Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1941/02/00
Call#:
FS 55:2
Object ID:
PA—0196
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events - February 1941
By Rose Gilbert
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ON DECEMBER 28, Brothers Allen Andrews, Henry Silverfriend and Sister Florence Graham motored to Miami for the week-end and to visit with Robert and Lloyd Graham. Brother Henry attended the meetings of the Florida Astrological Convention where he gave three talks which were well received. He attended the banquet given at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Early in the month Mrs. Fred McConnell and son Duane came from Tampa to visit with friends and relatives in the Unity. A few days later Mrs. McConnel's sister, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano of Tampa with her son his wife and children came for a short visit with Mrs. Ahrano's parents Brother William and Sister Abbie McCready. Friends of long ago, Mr. and Mrs. Alois Knapp of Chicago stopped over night, on their way to Miami, to visit Sister Adah J. Price. They were accompanied by Mr. Albert H. Perry. Christmas night we were entertained by Mr. George Simpson ably assisted by Mrs. Simpson who showed many interesting moving pictures in natural colors that he had made in the course of his extended travels during the past year, ranging from Minnesota to Florida. On January 5, Mrs. Lillian Rugg entertained Sister Ida Fischer, her son Irwin Fischer, Mrs. Fischer, and children at dinner. We recently made a sale of 300 Cajeput Trees LO a nursery in Miami; they came with truck to carry them away. On January 12, we were pleased to have Mrs. Julia Home from Tice for our guest. On Sunday January 12, Brothers Charles Hunt, George Hunt and Arthur Moore motored to Clewiston and Pahokee with Mr. and Mrs. George Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Christensen of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Marcus a friend, called on Brother Alfred Christensen, January 15; Melvin Christensen is a nephew of Brother Alfred. They had been visiting in Miami and now are spending a few weeks in a cottage at Fort Myers Beach. On January 17, Brother Allen Andrews and Henry Silverfriend motored to Tampa to visit with friends returning January 20. Brother Allen had a surprise, all unexpectedly meeting a man living near where he was visiting who proved to be from his. old home in Binghamton, New York, and a former classmate in school. On January 25, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis came from Everglades to visit Sister Rose Gilbert bringing with them their niece Mrs. Genevieve Evans and her husband William Evans from Ithaca, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Evans had been in Florida at Hollywood Beach for several days attending a convention of insurance men. On January 19, Sisters Etta Silverfriend, Emma Norton and Emily Bessemer with Brother Jesse Putnam were dinner guests of Mrs; Lillian Rugg at her pleasant home. They report an excellent repast and an enjoyable time. Mr. Raymond Pilgrim from Muscatine, Iowa, arrived January 26, by train to visit a short time with Unity friends. Mr. Pilgrim has visited us several times and has endeared himself to all, by his kindness and friendliness. Mrs. A. L. Camphausen from Fort Myers came on January 26, with Miss Bertie Boomer. We were all glad to see Mrs. Camphausen once more as she had been a long time absent. In the past month we have had frequent visits from our friends Miss Bertie Boomer and Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers. One morning recently we observed our neighbor Mrs. George Simpson busily engaged near a Australian oak tree near the highway; upon investigation we learned she was "planting" tree snails at base of tree. In the American Eagle of recent date we find information about these snails taken from an article in Field Museum News by Fritz Haas. "The strikingly colored snails of the genus Liguus are a most conspicuous feature in the fauna of southern Florida. Although represented there by numerous species and races, they are not aboriginal inhabitants of the area they now occupy, but are immigrants (rather recent, in a geological sense) from Cuba, where the genus may have originated. "The Liguus snails are especially interesting, not only because of the almost unbelievable variation o(f colors and patterns shown by their shells, but also because of their quite unusual way of living. The beauty of the shells, which may be observed in the Museum exhibit, has attracted many Florida amateur biologists into specializing on the collecting and study of Liguus. "The haunts of these snails are principally in the Everglades—not the low swampy parts, but the dry and mostly wooded higher hills called 'hammocks.' Since these hammocks are usually widely separated from each other, and since the tree-snails, even if they come down to the bottom, cannot migrate from one hammock to another, isolation has created different races of Liguus on almost every one. Due to the lumber industry, part of the hammocks have lost their trees, and with the disappearance of trees, various races of tree-snails which had dwelt on them have been exterminated,
By Rose Gilbert
