Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1943/12/00
Call#:
FS 57:12
Object ID:
PA—0292
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
COMMUNITY CURRENT EVENTS
December 1943
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LEST WE FORGET we are still engaged in the business of war we are daily reminded of the fact by the droning of planes overhead, especially on their return from target practice out over the Gulf. There is always one plane, to every so many, dragging its tail behind it like Bopeep's, sheep. This tail is the target at which the others shoot; it is a contraption constructed of wire and covered with white cloth and looks quite funny sailing "through the air with the greatest of ease," with no apparent means of locomotion. They take a, different route on the way there so we do have some quiet hours for which we are grateful.
We can also hear the rumble of rifle practice at the gunnery every morning and so we are assured that our boys are getting ready to make Hitler and the Japs bite the dust in due time.
On November 5th A. H. Andrews and Florence Graham made a trip to Miami. Sister Florence visited with her brothers Robert and Lloyd. They returned on the 8th.
A. H. Andrews made a bus trip to Safety Harbor over the weekend of November 12-15.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis of Everglades, came on Saturday the 6th, to spend the weekend at their cottage here. Sister Rose came with them and expects, to remain in Estero.
Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers spent the weekend—13 to 14th with us.
Mrs,. Lillian Rugg took dinner with us on Sunday the 14th.
Two more boys in the neighborhood—Alex Home and Chas. Luettich, Jr., who have just recently attained the draft age, have been inducted into the army and are now stationed at Camp Blanding. The place is just about deserted, only children and elderly folks left and men with families. The boys always seem eager to go, anticipating the change and probably the excitement of camp life, but the mothers and fathers and others who are left behind do not find any pleasure in the change.
Well once more Thanksgiving Day has rolled around and judging from the sights and delectable odors floating around in the kitchen there will most certainly be a dinner for which to be thankful. Sister Hedwig came back from Fort Myers the other day with a twenty pound turkey which she stuffed to overflowing with liver dressing; Sister Ida presided over the roasting process; Mis.s Meta Monsees arrived on Wednesday with pumpkins which Sister Emily soon converted into delicious pumpkin pie; and so with cranberry sauce, ma,shed potatoes, green onions from Sister Alwina's garden, and beets, we had the kind of dinner that requires a few extra notches in the belt, but so far as I know no one needed any turns or alcaselzer. And
when one stops long enough to give sober thought to the conditions of the world at large we should indeed be thankful for many things, especially those of us who are not obliged to be located in the larger cities where life must be one long hectic nightmare.
With all his other work Brother Theodore has taken time out to repair .and paper the ceiling and walls of several rooms at the planetary court.
I have not been out to the barn lately but Sister Hedwig tells me that the goats have a new playmate. It is little Tiger Cat—one of Baby's first kittens. She was taken to the barn several months ago and given complete charge of the rat situation there. How well she is doing her job is testified to by Brother Laurie who says he does not see nearly so many as before little Tiger's taking over the job.
And now for recreation she plays with the goats, romping and frisking among them, and for a change they drag her around by the ear which she does not seem to mind at all, and so things move along peaceably, except when the goats get impatient waiting for Brother Laurie to come and feed them, so one and all they start for the dining room, sometimes coming close enough to look into the windows. Then someone gets. busy and escorts them back to the barn.
The largest rattlesnake that I have ever seen was dispatched here recently in Brother Conrad's garden. It measured about six feet, which of course, is, not very long, but its girth was immense. Some of the folks had a curiosity to know what snake tastes like, so it was skinned and prepared for consumption. They say it is as good as chicken, but I'll take the chicken every time. No snake steaks for me.
Well I'm listening to a badly cracked radio with one ear and writing this with the other so if any items are a bit cracked don't blame me—it's the radio. Also the prospect of a trip to the dentist soon for a jumping tooth. And that's another quarrel I have to pick with the war,—one can scarcely get an appointment, with either a. doctor or dentist under two or three weeks. So I'm learning to eat with my front teeth and look and feel very much like a rabbit. If I don't soon get that dentist's attention I shall find myself hopping around like one.
