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Ruben Franklin Butler

 
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Diary:  October 15th, 1935 through July 8th 1936.  While on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the East Central States Mission, Headquarters at  Louisville, KY.  Arrived November 2nd, 1935.  Diary covers the dates .  His first diary entry on October 15th, 1935 states, “Before boarding the train I was ordained an Elder by Spencer W. Kimble, counselor in  stake presidency”.

 

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Diary:  July 10thth, 1936 through September 3rd 1937

 

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Handmade Pigskin Book Ruben made while on his mission.  Ruben was allowed to bring his guitar on his mission.  He was one of very few missionaries who could claim to have slept under a roof for his entire mission.  This was often due to the fact that he befriended many through his love of music.  Throughout his mission, he compiled this book with the words and thoughts of those in the Kentucky hills.  Here is a listing of some of the contents.

 

East Kentucky Hills, Hill Billy Wedding in June, Mississippi Valley Blues, Mother’s Song, I met you in a garden in an old Kentucky town, Listen for the Mocking Birds, How to figure the day of the week in any year. (Method), Smoking, The Same Way – Adam and Eve, Sweetheart, Old Rugged Cross, The Picture of Life’s’ Other Side, She took my hand in sheltered nooks, If you’ll let me be your little Sweetheart, Two Seas by Bruce Barton, Excerpt from “Discourses of Brigham Young June 1887, Vol. 19 Page 36., Excerpt of a letter sent and written by President Andrew Jackson to the National Historical Society, Polygamy, Down South, The Ministers Creed, Don’t, The Mormon and his Grip, Conflicting Quotations, Joseph Smith was a true Prophet, 1805-1842 LDS Timeline, Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, Realm of Satan, The Great Apostasy, The Mid Winter Bath, Story of Two Frogs, Important Announcements, The Values of Life.

 

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