Be sophisticated, 

Be modest. 

You shall not play baseball anymore! 

It isn’t typical young girl to be so improper! 

You are far from being a lady. 

What a spoiled girl, always getting in trouble, they gossiped.

Why should one stop doing the activities they love to satisfy society?

June was never known for being particularly ladylike. 

She saw no value in being a lady, when she could play baseball and hockey. 

She worked at the local drug store, reading off prescriptions.

June was the kind of person that would get up at 4:30 in the morning on 
Mothers Day to sell daffodils.

She would tell people that if you watered them 
they would be good until Christmas. 

June had a great sense of humor.

Putting on roller skates to be more efficient was how June rolled; 
using the old noggin.

She was always playing some sort of sport, and 
was friends with every single girl on the basketball team. 

With a chuckle, June reminiscences, 
she feels like those times were some of the most special in her life.

Working with her best friend at the drugstore never got boring.

June and Ann, Ann and June. 

two peas in a pod.

 

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