a mess of the waffle iron. I wish our family was more outgoing among ourselves. I don't know why we kids usually "talk indirectly" to Daddy. Life is so amazing, even on the family level. As I grow older, it is time for me to act accordingly. After all, I'll soon be halfway to 22. I guess I've become a woman without really realizing it. Mom went to a ceramics class and Ann to a Latin banquet.