Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1937/07/00
Object ID:
PA—0152
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events - July 1937
By D.J. Richards
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DURING THE MONTH of June the Koreshan Unity has been able this year to institute much needed improvement, such as the reroofing of The Publishing: House with galvanized sheet metal; the dicing of a well for the nursery departmentthe clearing of a strip of land south of the Planetary Court, as a guard for fire protection and the repairing of the roof over our general store. The Publishing House was built in 1904 and it speaks volumes for cypress shingles, for the building has only had one covering, but with much patching, has lasted until now. The Florida rainy season, however is, now on and it is a great relief to be secured from the heavy rains, for much valuable stock and machinery must be protected, not to mention the comfort of those engaged in the printing business. The new metal roofing was put on by W. W. Faulkner and co-workers of Fort Myers, and the gutters by 0. D. Garner, tin smith, also of Fort Myers. . The new well for the nursery department is 277 feet deep; it has a four inch flow, which is ample for present needs and a godsend to those engaged in this department. The drilling was done by Mr. W. 0. Nelson of Fort Myers, an expert in this, work. Things didn't go so well with Mr. Nelson, however, when it came to extricating the drill, for it wouldn't extricate and after many days efforts had to be abandoned. Mr. Nelson said the drill in the well will not interfere with the flow it being below the strata where he struck water, but such things are costly experiments (and unavoidable, for it happens to all drillers). The drill Mr Nelson was using cost two hundred dollars. In our last notes we stated that Brother Arthur Moore would carry on with the Unity's Apiary departmentunforseen circumstances, however, prevents this arrangement for the time being, due to a vacancy in our general store, and, like a good soldier, Arthur has been pressed in as, store manager. From the way things are shaping themselves in the store, we are all satisfied that the business is in excellent hands and Arthur's friendliness will find much favor with the general public. , Mr R. L. McCoy, an expert bee man, is at present in charge to build up the Unity's apiary. He is an old hand at the bee business, having conducted yards, of his own of a thousand colonies. If all goes well, Mr. McCoy hopes by fall, by purchasing a few additional colonies, to have our apiary back to its formal standing, before it was swept away by the disastrous, flood of a year ago. One of the grand sights in Estero at the present writing, and which is attracting much attention from the motoring public, is the mass of bloom on the Royal Poinciana tree at the entrance to our park. We have never seen it to better advantage, and the tree is rightly named, for a more glorious sight can hardly be conceived. A shipment of fifty azalea plants was received at the Unity on Saturday, June 5, from the Everglades Nursery of Fort Myers. A visit to Koreshan friends in Lakeland is always an outstanding pleasure; besides it gives us the opportunity on these occasions to visit Dr. E. L. Kinsinger, Naturopath and Chiropractor, whose valuable service we appreciate beyond words. Miss Bertha M. Boomer left Estero on Friday, June 11, for Tallahassee, Florida, where, for two months, she will take a teachers, course at the State College. Sister Cora Stephens left Tuesday, June 15, for a vacation with relatives to her former home at Tabor, N. C. She was accompanied by her niece, Marjorie Mills, who for the past six months, has resided with her aunt here at the Unity. We were delighted to have Dr. Harry Newton Carr of Miami, with Mrs. Carr and baby, stop off in Estero, while en route from Tampa on June 28. A little over a year ago the Doctor was marooned in Estero for several days during that memorable flood and worked like a, beaver to help us salvage what merchandise we could in our general store. He had never seen pictures of the flood, in some of which he appears conspicuously and naturally was much pleased to be presented with a set. The Doctor is a graduate of the leading college of surgery in Vienna and has taught in many colleges in this country. He keeps abreast of the times in his profession and was, returning from a months visit to Detroit, where he had been getting the latest developments in surgery. He is, in short, a live wire in every sense of the word. We received word from Mrs. Neva Sinclair of Hood River, Oregon, that her mother, Jeannie F. Miller, died at her home and was buried on the 24th of May. Mrs. Miller, or Sister Jeannie, as she was familiarly known to, us was a much revered and respected member of the Unity for many years, and her faith in the Master and the ultimate triumph of Koreshanity remained evergreen with her up to the very last. Another good friend of the Cause recently passed on in the person of Stephen A. Bartlett, of Rock Island, Ill. It was Steve, as he was familiarly known to all his friends, that brought the Light of Truth to our worthy contributor, Garnet E. Butler, and Koreshanity is extensively known in Rock Island and vicinity, where we have many SWORD readers.
