September 3rd, 1963

 Date: 9-3-63

People will never stop amazing me. Today, we heard some of the most interesting things about the “Mormon Church” in a fallacious tone. One lady said she had heard that at 11pm every night the “Mormons” switch wives. Another that the “Mormons” won’t let negroes in the Church. Obviously both ideas were false, but to think that people would actually entertain such ideas. You would think that we still lived back in the 14th century or something. It is surprising that people are allowed to publish and say such things that aren’t true.

This evening as we came home, I found a not saying that a Fraulein from Chicago had called on the phone and to return the call on a Winterthur number. I was completely bewildered because I didn’t know anyone from Chicago. Anyway, I attempted to call the Winterthur number to find out who it was. No one answered so I went home still in the darkness. As I got home, our house Fran suddenly came forth with a lot of information about the Fraulein that called; she made a phone call and then said that we should go down to the Canton Bank and someone there would tell me who the Fraulein was and etc. So, we got to the bank just before it closed. There instead of talking with a man as I had supposed, Me and mu companion found a couple of girls with the relatives. After a little conversion, I finally found out who the Fraulein was: (Jan Richards). She lives in Rolling Hills. She is going to finish school over here. After a little conversation I had my memory refreshed and I could remember where I had met Fraulein Richards. Yes, it was a one of the Saturday Dances back in the S.D. Ward. Since that time, she has become a member of the church and lives in the S.D. Ward.

The other Sunday we had a couple of missionary speakers. One was named Elder Baird. Anyway, we got talking and evidently, I had met his brother-in-law just before I came on my mission. He was in the Army and stationed at Fort MacArthur there in S.D. Well, I guess I had better get back to studying the first discussion so I can have it well memorized by the end of the week.