Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1935/09/00
Object ID:
PA—0130
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events -- September 1935
By Claude J. Rahn
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A DELIGHTFUL reception was tendered to Mrs. Eleanore M. Castle and her granddaughter, Miss Dawn Castle, both of Chicago, 111., by Mrs. P. W. Campbell, and her daughter, Mrs. Edith Trebell, in the Art Hall, Sunday evening, the fourth. A tasty buffet supper was served to which all the members of the Unity were invited. There were also present, Mrs. A. L. Camphausen, Miss Elin Lindberg and Mr. Henry Moreland from Fort Myers, Florida, and Mrs. Lillian Rugg, Miss Bertha M. Boomer and Mrs. Isadora Boulware of Estero. Afterward Mrs. Castle entertained us with the telling of some amusing anecdotes and incidents of her very active and interesting life in Chicago, Illinois. Brother Thomas Armstrong, aged 79 years, died Monday, July 29th, and was buried in our local cemetery. He was a native of Ireland and came to us about fifteen years ago from California where he had been employed in the quicksilver mines. He was a loyal and faithful member of the Unity, and a gentlemanly character with a keen appreciation of music and good literature. His passing leaves a noticeable void. Dr. Maxwell, the well known writer and lecturer on dietetics and a leading advocate of vegetarianism, was an interested visitor to the Unity on the sixth, He is the owner of several vegetarian restaurants in Chicago, Illinois, and has quite a following in the Middle West. Sister Cora Stephens left on the seventh for Detroit, Michigan, to visit with her daughter, Alafae, and also her brother living there. On her way she stopped at Tampa and Ocala, Florida, and Valdosta, Georgia, to visit relatives, and expects to be gone several months provided of course she can adjust herself to the cold of a northern climate, and the noisy life of the city, as she has lived all her life in the southern states. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades, Florida, and Mrs. Eleanore Castle and granddaughter, Dawn, were guests of the Unity on Sunday, the eleventh. Sister Ida Fischer sustained painful injuries recently as the result of a fall on the stairway leading to her room. She is rapidly recovering, however, to the gratification of all, for as one of our efficient cooks her enforced absence from her regular duties for several weeks caused some apprehension among those with healthy appetites. Brother George Dore went to Miami on the thirteenth and returned on the twenty-first. He greatly enjoyed this his first visit there, but was glad to get home to rest from his strenuous sight-seeing afoot. During the afternoon of Sunday the eighteenth a heavy rain storm and wind whipped in from the southeast and for a few minutes blew with hurricane intensity. Chairs, tables and all movable objects on the verandas and elsewhere throughout the neighborhood were scattered pellmell before the rush of the wind, and the rain falling in sheets made it impossible to see any distance. Some damage was done to the trees and shrubbery, but shortly after the storm had passed the sun shown in a sky that was sparkling blue and so innocent in appearance that you would never have suspected it possible for such violence and destruction to have originated therein. Brother Peter Blem who was taken to Fort Myers for a thorough medical examination is now on a rigid diet in order that his trouble can be corrected. He is showing improvement and we hope to report his complete recovery at an early date. The bridge spanning the river here at Estero is a "one-way" affair, dangerous to pedestrians and automobile traffic alike. Every time a fast moving car crosses it rattles and shakes in a most distressful manner. However, the state road department has made some repairs in the road bed, and laid sheet iron runways so that now the residents of the neighborhood find it is easier to get to sleep at night and stay asleep than it has been for months past. Mrs. Eleanore M. Castle of Chicago, Illinois, who with her granddaughter, Dawn, have been the guests of Miss Bertha M. Boomer, is negotiating for the purchase of the land and house of Mrs. Katherine Youngling on the Estero River, a short distance east of the county road. She contemplates establishing a winter home here at an early date although she probably will not occupy the same this coming winter. We look forward with much pleasure to having her in our vicinity as she was one of the early members of the Unity and closely associated with KORESH in his propaganda in Chicago and elsewhere. Having a wide understanding of Koreshan fundamentals and a keen grasp of the economic and political situation as it exists throughout the world she is well equipped to interpret from a Koreshan viewpoint current events as they occur from day to day in the great drama now unfolding in this critical period of the world's history. We do not have dogs on our premises, just a number of scrub, forlorn looking cats, cats that doze all day and vanish when a rat appears. Probably for this reason we have observed lately the presence during the night of raccoons, opossums and skunks on our grounds and recently a wild cat was seen during the day sulking about our chicken yard. These creatures together with many varieties of birds add much to the interest of our community.
