Title:
The Flaming Sword
Accession#:
1991.10.03
Pubication Date:
1936/04/00
Object ID:
PA—0137
Collection:
Flaming Sword
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events - April 1936
By Claude J. Rahn
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A LARGE DELEGATION of Baptist Sunday School students from Arcadia, Wauchula and Fort Myers, visited the Unity on Sunday afternoon, the twenty-second. There were 62 persons in the party, and they seemed to enjoy their walk about the gardens and the talks on Koreshan Universology given at the Art Hall. Many had only vague ideas concerning our beliefs, and expressed themselves as. pleased to obtain first-hand information on the subject. We were glad to have this opportunity to impart our vital truths to so many impressionable minds, which as they go forth touch here and there receptive mentalities that may eventually lead to closer relationships. Mr. Henry Moreland of Fort Myers was a guest of the Unity on the first. Mr. M. W. Strickland in charge of our filling station visited his daughters living in Wauchula on the second. Dr. Charles F. Burgess ordered 1000 young Cajeput trees from our nursery during the month for planting on his Pine Island property. Several of our brothers assisted in the planting of same, which is the largest planting of these trees so far undertaken in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Miller and the former's sister Miss Maud Miller of Baltimore, Md., were visitors to the Unity on the second. Mr. E. E. Whitney representing Washington interests was in Estero on the second trying to locate a suitable tract of land of several thousand acres for a proposed colonization scheme. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pulcifer winter residents of Fort Myers Beach and old friends of the Unity visited us on the fourth, accompanied by Miss Claire Lerch and her brother Mr. Paul Lerch, Dr. and Mrs. Leavenworth and Mrs. Shuttleford all from Cleveland, Ohio. On the sixth Brothers Alien H. Andrews and David J. Richards, also Mr. Harold Thomas of Bonita Springs, motored to Lakeland as part of a motorcade from this section to attend the Taft Highway meeting held in that city. A public hearing was held in the Art Hall on the tenth in connection with the proposed new bridge to be built in Estero to replace the present antiquated oneway structure. Lieut. Col. Earl North, U. S. Army engineer, and Mr. J. E. Edwards, engineer of the State Highway Department were present. There being no objections nor changes suggested to the plans and specifications it is probable that work. will be started in the near future on this much needed improvement. Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. Huntington of Osprey, Florida, prominent advocates of the nudist cult were visitors to the Unity on the twelfth. Brother Henry D. Silverfriend accompanied them on their return to their colony at Osprey for a visit, and returned on. the sixteenth. Mrs. A. L. Camphausen of Fort Myers and Mrs. Ethel Kingsbury of Philadelphia were guests of the Unity on Sunday the fifteenth. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chapin May of New York City were visiting Sister Bertha M. Boomer on the thirteenth. We had to dispose of our four-year-old bull to the butchers. It was a fine animal, half Durham and Jersey and had been raised by our dairy department, but it became so cantankerous that no one wanted to go near it and it was necessary to keep it penned most of the time. Brother Will Fischer decided that St. Patrick's day would be appropriate for the making of sourkrout, so with several assistants they put up a full barrel of krout which we hope will turn out all right. After several weeks of curing it will be processed in half gallon jars for table use during the summer months when it is too warm for growing vegetables. Mrs. Katherine G. Gilmer of Baltimore, Mrs. Julia Home and her daughter Melba of Estero were guests of the Unity on the twenty-second. Brothers Will Fischer and Theodore Naeselius have been cutting down pine trees and hauling in the logs to our mill for sawing into stove wood to meet our requirements for the next six months. We use considerable pine wood in the course of a year for cooking, baking and general heating purposes, and it keeps someone busy week after week to provide this necessary fuel. The mulberry trees are heavily laden with berrie's this year, and for several weeks we have been enjoying this delicious fruit served in various ways. The many birds of numerous variety that live among us also seem to be fond of these berries, and this being their nesting season the days and even the nights are filled with their song and chatter. We have a fair crop of oranges and grapefruit but never enough for our needs. It is possible we may have a few avocados and mangoes this season though our trees have not fully recovered from the effects of the freeze that occurred more than a year ago. Mrs. Marie McConnell, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano and her son Mark. were visiting relatives and friends in the Unity on the twenty-eighth. Several of our folks have been bothered with colds and influenza during the past few weeks, but all are now much better.
