Thursday, May 3, 2012

In 1936 Spencer [Kimball] was elected district governor of Rotary, and the district voted to pay his travel expenses to the international convention in Nice, France.  The kimballs used some of their savings to pay Camilla's way...Each vonvention meal in Nice features goblets of wine from the principal departments of France.  Spencer routinely passed these up--after all, he was a stake president.  But Camilla had never tasted wine, was curious and dared to try a sip. this even was mentioned in a draft of Spencer W. Kimball: Twelfth President of the Church.  when she read the manuscript Camilla said that although she had no objection to being considered a drinker Spencer appeared more self-righteous than was the case.

-Leonard J. Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian (pg. 108)

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