Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1941/07/00
Call#:
FS 55:7
Object ID:
PA—0200
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
COMMUNITY CURRENT EVENTS
July 1941
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ON JUNE 1, Sister Adah Price and the writer went to Everglades on the bus to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis on a fine motor trip to Miami by way of Homestead, stopping en route to visit the noted Parrot Jungle. They found it a place of great natural beauty, the brilliant macaws, the dainty mar-velous plumage of cockatoos, paraquets, northern and Chinese pheasants, white peafowl almost unbelievable. The antics of the macaws were most entertaining and their friendliness surprising. It was a pleasant day to remember.
A motorized contingent of the third army air force convoy division passed through Estero Sunday, May 25, en route from Miami to Tampa. The group was made up of 85 officers and men aboard 20 trucks and light cars.
We are very glad to report that after a very pain-ful illness of several weeks' duration Sister Charlotte Leonard is definitely improving.
Very recently each member of our family was treated to a fine sapota from the grove of Sister Jennie Campbell. They are a rare and very delicious fruit, about the size of a large orange. One of unusual size, weighing 2 1/4 lbs., was on display.
Early in June Brothers Theodore Naeselius, Lou H. Staton and Alien Andrews motored to Oneco, visit- ing the Royal Palm Nurseries; they also went to Bra- denton and Sarasota.
On June 21, Mrs. Marie McConnell and son Duane McConnell came from Tampa to visit Brother William and Sister Abbie McCready. They returned to Tampa the next day.
Brother Henry Silverfriend went to Orlando last month on the bus to spend a week with friends there.
Sister Lillian Rugg reports having much trouble with mosquito hawks (dragon flies) which attack and feed on her bees. At present no remedy for the pests has been offered.
Samuel Armour, who operates our filling station most satisfactorily, took a three days' vacation trip up the state visiting friends and relatives.
We are getting frequent rains now which with the attendant cooling breezes make life much pleasanter.
Unity guests the past month were Miss Cecil Hamilton, Bertha M. Boomer, Mrs. Carrie Briggs from Fort Myers.
Brother Alien Andrews writes of the beautiful magnolia in The American Eagle and we quote:
"Magnolia, grandiflora is now in full flower at Estero. Though a native of the southern swamps, like others of like native habitat, it can be successfully grown on the high land, provided that it is given prop- er care while becoming established, with plentiful moisture and fertility. There are five trees of flowering size in the park grounds at Estero and they bloom well throughout the summer season. The large cup- shaped flowers are of snowy whiteness, akin to wax, and the air for some distance is permeated with their exquisite fragrance. The flowers are followed by cone-shaped pods from which small bright red, fleshy seeds are suspended from thread-like stems and form excel- lent food for the birds. The Magnolia is one of the finest flowering trees for the southern garden and should be more widely cultivated. Though slow in growth, it is well worthwhile, even when not in flower, its glossy green leaves with brownish underside being highly ornamental at all seasons."
Brother Arthur Moore has spent all his recreating hours lately hauling big truck loads of best black muck for use on a lawn near the river and in various and sundry other places.
While descending a stairway on June 22, Brother George Hunt missed the last step, falling against the wall and injuring his right knee quite seriously. But he does not yield to such things easily and we trust he will soon be about again.
The following is a continuation of Brother Alien's brief history of The Koreshan Unity:
"In the latter part of 1893, while traveling in the
East, Dr. Teed chanced to encounter a Florida real estate broker who talked most convincingly of the attractions and advantages of Fort Myers and the lower
West Coast, to the extent that the Doctor shortly thereafter made a trip to Florida to investigate the section about which he had heard such glowing reports.
"There was much allure in the Florida prospect.
Back home the printing and publishing business was busy constantly with many hands employed, but what with rent, wages, winter coal and doctor bills, there was no getting ahead financially. On the other hand,
South Florida offered a genial year-round climate where land could be had for a mere pittance and once on one's own property, a more abundant living with less effort.
"In Fort Myers Dr. Teed met the real estate agent who showed him some of his listings, but none proved satisfactory. At this juncture appeared an old German who had homesteaded several years before on
Estero River, some sixteen miles south of Fort Myers by overland route. Being no roads other than sandy trails, he had come up in his boat. He insisted that the Doctor should see his place, and would deed his property to the community if they would locate there.
"The Estero property proved most desirable, being high hammock land lying on both sides of a beautiful tropical stream, and forested with a dense growth of oak, pine and saw palmetto, and so the deal was consummated."
July 1941
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ON JUNE 1, Sister Adah Price and the writer went to Everglades on the bus to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis on a fine motor trip to Miami by way of Homestead, stopping en route to visit the noted Parrot Jungle. They found it a place of great natural beauty, the brilliant macaws, the dainty mar-velous plumage of cockatoos, paraquets, northern and Chinese pheasants, white peafowl almost unbelievable. The antics of the macaws were most entertaining and their friendliness surprising. It was a pleasant day to remember.
