Title:
The Flaming Sword
Pubication Date:
1941/08/00
Object ID:
PA—0201
Additional Notes & Full Text:
COMMUNITY CURRENT EVENTS
August 1941
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MR. ERNEST F. COE, Secretary of the Everglades National Park Association, with headquarters in Miami, was a recent caller here. Mr. and Mrs. Coe in years past were occasional guests of Dr. Price and Sister Adah Price.
On June 29 Robert L. Graham and aunt, Mrs. Ella Baldwin of Miami, visited friends and relatives here. Sister Ella and Florence Graham returned with them to remain awhile in Miami.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coleman of Fort Lauder dale came Sunday, June 30, to visit Brother Lou Sta ton. Mrs. Coleman is a niece of Brother Lou.
On the "ever glorious Fourth of July" our family enjoyed an ice cream .and cake supper. Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers and Mrs. Jennie Campbell, Mrs. Edith Trebell and Mrs, Lillian Rugg were our guests on this occasion.
The writer was a guest last month of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades for a two weeks' sojourn at Miami Beach where they were pleasantly located within one block of the ocean. Bathing in its lively waters and taking rides in many directions were a large part of the pleasure.
Mrs. Ahrano of Tampa, Florida, arriver on the bus, July 20, for a short visit with relatives and friends at the Unity.
Brother Lester Wintersgill assisted by Richard Dumbleton has been doing considerable needed work among our bee colonies, A barrel of fine honey was extracted for home use.
Concerning the beautiful fruit of the Litchi tree's which are natives of China we quote the following from The American Eagle:
"An East Coast nurseryman friend who was making a horticultural tour of South Florida with relatives called on us at Estero the other day. As he was looking for something out of the ordinary, I suggested that we go up the river to see the two bearing Litchi Trees at Mrs. Edith Trebel's place.
"Though not having nearly as heavy a crop as usual, they were nevertheless a gorgeous sight with the fruit like great red strawberries sharply contrasting with the glossy green foliage and the upper clusters outlined against the sky. My nurseryman friend fairly raved over the sight; said this one thing repaid him for the entire trip and that he would be the happiest man in Florida, if he had such a tree on his place. He took numerous photographs in colors as a souvenir of his visit, and also several clusters of the fruit.
"The Litchi, native of China, is a member of the Sapindaceae family, there being several related, but inferior fruits, including the Longan. The tree is naturally shapely in growth, forming a dense head of foliage from the ground up, the long pointed leaves ghtly resembling those of the Rose-Apple. The fruit borne in clusters, on bloom-spikes similarly to the mgo. The skin is like a thin, rough shell from which ^ purplish pulp is readily squeezed like that of a ^pe. The flavor is delightfully sub-acid and entirely Ferent from anything else that I have ever tasted,— ich superior to the dried fruit that one sometimes ds in the fruit and nut stores."
The death of Mrs. Eleanore Castle occurred at her home in Fort Myers, Florida, July 4, 1941. She was a teacher for many years in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Castle was connected with our organization for several years, and was a valued contributor to THE SWORD.
The following is a continuation of Brother Allen's brief history of The Koreshan Unity:
"It was indeed a novel experience, and in some aspects not an enjoyable one, this sudden transition from life in a teeming Northern metropolis to pioneer in the South Florida wilds. The men in the party camped in tents on the banks of the stream, grubbing palmettoes by day and tending bonfires by night. Mosquitoes were with us always and in those earlier years fleas were so bad that we slept in blankets in which could capture them readily. When at length a log house was completed it seemed a big advance indeed toward acquirement of some of the conveniences of civilization and we were not sorry to abandon sleeping the ground. "In December, 1896, a geodetic surveying expedition arrived from Chicago, organized and equipped by Teed for the purpose of ascertaining the direction the earth's curvature, whether convexly as held by modern physicists or concavely, in accordance with the discovery by Dr. Teed in 1870. In this survey, conducted on the Gulf Coast of Naples, a simple device, known as a rectilineator, was employed, consisting of a number of sections of large double 'T squares. When nted on standards that were affixed to the ground, double 'T' squares, adjusted end to end and bolted to another, automatically extended a straight line, independently of any visual survey, which is, more or less misleading and inaccurate. All measurements were taken from the nearby water's surface which conforms to the general contour of the earth's surface, whatever it may be. Starting at a height of 10 feet 8 inches from the water's surface, at the end of first mile the survey line was eight inches nearer water at the starting point, proving that the water's surface had curved upward, and not down as generally believed, and that we are living on the inside 3r than the outside of a globe whirling through 3 at an incredible speed."
