Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1934/06/00
Object ID:
PA—0127
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events -- June 1935
By Claude J. Rahn
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AFTER NEW SPROUTS appeared on all the trees and plants throughout our park and gardens, not destroyed by the cold of last winter, considerable pruning became necessary, so that now our surroundings have taken on a more healthy and attractive appearance, especially since the occasional rains have come to stimulate growth. It's beginning to get a little warm, too, during the day, but the nights are pleasant, although occasional mosquitoes are in evidence, but in this land one becomes accustomed to these conditions and is. not much bothered about them. Several of the brothers made an inspection trip to Big Hickory Island on the Gulf on the second, and found that the ceaseless pounding of the waters of the Gulf were, as always, tearing away parts of the island, and in other places building up or rather adding too. At present the island is about three miles in length and an average of between 250 and 350 feet in width, with a smooth sandy beach on the side of the Gulf. It is one of the very few islands in this county, fronting the Gulf, that possesses complete isolation, the only means of getting there being by boat. It has been in the possession of the Unity for many years,. Brother David J. Richards accompanied his friend, Mr. Harold Thomas to Miami on the third, and while there took treatments for a very obstinate attack of neuritis. Mr. Thomas proceeded to New York City from where he sailed for his hom.e in England. He is a regular visitor to Estero during the winter months and we are glad to have him with us. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades, Florida, were guests of the Unity on Sunday, the fifth. Brothers Alien H. Andrews .and Henry D. Silverfriend accompanied Mr. Joe Carter, one of our county commissioners, to Everglades, Florida, the county seat of Collier County, on the sixth, and obtained from the commissioners of the latter county their support for the building of a graded road from Estero eastward to Immokalee. The existing trail or road through the woods is not passable during the rainy season and an improved highway would open up for development and settlement a very desirable section. John Grier left Estero on Monday, the sixth, for a visit to relatives in Iowa. Mr. Frank E. Banner of Lima, Ohio, a young man who came to us several months ago to investigate ou;' way of life and ideas left on the seventh for Miami and northern points. He was very useful while here assisting in the operation of our gasoline filling station, and doctering cranky radios of the neighborhood. We regret his departure. Robert and Lloyd Graham of Miami visited us on Saturday the eleventh and returned the following day. The occasion of their visit was to honor their mother, Sister Ella, on Mother's day, but the rest of us all enjoyed their visit, too, and wish they could come more often. Sister Cora Stephens visited her sister who is seriously ill in Tampa and while there her son, Wade, and two sisters arrived, Mrs. J. A. Mills of Tabor City, N. C., and Mrs. J. A. Bryant of Loris, S. C. These latter two sisters and Wade returned with her to Estero, remaining for several days, during which a beach party was arranged in their honor at Bonita Beach on the twenty-first. Mr. Marion W. Strickland of Fort Myers is at present operating our Standard gasoline filling station. He is experienced along this line and is proving to be very satisfactory. The formal results of the recent census shows Estero with a population of 369, somewhat less than originally estimated. Brother Thomas Armstrong who has been for so long helpful with the work in the kitchen has been obliged to keep to his room with an infected foot that is not responding very well to treatment. The rustic construction of pine logs that provided such an artistic entrance to the local Tea Garden began to give way and collapse under its own weight due to the insidious penetration of dry rot. They are being replaced throughout with newly cut logs of similar character. Other of our pleasant visitors during the past month were: Miss Lydia Pierce and her sister, Marian of Fort Myers, Mrs. Cora Newcomb and daughter, Olive, of LaBelle, Florida, Miss Meta Monsees and Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers. Brother Frank Wilson our efficient apiculturist reports that our numerous colonies of bees are holding their own and are in a healthy condition after passing through a severe period during the past winter when a dozen or more hives were lost for various reasons. The present production of honey by our bees is adequate only for their own needs, and unless there is an unusual bloom during the next few months we wi\\ experience a shortage for our own requirements. Honey serves as one of the most important elements of our daily food and under normal conditi^ we obtain all that we need. Brother Frank says that it takes twenty bees, each working forty-two days, their individual period of life, to produce one teaspoonful of honey which we gobble in a second or two, and he doesn't think it's right as he's very partial to his active little workers. KORESH says, "A spirit from heaven flows directly into the bee and governs it, unlike any other insect."