A motorized contingent of the third army air force convoy division passed through Estero Sunday, May 25, en route from Miami to Tampa. The group was made up of 85 officers and men aboard 20 trucks and light cars.
We are very glad to report that after a very pain-ful illness of several weeks' duration Sister Charlotte Leonard is definitely improving.
Very recently each member of our family was treated to a fine sapota from the grove of Sister Jennie Campbell. They are a rare and very delicious fruit, about the size of a large orange. One of unusual size, weighing 2 1/4 lbs., was on display.
Early in June Brothers Theodore Naeselius, Lou H. Staton and Alien Andrews motored to Oneco, visit- ing the Royal Palm Nurseries; they also went to Bra- denton and Sarasota.
On June 21, Mrs. Marie McConnell and son Duane McConnell came from Tampa to visit Brother William and Sister Abbie McCready. They returned to Tampa the next day.
Brother Henry Silverfriend went to Orlando last month on the bus to spend a week with friends there.
Sister Lillian Rugg reports having much trouble with mosquito hawks (dragon flies) which attack and feed on her bees. At present no remedy for the pests has been offered.
Samuel Armour, who operates our filling station most satisfactorily, took a three days' vacation trip up the state visiting friends and relatives.
We are getting frequent rains now which with the attendant cooling breezes make life much pleasanter.
Unity guests the past month were Miss Cecil Hamilton, Bertha M. Boomer, Mrs. Carrie Briggs from Fort Myers.
Brother Alien Andrews writes of the beautiful magnolia in The American Eagle and we quote:
"Magnolia, grandiflora is now in full flower at Estero. Though a native of the southern swamps, like others of like native habitat, it can be successfully grown on the high land, provided that it is given prop- er care while becoming established, with plentiful moisture and fertility. There are five trees of flowering size in the park grounds at Estero and they bloom well throughout the summer season. The large cup- shaped flowers are of snowy whiteness, akin to wax, and the air for some distance is permeated with their exquisite fragrance. The flowers are followed by cone-shaped pods from which small bright red, fleshy seeds are suspended from thread-like stems and form excel- lent food for the birds. The Magnolia is one of the finest flowering trees for the southern garden and should be more widely cultivated. Though slow in growth, it is well worthwhile, even when not in flower, its glossy green leaves with brownish underside being highly ornamental at all seasons."
Brother Arthur Moore has spent all his recreating hours lately hauling big truck loads of best black muck for use on a lawn near the river and in various and sundry other places.
While descending a stairway on June 22, Brother George Hunt missed the last step, falling against the wall and injuring his right knee quite seriously. But he does not yield to such things easily and we trust he will soon be about again.
The following is a continuation of Brother Alien's brief history of The Koreshan Unity:
"In the latter part of 1893, while traveling in the
East, Dr. Teed chanced to encounter a Florida real estate broker who talked most convincingly of the attractions and advantages of Fort Myers and the lower
West Coast, to the extent that the Doctor shortly thereafter made a trip to Florida to investigate the section about which he had heard such glowing reports.
"There was much allure in the Florida prospect.
Back home the printing and publishing business was busy constantly with many hands employed, but what with rent, wages, winter coal and doctor bills, there was no getting ahead financially. On the other hand,
South Florida offered a genial year-round climate where land could be had for a mere pittance and once on one's own property, a more abundant living with less effort.
"In Fort Myers Dr. Teed met the real estate agent who showed him some of his listings, but none proved satisfactory. At this juncture appeared an old German who had homesteaded several years before on
Estero River, some sixteen miles south of Fort Myers by overland route. Being no roads other than sandy trails, he had come up in his boat. He insisted that the Doctor should see his place, and would deed his property to the community if they would locate there.
"The Estero property proved most desirable, being high hammock land lying on both sides of a beautiful tropical stream, and forested with a dense growth of oak, pine and saw palmetto, and so the deal was consummated."
Author:
[various]
Summary:
Standard reprints of earlier articles. Community Current Events written by Rose Gilbert. Features an article by Allen Andrews, as in last month, in the center of the magazine. Also, Andrews wrote a short history of the Koreshan Unity which first appeared in the May issue. That continues this month in the "Community Current Events".
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
See Public Shelf for photocopies.
Object Name:
Periodical
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
People:
Koresh
Staton, Lou H.
Gilbert, Rose.
Andrews, Allen
.
Staton, Lou H.
Gilbert, Rose.
Andrews, Allen
.
Phys Desc:
12 p. 31 cm.
Publisher:
Guiding Star Publishing House
Publication Place:
Estero, Fl.
Search Terms:
Flaming Sword
Subjects:
Theology——Periodicals