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ON DECEMBER 28, Brothers Allen Andrews, Henry Silverfriend and Sister Florence Graham motored to Miami for the week-end and to visit with Robert and Lloyd Graham. Brother Henry attended the meetings of the Florida Astrological Convention where he gave three talks which were well received. He attended the banquet given at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Early in the month Mrs. Fred McConnell and son Duane came from Tampa to visit with friends and relatives in the Unity. A few days later Mrs. McConnel's sister, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano of Tampa with her son his wife and children came for a short visit with Mrs. Ahrano's parents Brother William and Sister Abbie McCready. Friends of long ago, Mr. and Mrs. Alois Knapp of Chicago stopped over night, on their way to Miami, to visit Sister Adah J. Price. They were accompanied by Mr. Albert H. Perry. Christmas night we were entertained by Mr. George Simpson ably assisted by Mrs. Simpson who showed many interesting moving pictures in natural colors that he had made in the course of his extended travels during the past year, ranging from Minnesota to Florida. On January 5, Mrs. Lillian Rugg entertained Sister Ida Fischer, her son Irwin Fischer, Mrs. Fischer, and children at dinner. We recently made a sale of 300 Cajeput Trees LO a nursery in Miami; they came with truck to carry them away. On January 12, we were pleased to have Mrs. Julia Home from Tice for our guest. On Sunday January 12, Brothers Charles Hunt, George Hunt and Arthur Moore motored to Clewiston and Pahokee with Mr. and Mrs. George Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Christensen of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Marcus a friend, called on Brother Alfred Christensen, January 15; Melvin Christensen is a nephew of Brother Alfred. They had been visiting in Miami and now are spending a few weeks in a cottage at Fort Myers Beach. On January 17, Brother Allen Andrews and Henry Silverfriend motored to Tampa to visit with friends returning January 20. Brother Allen had a surprise, all unexpectedly meeting a man living near where he was visiting who proved to be from his. old home in Binghamton, New York, and a former classmate in school. On January 25, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis came from Everglades to visit Sister Rose Gilbert bringing with them their niece Mrs. Genevieve Evans and her husband William Evans from Ithaca, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Evans had been in Florida at Hollywood Beach for several days attending a convention of insurance men. On January 19, Sisters Etta Silverfriend, Emma Norton and Emily Bessemer with Brother Jesse Putnam were dinner guests of Mrs; Lillian Rugg at her pleasant home. They report an excellent repast and an enjoyable time. Mr. Raymond Pilgrim from Muscatine, Iowa, arrived January 26, by train to visit a short time with Unity friends. Mr. Pilgrim has visited us several times and has endeared himself to all, by his kindness and friendliness. Mrs. A. L. Camphausen from Fort Myers came on January 26, with Miss Bertie Boomer. We were all glad to see Mrs. Camphausen once more as she had been a long time absent. In the past month we have had frequent visits from our friends Miss Bertie Boomer and Miss Meta Monsees of Fort Myers. One morning recently we observed our neighbor Mrs. George Simpson busily engaged near a Australian oak tree near the highway; upon investigation we learned she was "planting" tree snails at base of tree. In the American Eagle of recent date we find information about these snails taken from an article in Field Museum News by Fritz Haas. "The strikingly colored snails of the genus Liguus are a most conspicuous feature in the fauna of southern Florida. Although represented there by numerous species and races, they are not aboriginal inhabitants of the area they now occupy, but are immigrants (rather recent, in a geological sense) from Cuba, where the genus may have originated. "The Liguus snails are especially interesting, not only because of the almost unbelievable variation o(f colors and patterns shown by their shells, but also because of their quite unusual way of living. The beauty of the shells, which may be observed in the Museum exhibit, has attracted many Florida amateur biologists into specializing on the collecting and study of Liguus. "The haunts of these snails are principally in the Everglades—not the low swampy parts, but the dry and mostly wooded higher hills called 'hammocks.' Since these hammocks are usually widely separated from each other, and since the tree-snails, even if they come down to the bottom, cannot migrate from one hammock to another, isolation has created different races of Liguus on almost every one. Due to the lumber industry, part of the hammocks have lost their trees, and with the disappearance of trees, various races of tree-snails which had dwelt on them have been exterminated,
Author:
[various]
Summary:
Standard reprints of earlier articles. Community Current Events written by Rose Gilbert. The CCE column speaks of a talk that Henry Silverfriend gave at the "Florida Astrological Convention" in Miami.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
See Public Shelf for photocopies.
Object Name:
Periodical
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
People:
Koresh
Staton, Lou H.
Gilbert, Rose.
.
Staton, Lou H.
Gilbert, Rose.
.
Phys Desc:
12 p. 31 cm.
Publisher:
Guiding Star Publishing House
Publication Place:
Estero, Fl.
Search Terms:
Flaming Sword
Subjects:
Theology——Periodicals