Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1934/04/00
Object ID:
PA—0116
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events - April 1934
by Alafae Stephens
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NOW IS THE TIME to take your pen and write an ode to spring, about the birds, the flowers, the trees, and every livingthing. Poets have written them every year since spring first had its birth, babbling about the beauties of Dame Nature and Mother Earth. . . . After lurking in corners and by-ways of the highways for several weeks, spring has made its official appearance. Although we have signal evidence of spring's handiwork the year round, its seasonal advent puts a new feel into the air. Sisters Ella Graham, Adah Price and Barbara Ehrisman, Dr. George M. Bassett and Brother Jesse Putnam motored to Crescent Beach on Sunday, February twenty-fifth, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pulcifer. Dr. Myrtle Seller of Fort Myers was here on the twenty-seventh accompanied by relatives from Philadelphia: Mrs. Bertha Seller, Miss Myrtle Seller, Mr. Ralph W. Seller and Mr. James J. Seller. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, who is spending the winter on the Edison estate in Fort Myers, and a party of friends took luncheon at the Rustic Tea Garden on Saturday, March third. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Challiss of Santa Barbara, California, arrived here on the third in their house car, and camped on the Unity grounds near the Art Hall for a few days. Dr. Challis& is said to be the best ban joist in the country, and in the evening gave a delightful program of music in the Art Hall, which was a revelation to most of those present concerning the possibilities of the banjo. Mrs. Challis's gave a travelogue, recounting several interesting experiences of their journeyings, and described the Winchester Mystery House near San Jose, California. The entertainment was of vast enjoyment to the audience. At the services on Sunday evening, Dr. Challiss played a pleasing arrangement of "Silent Night." Brother David Richards was in good voice and sang a solo. Mr. O&born H. Ward of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, a winter resident in St. Petersburg, Florida, visited Brother Max Arendt here on the fourth, remaining overnight. They found opportunity to renew their friendship of some years' standing. Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers was an overnight guest at the Unity on the fourth. Dr. and Mrs. George Tyrrell of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and LaBelle, Florida, visited the Unity nursery and selected some rare plants for the beautiful Tyrrell gardens on the Caloosahatchee River. Brother Alien Andrews motored to Miami on the seventh where he remained for ten days. The community sing was held at the Art Hall on the evening of the seventh, with twenty-three present. A few humorous songs were tried, forming an amusing experiment as they were new to most of the singers. A heavy rain on Saturday the tenth caused a sudden change in the weather, the thermometer sharply dropping several degrees. Sunday was so cold that the evening services were held in the dining hall. Misses Lydia. and Anna Pierce, and Mr. Charles Blackburn of Cincinnati, Ohio, motored out from Fort Myers to attend the services. Mr. Blackburn had heard of the Koreshan Universology and was eager to learn as much as possible about it. Mrs. Mary Leitner Alvrus and Miss Doris Leitner of Bonita Springs and Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Coxsackie, New York, a cousin of Mrs. Leitner, visited here on the eleventh, making a tour of the Unity gardens. Miss. Parsons, was delighted with the many beautiful and unusual plant specimens on the place, finding them much different from those of the North. Mrs. Ruth Boomer Thomas, and little son, Brooks, left for their home in Philadelphia on the fifteenth, after visiting for six weeks with. Mrs. Thomas' mother and sister at Mirasol Grove. Mrs. Thomas enlivened activities here during her stay, and her many friends are looking forward to her return next winter. Mr. Robert Graham came over from Miami on Saturday afternoon, the 'seventeenth, and spent a pleasant week-end visiting with relatives and friends. He returned to Miami on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades were dinner guests at the Unity on the eighteenth. Sister Rose Gilbert returned with them from Everglades, having visited with them there for a few days. Other guests at dinner the same day were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pulcifer and little granddaughter, Winifred Andrews, Mrs. Inez Goldsbury and little daughter, Lots Ann, from Crescent Beach, and Mr. Howard Buchanan of Venice, Florida. Misses Lydia and Anna Pierce, Mrs. Mary Iden, and Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers visited here later in the day. Miss Alwina Lorweer has done much toward the beautification of the place with her flowers. She has nasturtiums, gladioli, pinks, and other varieties in bloom. Brother John Grier has been doing his "spring house-cleaning" out-of-doors, removing the dead shoots from the clumps of bamboo. Holes have been blasted and fifty young avocado trees set out in a lot to the northwest of the log house. The trees look sturdy and promising and are expected to bear fruit in about three years. Twenty-two pigs have arrived to make their home at the Unity farm. The family consists of sixteen little ones and six large ones. Under Brother Thomas Robertson's excellent care they all soon will be fullsized hogs—unless the butcher sees them first.