By Claude J. Rahn
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AFTER NEW SPROUTS appeared on all the trees and plants throughout our park and gardens, not destroyed by the cold of last winter, considerable pruning became necessary, so that now our surroundings have taken on a more healthy and attractive appearance, especially since the occasional rains have come to stimulate growth. It's beginning to get a little warm, too, during the day, but the nights are pleasant, although occasional mosquitoes are in evidence, but in this land one becomes accustomed to these conditions and is. not much bothered about them. Several of the brothers made an inspection trip to Big Hickory Island on the Gulf on the second, and found that the ceaseless pounding of the waters of the Gulf were, as always, tearing away parts of the island, and in other places building up or rather adding too. At present the island is about three miles in length and an average of between 250 and 350 feet in width, with a smooth sandy beach on the side of the Gulf. It is one of the very few islands in this county, fronting the Gulf, that possesses complete isolation, the only means of getting there being by boat. It has been in the possession of the Unity for many years,. Brother David J. Richards accompanied his friend, Mr. Harold Thomas to Miami on the third, and while there took treatments for a very obstinate attack of neuritis. Mr. Thomas proceeded to New York City from where he sailed for his hom.e in England. He is a regular visitor to Estero during the winter months and we are glad to have him with us. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades, Florida, were guests of the Unity on Sunday, the fifth. Brothers Alien H. Andrews .and Henry D. Silverfriend accompanied Mr. Joe Carter, one of our county commissioners, to Everglades, Florida, the county seat of Collier County, on the sixth, and obtained from the commissioners of the latter county their support for the building of a graded road from Estero eastward to Immokalee. The existing trail or road through the woods is not passable during the rainy season and an improved highway would open up for development and settlement a very desirable section. John Grier left Estero on Monday, the sixth, for a visit to relatives in Iowa. Mr. Frank E. Banner of Lima, Ohio, a young man who came to us several months ago to investigate ou;' way of life and ideas left on the seventh for Miami and northern points. He was very useful while here assisting in the operation of our gasoline filling station, and doctering cranky radios of the neighborhood. We regret his departure. Robert and Lloyd Graham of Miami visited us on Saturday the eleventh and returned the following day. The occasion of their visit was to honor their mother, Sister Ella, on Mother's day, but the rest of us all enjoyed their visit, too, and wish they could come more often. Sister Cora Stephens visited her sister who is seriously ill in Tampa and while there her son, Wade, and two sisters arrived, Mrs. J. A. Mills of Tabor City, N. C., and Mrs. J. A. Bryant of Loris, S. C. These latter two sisters and Wade returned with her to Estero, remaining for several days, during which a beach party was arranged in their honor at Bonita Beach on the twenty-first. Mr. Marion W. Strickland of Fort Myers is at present operating our Standard gasoline filling station. He is experienced along this line and is proving to be very satisfactory. The formal results of the recent census shows Estero with a population of 369, somewhat less than originally estimated. Brother Thomas Armstrong who has been for so long helpful with the work in the kitchen has been obliged to keep to his room with an infected foot that is not responding very well to treatment. The rustic construction of pine logs that provided such an artistic entrance to the local Tea Garden began to give way and collapse under its own weight due to the insidious penetration of dry rot. They are being replaced throughout with newly cut logs of similar character. Other of our pleasant visitors during the past month were: Miss Lydia Pierce and her sister, Marian of Fort Myers, Mrs. Cora Newcomb and daughter, Olive, of LaBelle, Florida, Miss Meta Monsees and Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers. Brother Frank Wilson our efficient apiculturist reports that our numerous colonies of bees are holding their own and are in a healthy condition after passing through a severe period during the past winter when a dozen or more hives were lost for various reasons. The present production of honey by our bees is adequate only for their own needs, and unless there is an unusual bloom during the next few months we wi\\ experience a shortage for our own requirements. Honey serves as one of the most important elements of our daily food and under normal conditi^ we obtain all that we need. Brother Frank says that it takes twenty bees, each working forty-two days, their individual period of life, to produce one teaspoonful of honey which we gobble in a second or two, and he doesn't think it's right as he's very partial to his active little workers. KORESH says, "A spirit from heaven flows directly into the bee and governs it, unlike any other insect."
Notes:
See originals in Archives building. Most issues have been photocopied and are bound. These copies are located on the Public Shelf
People:
Naeselis, Theodore
Rahn, Claude,
Andrews, Allen,
Fischer, William,
Watson, John,
Stephens, Wade,
Trebell, Raymond,
Pierce, Lydia,
Jacke, Franklin,
Peterson, Mrs. Carrie,
Moreland, Henry,
Moreland, Floyd,
McConnell, Marie,
McCready, William,
McCready, Lovelle
Naeselis, Theodore
Rahn, Claude,
Andrews, Allen,
Fischer, William,
Watson, John,
Stephens, Wade,
Trebell, Raymond,
Pierce, Lydia,
Jacke, Franklin,
Peterson, Mrs. Carrie,
Moreland, Henry,
Moreland, Floyd,
McConnell, Marie,
McCready, William,
McCready, Lovelle
Naeselis, Theodore