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THE MAN OF THE MONTH
BUT of all the stories about June Moore, probably the best is what happened when he resigned from the Park Board in 1945. His friends, Mayor Gage, members of the Park Board, Park Superintendent J. V. Lewis, Secretary John Lacy and Zookeeper Bill Cully didn't want Moore to quit. On Easter Sunday, when Scotty had the house freshly cleaned and dinner in the oven, the group suddenly appeared on Romany Road with three animals from the Zoo, bearing a sign, "Please Don't Leave Us!" The animals were Bob-Bo the monkey, Barney the bear, and a baby Hon named Tike. With their appearance, every neighbor kid for blocks around got the word and suddenly decided to call upon the Moores' two daughters, Marilyn and Nancy June. Ten, then twenty, then thirty people — youngsters and adults — swarmed into the house. The party lasted several hours, while dinner was put aside and Scotty watched in dismay and delight as animals and youngsters created minor havoc with rugs and furniture!
The Moore daughters have begun to take more of father's time and money in recent years. For one thing, with two teen-age daughters, the family needed a larger house. So they bought (in 1947) the former Herman Langworthy home at 810 West 57th Terrace. It, too, is a Pennsylvania Farmhouse, near Sunset Hill School for the girls; and designed by Edward Buehler Delk. "When I saw Delk's design plate near the front door, I knew we had to have that house," says June.
With college years for the girls
looming ahead, the family toured the east last summer to inspect schools — through New England and the Cape to Boston, New York, Washington, D. C, and Williamsburg. They think they've about settled on a school in the east (after which Marilyn wants to go to a state university). In Williamsburg, Marilyn got material for a term paper she's writing. In Wash' ington, June called Mrs. Harry Truman, who invited them to the White House. The remodeling work had just been completed, and they had opportunity for a complete inspection. President Truman turned up to show them through his office and the cabi' net room — and "presented" Nancy June with a miniature statue of Andrew Jackson (a replica of the Courthouse statue in Kansas City) if she would just pick it up and hand it to her father. Nancy June tried — but the replica weighed 1200 pounds!
From the time the girls were small, June has always planned vacations for his daughters to make travel a part of their education — with trips through Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and other national parks. Annually the girls attend Camp Kamaji at Cass Lake, Minnesota, where their mother herself had been a camper.
But for all the women in his life — wife, daughters, a sister, a widowed mother and mother-in-law, two elderly aunts — and a female dog — June is strictly a "man's man." He never misses a Saddle 6? Sirloin Club trail ride; he hunts duck and pheasant every fall; for years he shot golf in the low 70s and once toured the Canadian tournament circuit with a group of golf pros. He loves to play