by Alafae Stephens
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NOW IS THE TIME to take your pen and write an ode to spring, about the birds, the flowers, the trees, and every livingthing. Poets have written them every year since spring first had its birth, babbling about the beauties of Dame Nature and Mother Earth. . . . After lurking in corners and by-ways of the highways for several weeks, spring has made its official appearance. Although we have signal evidence of spring's handiwork the year round, its seasonal advent puts a new feel into the air. Sisters Ella Graham, Adah Price and Barbara Ehrisman, Dr. George M. Bassett and Brother Jesse Putnam motored to Crescent Beach on Sunday, February twenty-fifth, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pulcifer. Dr. Myrtle Seller of Fort Myers was here on the twenty-seventh accompanied by relatives from Philadelphia: Mrs. Bertha Seller, Miss Myrtle Seller, Mr. Ralph W. Seller and Mr. James J. Seller. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, who is spending the winter on the Edison estate in Fort Myers, and a party of friends took luncheon at the Rustic Tea Garden on Saturday, March third. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Challiss of Santa Barbara, California, arrived here on the third in their house car, and camped on the Unity grounds near the Art Hall for a few days. Dr. Challis& is said to be the best ban joist in the country, and in the evening gave a delightful program of music in the Art Hall, which was a revelation to most of those present concerning the possibilities of the banjo. Mrs. Challis's gave a travelogue, recounting several interesting experiences of their journeyings, and described the Winchester Mystery House near San Jose, California. The entertainment was of vast enjoyment to the audience. At the services on Sunday evening, Dr. Challiss played a pleasing arrangement of "Silent Night." Brother David Richards was in good voice and sang a solo. Mr. O&born H. Ward of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, a winter resident in St. Petersburg, Florida, visited Brother Max Arendt here on the fourth, remaining overnight. They found opportunity to renew their friendship of some years' standing. Miss Genevieve Bisbing of Fort Myers was an overnight guest at the Unity on the fourth. Dr. and Mrs. George Tyrrell of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and LaBelle, Florida, visited the Unity nursery and selected some rare plants for the beautiful Tyrrell gardens on the Caloosahatchee River. Brother Alien Andrews motored to Miami on the seventh where he remained for ten days. The community sing was held at the Art Hall on the evening of the seventh, with twenty-three present. A few humorous songs were tried, forming an amusing experiment as they were new to most of the singers. A heavy rain on Saturday the tenth caused a sudden change in the weather, the thermometer sharply dropping several degrees. Sunday was so cold that the evening services were held in the dining hall. Misses Lydia. and Anna Pierce, and Mr. Charles Blackburn of Cincinnati, Ohio, motored out from Fort Myers to attend the services. Mr. Blackburn had heard of the Koreshan Universology and was eager to learn as much as possible about it. Mrs. Mary Leitner Alvrus and Miss Doris Leitner of Bonita Springs and Miss Elizabeth Parsons of Coxsackie, New York, a cousin of Mrs. Leitner, visited here on the eleventh, making a tour of the Unity gardens. Miss. Parsons, was delighted with the many beautiful and unusual plant specimens on the place, finding them much different from those of the North. Mrs. Ruth Boomer Thomas, and little son, Brooks, left for their home in Philadelphia on the fifteenth, after visiting for six weeks with. Mrs. Thomas' mother and sister at Mirasol Grove. Mrs. Thomas enlivened activities here during her stay, and her many friends are looking forward to her return next winter. Mr. Robert Graham came over from Miami on Saturday afternoon, the 'seventeenth, and spent a pleasant week-end visiting with relatives and friends. He returned to Miami on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades were dinner guests at the Unity on the eighteenth. Sister Rose Gilbert returned with them from Everglades, having visited with them there for a few days. Other guests at dinner the same day were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Pulcifer and little granddaughter, Winifred Andrews, Mrs. Inez Goldsbury and little daughter, Lots Ann, from Crescent Beach, and Mr. Howard Buchanan of Venice, Florida. Misses Lydia and Anna Pierce, Mrs. Mary Iden, and Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers visited here later in the day. Miss Alwina Lorweer has done much toward the beautification of the place with her flowers. She has nasturtiums, gladioli, pinks, and other varieties in bloom. Brother John Grier has been doing his "spring house-cleaning" out-of-doors, removing the dead shoots from the clumps of bamboo. Holes have been blasted and fifty young avocado trees set out in a lot to the northwest of the log house. The trees look sturdy and promising and are expected to bear fruit in about three years. Twenty-two pigs have arrived to make their home at the Unity farm. The family consists of sixteen little ones and six large ones. Under Brother Thomas Robertson's excellent care they all soon will be fullsized hogs—unless the butcher sees them first.
Notes:
See originals in Archives building. Most issues have been photocopied and are bound. These copies are located on the Public Shelf