By D.J. Richards
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DURING THE MONTH of June the Koreshan Unity has been able this year to institute much needed improvement, such as the reroofing of The Publishing: House with galvanized sheet metal; the dicing of a well for the nursery departmentthe clearing of a strip of land south of the Planetary Court, as a guard for fire protection and the repairing of the roof over our general store. The Publishing House was built in 1904 and it speaks volumes for cypress shingles, for the building has only had one covering, but with much patching, has lasted until now. The Florida rainy season, however is, now on and it is a great relief to be secured from the heavy rains, for much valuable stock and machinery must be protected, not to mention the comfort of those engaged in the printing business. The new metal roofing was put on by W. W. Faulkner and co-workers of Fort Myers, and the gutters by 0. D. Garner, tin smith, also of Fort Myers. . The new well for the nursery department is 277 feet deep; it has a four inch flow, which is ample for present needs and a godsend to those engaged in this department. The drilling was done by Mr. W. 0. Nelson of Fort Myers, an expert in this, work. Things didn't go so well with Mr. Nelson, however, when it came to extricating the drill, for it wouldn't extricate and after many days efforts had to be abandoned. Mr. Nelson said the drill in the well will not interfere with the flow it being below the strata where he struck water, but such things are costly experiments (and unavoidable, for it happens to all drillers). The drill Mr Nelson was using cost two hundred dollars. In our last notes we stated that Brother Arthur Moore would carry on with the Unity's Apiary departmentunforseen circumstances, however, prevents this arrangement for the time being, due to a vacancy in our general store, and, like a good soldier, Arthur has been pressed in as, store manager. From the way things are shaping themselves in the store, we are all satisfied that the business is in excellent hands and Arthur's friendliness will find much favor with the general public. , Mr R. L. McCoy, an expert bee man, is at present in charge to build up the Unity's apiary. He is an old hand at the bee business, having conducted yards, of his own of a thousand colonies. If all goes well, Mr. McCoy hopes by fall, by purchasing a few additional colonies, to have our apiary back to its formal standing, before it was swept away by the disastrous, flood of a year ago. One of the grand sights in Estero at the present writing, and which is attracting much attention from the motoring public, is the mass of bloom on the Royal Poinciana tree at the entrance to our park. We have never seen it to better advantage, and the tree is rightly named, for a more glorious sight can hardly be conceived. A shipment of fifty azalea plants was received at the Unity on Saturday, June 5, from the Everglades Nursery of Fort Myers. A visit to Koreshan friends in Lakeland is always an outstanding pleasure; besides it gives us the opportunity on these occasions to visit Dr. E. L. Kinsinger, Naturopath and Chiropractor, whose valuable service we appreciate beyond words. Miss Bertha M. Boomer left Estero on Friday, June 11, for Tallahassee, Florida, where, for two months, she will take a teachers, course at the State College. Sister Cora Stephens left Tuesday, June 15, for a vacation with relatives to her former home at Tabor, N. C. She was accompanied by her niece, Marjorie Mills, who for the past six months, has resided with her aunt here at the Unity. We were delighted to have Dr. Harry Newton Carr of Miami, with Mrs. Carr and baby, stop off in Estero, while en route from Tampa on June 28. A little over a year ago the Doctor was marooned in Estero for several days during that memorable flood and worked like a, beaver to help us salvage what merchandise we could in our general store. He had never seen pictures of the flood, in some of which he appears conspicuously and naturally was much pleased to be presented with a set. The Doctor is a graduate of the leading college of surgery in Vienna and has taught in many colleges in this country. He keeps abreast of the times in his profession and was, returning from a months visit to Detroit, where he had been getting the latest developments in surgery. He is, in short, a live wire in every sense of the word. We received word from Mrs. Neva Sinclair of Hood River, Oregon, that her mother, Jeannie F. Miller, died at her home and was buried on the 24th of May. Mrs. Miller, or Sister Jeannie, as she was familiarly known to, us was a much revered and respected member of the Unity for many years, and her faith in the Master and the ultimate triumph of Koreshanity remained evergreen with her up to the very last. Another good friend of the Cause recently passed on in the person of Stephen A. Bartlett, of Rock Island, Ill. It was Steve, as he was familiarly known to all his friends, that brought the Light of Truth to our worthy contributor, Garnet E. Butler, and Koreshanity is extensively known in Rock Island and vicinity, where we have many SWORD readers.
Notes:
See originals in Archives building. Most issues have been photocopied and are bound. These copies are located on the Public Shelf