December 1943
------------------------------
LEST WE FORGET we are still engaged in the business of war we are daily reminded of the fact by the droning of planes overhead, especially on their return from target practice out over the Gulf. There is always one plane, to every so many, dragging its tail behind it like Bopeep's, sheep. This tail is the target at which the others shoot; it is a contraption constructed of wire and covered with white cloth and looks quite funny sailing "through the air with the greatest of ease," with no apparent means of locomotion. They take a, different route on the way there so we do have some quiet hours for which we are grateful.
We can also hear the rumble of rifle practice at the gunnery every morning and so we are assured that our boys are getting ready to make Hitler and the Japs bite the dust in due time.
On November 5th A. H. Andrews and Florence Graham made a trip to Miami. Sister Florence visited with her brothers Robert and Lloyd. They returned on the 8th.
A. H. Andrews made a bus trip to Safety Harbor over the weekend of November 12-15.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis of Everglades, came on Saturday the 6th, to spend the weekend at their cottage here. Sister Rose came with them and expects, to remain in Estero.
Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers spent the weekend—13 to 14th with us.
Mrs,. Lillian Rugg took dinner with us on Sunday the 14th.
Two more boys in the neighborhood—Alex Home and Chas. Luettich, Jr., who have just recently attained the draft age, have been inducted into the army and are now stationed at Camp Blanding. The place is just about deserted, only children and elderly folks left and men with families. The boys always seem eager to go, anticipating the change and probably the excitement of camp life, but the mothers and fathers and others who are left behind do not find any pleasure in the change.
Well once more Thanksgiving Day has rolled around and judging from the sights and delectable odors floating around in the kitchen there will most certainly be a dinner for which to be thankful. Sister Hedwig came back from Fort Myers the other day with a twenty pound turkey which she stuffed to overflowing with liver dressing; Sister Ida presided over the roasting process; Mis.s Meta Monsees arrived on Wednesday with pumpkins which Sister Emily soon converted into delicious pumpkin pie; and so with cranberry sauce, ma,shed potatoes, green onions from Sister Alwina's garden, and beets, we had the kind of dinner that requires a few extra notches in the belt, but so far as I know no one needed any turns or alcaselzer. And
when one stops long enough to give sober thought to the conditions of the world at large we should indeed be thankful for many things, especially those of us who are not obliged to be located in the larger cities where life must be one long hectic nightmare.
With all his other work Brother Theodore has taken time out to repair .and paper the ceiling and walls of several rooms at the planetary court.
I have not been out to the barn lately but Sister Hedwig tells me that the goats have a new playmate. It is little Tiger Cat—one of Baby's first kittens. She was taken to the barn several months ago and given complete charge of the rat situation there. How well she is doing her job is testified to by Brother Laurie who says he does not see nearly so many as before little Tiger's taking over the job.
And now for recreation she plays with the goats, romping and frisking among them, and for a change they drag her around by the ear which she does not seem to mind at all, and so things move along peaceably, except when the goats get impatient waiting for Brother Laurie to come and feed them, so one and all they start for the dining room, sometimes coming close enough to look into the windows. Then someone gets. busy and escorts them back to the barn.
The largest rattlesnake that I have ever seen was dispatched here recently in Brother Conrad's garden. It measured about six feet, which of course, is, not very long, but its girth was immense. Some of the folks had a curiosity to know what snake tastes like, so it was skinned and prepared for consumption. They say it is as good as chicken, but I'll take the chicken every time. No snake steaks for me.
Well I'm listening to a badly cracked radio with one ear and writing this with the other so if any items are a bit cracked don't blame me—it's the radio. Also the prospect of a trip to the dentist soon for a jumping tooth. And that's another quarrel I have to pick with the war,—one can scarcely get an appointment, with either a. doctor or dentist under two or three weeks. So I'm learning to eat with my front teeth and look and feel very much like a rabbit. If I don't soon get that dentist's attention I shall find myself hopping around like one.
Author:
[various]
Summary:
Standard reprints of earlier articles. The Centerfold story of Koreshan Aims and Objectives is included again.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
See Public Shelf for photocopies.
Object Name:
Periodical
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
People:
Koresh
Andrews, Allen
Staton, Lou
Fischer, Marie
.
Andrews, Allen
Staton, Lou
Fischer, Marie
.
Phys Desc:
12 p. 31 cm.
Publisher:
Guiding Star Publishing House
Publication Place:
Estero, Fl.
Search Terms:
Flaming Sword
Subjects:
Theology——Periodicals