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Luanne Allen (Cumberland County Junior Miss 1980)

Just thinking about Joan and the many young girls that she touched through Junior Miss. I was one of those lucky ones. I was not quite sure how she did it, but she knew every individual Jr Miss, not just their name but their year. There were many of us. About 20 years ago, my husband and I bought our first beach house on the same block as Joan. We saw her almost every summer day reading on the beach, and we would catch up. Then we moved 10 blocks away, but almost everyday in the summer I would walk by her house and again we would catch up. This year I noticed her house was torn down and I immediately called her. We talked for a while and we caught up as usual except this time she had bad news. So this past Saturday I walked by her old lot and called her once more. She returned my call by text. That was our last conversation. Thanks Joan for all you did for NJ Junior Miss and all the young woman involved. God bless.
Thursday September 6, 2018 at 11:03 pm
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