By Claude J. Rahn
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A LARGE DELEGATION of Baptist Sunday School students from Arcadia, Wauchula and Fort Myers, visited the Unity on Sunday afternoon, the twenty-second. There were 62 persons in the party, and they seemed to enjoy their walk about the gardens and the talks on Koreshan Universology given at the Art Hall. Many had only vague ideas concerning our beliefs, and expressed themselves as. pleased to obtain first-hand information on the subject. We were glad to have this opportunity to impart our vital truths to so many impressionable minds, which as they go forth touch here and there receptive mentalities that may eventually lead to closer relationships. Mr. Henry Moreland of Fort Myers was a guest of the Unity on the first. Mr. M. W. Strickland in charge of our filling station visited his daughters living in Wauchula on the second. Dr. Charles F. Burgess ordered 1000 young Cajeput trees from our nursery during the month for planting on his Pine Island property. Several of our brothers assisted in the planting of same, which is the largest planting of these trees so far undertaken in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Miller and the former's sister Miss Maud Miller of Baltimore, Md., were visitors to the Unity on the second. Mr. E. E. Whitney representing Washington interests was in Estero on the second trying to locate a suitable tract of land of several thousand acres for a proposed colonization scheme. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pulcifer winter residents of Fort Myers Beach and old friends of the Unity visited us on the fourth, accompanied by Miss Claire Lerch and her brother Mr. Paul Lerch, Dr. and Mrs. Leavenworth and Mrs. Shuttleford all from Cleveland, Ohio. On the sixth Brothers Alien H. Andrews and David J. Richards, also Mr. Harold Thomas of Bonita Springs, motored to Lakeland as part of a motorcade from this section to attend the Taft Highway meeting held in that city. A public hearing was held in the Art Hall on the tenth in connection with the proposed new bridge to be built in Estero to replace the present antiquated oneway structure. Lieut. Col. Earl North, U. S. Army engineer, and Mr. J. E. Edwards, engineer of the State Highway Department were present. There being no objections nor changes suggested to the plans and specifications it is probable that work. will be started in the near future on this much needed improvement. Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. Huntington of Osprey, Florida, prominent advocates of the nudist cult were visitors to the Unity on the twelfth. Brother Henry D. Silverfriend accompanied them on their return to their colony at Osprey for a visit, and returned on. the sixteenth. Mrs. A. L. Camphausen of Fort Myers and Mrs. Ethel Kingsbury of Philadelphia were guests of the Unity on Sunday the fifteenth. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chapin May of New York City were visiting Sister Bertha M. Boomer on the thirteenth. We had to dispose of our four-year-old bull to the butchers. It was a fine animal, half Durham and Jersey and had been raised by our dairy department, but it became so cantankerous that no one wanted to go near it and it was necessary to keep it penned most of the time. Brother Will Fischer decided that St. Patrick's day would be appropriate for the making of sourkrout, so with several assistants they put up a full barrel of krout which we hope will turn out all right. After several weeks of curing it will be processed in half gallon jars for table use during the summer months when it is too warm for growing vegetables. Mrs. Katherine G. Gilmer of Baltimore, Mrs. Julia Home and her daughter Melba of Estero were guests of the Unity on the twenty-second. Brothers Will Fischer and Theodore Naeselius have been cutting down pine trees and hauling in the logs to our mill for sawing into stove wood to meet our requirements for the next six months. We use considerable pine wood in the course of a year for cooking, baking and general heating purposes, and it keeps someone busy week after week to provide this necessary fuel. The mulberry trees are heavily laden with berrie's this year, and for several weeks we have been enjoying this delicious fruit served in various ways. The many birds of numerous variety that live among us also seem to be fond of these berries, and this being their nesting season the days and even the nights are filled with their song and chatter. We have a fair crop of oranges and grapefruit but never enough for our needs. It is possible we may have a few avocados and mangoes this season though our trees have not fully recovered from the effects of the freeze that occurred more than a year ago. Mrs. Marie McConnell, Mrs. Lovelle Ahrano and her son Mark. were visiting relatives and friends in the Unity on the twenty-eighth. Several of our folks have been bothered with colds and influenza during the past few weeks, but all are now much better.
Notes:
See originals in Archives building. Most issues have been photocopied and are bound. These copies are located on the Public Shelf