By Claude J. Rahn
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A DELIGHTFUL reception was tendered to Mrs. Eleanore M. Castle and her granddaughter, Miss Dawn Castle, both of Chicago, 111., by Mrs. P. W. Campbell, and her daughter, Mrs. Edith Trebell, in the Art Hall, Sunday evening, the fourth. A tasty buffet supper was served to which all the members of the Unity were invited. There were also present, Mrs. A. L. Camphausen, Miss Elin Lindberg and Mr. Henry Moreland from Fort Myers, Florida, and Mrs. Lillian Rugg, Miss Bertha M. Boomer and Mrs. Isadora Boulware of Estero. Afterward Mrs. Castle entertained us with the telling of some amusing anecdotes and incidents of her very active and interesting life in Chicago, Illinois. Brother Thomas Armstrong, aged 79 years, died Monday, July 29th, and was buried in our local cemetery. He was a native of Ireland and came to us about fifteen years ago from California where he had been employed in the quicksilver mines. He was a loyal and faithful member of the Unity, and a gentlemanly character with a keen appreciation of music and good literature. His passing leaves a noticeable void. Dr. Maxwell, the well known writer and lecturer on dietetics and a leading advocate of vegetarianism, was an interested visitor to the Unity on the sixth, He is the owner of several vegetarian restaurants in Chicago, Illinois, and has quite a following in the Middle West. Sister Cora Stephens left on the seventh for Detroit, Michigan, to visit with her daughter, Alafae, and also her brother living there. On her way she stopped at Tampa and Ocala, Florida, and Valdosta, Georgia, to visit relatives, and expects to be gone several months provided of course she can adjust herself to the cold of a northern climate, and the noisy life of the city, as she has lived all her life in the southern states. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Lewis of Everglades, Florida, and Mrs. Eleanore Castle and granddaughter, Dawn, were guests of the Unity on Sunday, the eleventh. Sister Ida Fischer sustained painful injuries recently as the result of a fall on the stairway leading to her room. She is rapidly recovering, however, to the gratification of all, for as one of our efficient cooks her enforced absence from her regular duties for several weeks caused some apprehension among those with healthy appetites. Brother George Dore went to Miami on the thirteenth and returned on the twenty-first. He greatly enjoyed this his first visit there, but was glad to get home to rest from his strenuous sight-seeing afoot. During the afternoon of Sunday the eighteenth a heavy rain storm and wind whipped in from the southeast and for a few minutes blew with hurricane intensity. Chairs, tables and all movable objects on the verandas and elsewhere throughout the neighborhood were scattered pellmell before the rush of the wind, and the rain falling in sheets made it impossible to see any distance. Some damage was done to the trees and shrubbery, but shortly after the storm had passed the sun shown in a sky that was sparkling blue and so innocent in appearance that you would never have suspected it possible for such violence and destruction to have originated therein. Brother Peter Blem who was taken to Fort Myers for a thorough medical examination is now on a rigid diet in order that his trouble can be corrected. He is showing improvement and we hope to report his complete recovery at an early date. The bridge spanning the river here at Estero is a "one-way" affair, dangerous to pedestrians and automobile traffic alike. Every time a fast moving car crosses it rattles and shakes in a most distressful manner. However, the state road department has made some repairs in the road bed, and laid sheet iron runways so that now the residents of the neighborhood find it is easier to get to sleep at night and stay asleep than it has been for months past. Mrs. Eleanore M. Castle of Chicago, Illinois, who with her granddaughter, Dawn, have been the guests of Miss Bertha M. Boomer, is negotiating for the purchase of the land and house of Mrs. Katherine Youngling on the Estero River, a short distance east of the county road. She contemplates establishing a winter home here at an early date although she probably will not occupy the same this coming winter. We look forward with much pleasure to having her in our vicinity as she was one of the early members of the Unity and closely associated with KORESH in his propaganda in Chicago and elsewhere. Having a wide understanding of Koreshan fundamentals and a keen grasp of the economic and political situation as it exists throughout the world she is well equipped to interpret from a Koreshan viewpoint current events as they occur from day to day in the great drama now unfolding in this critical period of the world's history. We do not have dogs on our premises, just a number of scrub, forlorn looking cats, cats that doze all day and vanish when a rat appears. Probably for this reason we have observed lately the presence during the night of raccoons, opossums and skunks on our grounds and recently a wild cat was seen during the day sulking about our chicken yard. These creatures together with many varieties of birds add much to the interest of our community.
Notes:
See originals in Archives building. Most issues have been photocopied and are bound. These copies are located on the Public Shelf