In 1961 Lou, Jr. and Jim received their Eagle Scout awards.
In 1963 the twins joined the prestigious group.
In 1963 the twins joined the prestigious group.
The Butler family Eagle tradition has continued as several of the grandsons (those pictured below as well as others) have earned the award. While processing Dad's memories, I found these pictures and the following journal entry.
December 29, 1989
Jeremy - Chuck - Tom - Chuck - Grandpa LouAnd these words, hand written on the back of the program for that Eagle Court of Honor, are representative of how proud Grandpa was of all of his Eagle Scout grandsons:
"Great thrills:
Father - to see sons become Eagles
Grandfather - to see grandsons become Eagles"
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It will probably be mentioned in later posts, but the Butlers continued working in scouting many years. Chuck was still working in scouting at his death in 1977. Lou and Leona worked in scouting until they went on their first mission ,for the church, in 1984. In addition to working in church scouting, Chuck and Leona served at the district level, and Lou served at the Council level. Lou was president of the Rocky Mountain Council one year. Lou and his brother Chuck spent many hours, days and weeks engaged in scouting activities. Chuck and Lou and later Leona received their Silver Beaver Award. This was the crowning civilian achievement at the level of scouting in which they served. The sons worked first as youth leaders and later as scout leaders. Chuck and Don served long after their boys were out of the program. At least one of Lou's grandsons is presently working as a scouting leader. Scouting was a big part of our lives, and it was a very rewarding experience for the boys, and also for the adults. Leona
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