August 1941
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MR. ERNEST F. COE, Secretary of the Everglades National Park Association, with headquarters in Miami, was a recent caller here. Mr. and Mrs. Coe in years past were occasional guests of Dr. Price and Sister Adah Price.
On June 29 Robert L. Graham and aunt, Mrs. Ella Baldwin of Miami, visited friends and relatives here. Sister Ella and Florence Graham returned with them to remain awhile in Miami.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coleman of Fort Lauder dale came Sunday, June 30, to visit Brother Lou Sta ton. Mrs. Coleman is a niece of Brother Lou.
On the "ever glorious Fourth of July" our family enjoyed an ice cream .and cake supper. Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers and Mrs. Jennie Campbell, Mrs. Edith Trebell and Mrs, Lillian Rugg were our guests on this occasion.
The writer was a guest last month of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades for a two weeks' sojourn at Miami Beach where they were pleasantly located within one block of the ocean. Bathing in its lively waters and taking rides in many directions were a large part of the pleasure.
Mrs. Ahrano of Tampa, Florida, arriver on the bus, July 20, for a short visit with relatives and friends at the Unity.
Brother Lester Wintersgill assisted by Richard Dumbleton has been doing considerable needed work among our bee colonies, A barrel of fine honey was extracted for home use.
Concerning the beautiful fruit of the Litchi tree's which are natives of China we quote the following from The American Eagle:
"An East Coast nurseryman friend who was making a horticultural tour of South Florida with relatives called on us at Estero the other day. As he was looking for something out of the ordinary, I suggested that we go up the river to see the two bearing Litchi Trees at Mrs. Edith Trebel's place.
"Though not having nearly as heavy a crop as usual, they were nevertheless a gorgeous sight with the fruit like great red strawberries sharply contrasting with the glossy green foliage and the upper clusters outlined against the sky. My nurseryman friend fairly raved over the sight; said this one thing repaid him for the entire trip and that he would be the happiest man in Florida, if he had such a tree on his place. He took numerous photographs in colors as a souvenir of his visit, and also several clusters of the fruit.
"The Litchi, native of China, is a member of the Sapindaceae family, there being several related, but inferior fruits, including the Longan. The tree is naturally shapely in growth, forming a dense head of foliage from the ground up, the long pointed leaves ghtly resembling those of the Rose-Apple. The fruit borne in clusters, on bloom-spikes similarly to the mgo. The skin is like a thin, rough shell from which ^ purplish pulp is readily squeezed like that of a ^pe. The flavor is delightfully sub-acid and entirely Ferent from anything else that I have ever tasted,— ich superior to the dried fruit that one sometimes ds in the fruit and nut stores."
The death of Mrs. Eleanore Castle occurred at her home in Fort Myers, Florida, July 4, 1941. She was a teacher for many years in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Castle was connected with our organization for several years, and was a valued contributor to THE SWORD.
The following is a continuation of Brother Allen's brief history of The Koreshan Unity:
"It was indeed a novel experience, and in some aspects not an enjoyable one, this sudden transition from life in a teeming Northern metropolis to pioneer in the South Florida wilds. The men in the party camped in tents on the banks of the stream, grubbing palmettoes by day and tending bonfires by night. Mosquitoes were with us always and in those earlier years fleas were so bad that we slept in blankets in which could capture them readily. When at length a log house was completed it seemed a big advance indeed toward acquirement of some of the conveniences of civilization and we were not sorry to abandon sleeping the ground. "In December, 1896, a geodetic surveying expedition arrived from Chicago, organized and equipped by Teed for the purpose of ascertaining the direction the earth's curvature, whether convexly as held by modern physicists or concavely, in accordance with the discovery by Dr. Teed in 1870. In this survey, conducted on the Gulf Coast of Naples, a simple device, known as a rectilineator, was employed, consisting of a number of sections of large double 'T squares. When nted on standards that were affixed to the ground, double 'T' squares, adjusted end to end and bolted to another, automatically extended a straight line, independently of any visual survey, which is, more or less misleading and inaccurate. All measurements were taken from the nearby water's surface which conforms to the general contour of the earth's surface, whatever it may be. Starting at a height of 10 feet 8 inches from the water's surface, at the end of first mile the survey line was eight inches nearer water at the starting point, proving that the water's surface had curved upward, and not down as generally believed, and that we are living on the inside 3r than the outside of a globe whirling through 3 at an incredible speed."