Title:
The Flaming Sword
Pubication Date:
1938/06/00
Object ID:
PA—0163
Additional Notes & Full Text:
Community Current Events - June 1938
By Adah J. Price
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ON SUNDAY, May 1, Mr. Henry Moreland of Fort Myers visited friends in the Unity. He is raising canteloupes for the market, on his place up the Caloosahatchee River. Mr. John Grier, who spent the past winter with Mrs. Lillian Rugg, recently left for Deep River, Iowa, where he will visit friends and relatives during the summer. Mrs. Edith J ohnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who spent the winter in Fort Myers as the guest of Mrs. Camphausen and Miss Lindberg, paid her Unity friends a good-bye visit May 2. She left for the N orth shortly thereafter, going by boat from Tampa to New Orleans. On the evening of May 2, the day previous to the primary election, a caucus was held in the diningroom to determine the persons best qualified for whom to vote. The Unity has voted collectively in the local primaries for the candidates of their choice ever since the location of the Colony here in 1894. , On May 6 Sisters Etta Silverfriend, Bella Armour, Vesta Newcomb and Florence Graham and Brothers Theodore Naeselius and Uurence Bubbett attended the carnival in Edison Park in Fort Myers, held in behalf of the Fort Myers Museum. Brother Theodore furnished some bamboo furniture and novelties and a truck load of nursery plants for the occasion. Sister Rose Gilbert reports a pleasant week-end spent in Everglades with her sister, Mrs. Anna Lewis. She returned Monday, May 9. One of the interesting sights on our grounds just now is the tropical gooseberry tree, its fruit bursting forth like bunches of grapes from its main trunk and branches. It is said the natives in tropical countries use the berries to make a delicious drink. On May 13 Mrs. Alex McKay and Mrs. Hilda Lamb of Lakeland, Florida, were our dinner and overnight guests. We were glad to see them again, and were sorry they could not remain longer . On May .13 Brothers Allen Andrews and Lou H. Staton, with friends from Fort Myers, motored to Key West, returning Sunday evening. They reported an interesting trip all the way, and brought home a sample from the breadfruit tree, said to be the only bearing specimen in the United States. This beautiful tree was brought from the Bahama Islands some eighteen years ago and is now about thirty feet high and laden with green fruit which, when ripe, weighs from eight to ten pounds. At the southeasterly end of one of Key West's streets is located the southernmost house in the United States. On May 13 Brother Arthur Moore made a trip to Bonita Springs to spend the evening with Mr. Harold Thomas, who left the following day for his home in England. Brother Daniel McNamara left on May 17 for St. Petersburg, where he visited Mr. Moses Weaver and other friends. Sunday, May 15, Brothers George Hunt, Charles Hunt and Arthur Moore motO;:red to Fort Myers Beach. They enjoyed a picnic lun~!i, the Gulf breezes, a refreshing swim and a pleasant call on Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pulcifer, who were leaving the next day for their home in Massachusetts. Brother Laurence Bubbett rendered an exquisite violin solo, , "The Palms," by Faure, at our Sunday evening services on May 15. With a visiting delegation of Miami ;Masons on May 18, Mr. Robert Graham of Miami passed through Estero on the way to Fort Myers to attend the Masonic convention. Robert stopped to make a short visit with his mother and sister, Mrs. Ella and Flor.ence Graham. A number of sisters met on the evening of May 21 at the home of Sister Rose Gilbert in honor of Mrs. Maude Brown, who left May 23 for her daughter's home in N ew York. Mrs. Brown expects to be with us again in a few months. The weather during the month has been exceedingly dry, and many fires in the woods had so laden the atmosphere with sm.oke that the sun resembled a fiery ball for two hours bef9re it reached the horizon. Miss Bertie Boomer of Fort Myers spent the week-end with friends at the Unity. On May 25 Mrs. Cora N ewcomb and Miss Margaret N ewcomb of LaBelle visited with friends and relatives. Mrs. Cora Newcomb lived in the Unity for a number of years and always enjoys a return visit. The refreshing showers during this last week in May have been most welcome by both animals and humans. This has been one of the longest droughts we ever have experienced, which has done untold damage to the citrus groves throughout the state. At our Sunday services the selected readings from the writings of KORESH have been ably rendered by .Sister Etta and Brother Henry Silverfriend. The floral decorations arranged by Brother Theodore Naeselius have been very attractive and greatly enjoyed by those present. .Mr. Wm. Lowman of Meadville, Pennsylvania, visited the Unity May 29 and remained for the Sunday evening services. Mr. Lowman has long been a reader of THE SWORD. We hope he enjoyed his visit. This is watermelon season, and needless to say, we have very much enjoyed this luscious treat.
By Adah J. Price
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ON SUNDAY, May 1, Mr. Henry Moreland of Fort Myers visited friends in the Unity. He is raising canteloupes for the market, on his place up the Caloosahatchee River. Mr. John Grier, who spent the past winter with Mrs. Lillian Rugg, recently left for Deep River, Iowa, where he will visit friends and relatives during the summer. Mrs. Edith J ohnson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who spent the winter in Fort Myers as the guest of Mrs. Camphausen and Miss Lindberg, paid her Unity friends a good-bye visit May 2. She left for the N orth shortly thereafter, going by boat from Tampa to New Orleans. On the evening of May 2, the day previous to the primary election, a caucus was held in the diningroom to determine the persons best qualified for whom to vote. The Unity has voted collectively in the local primaries for the candidates of their choice ever since the location of the Colony here in 1894. , On May 6 Sisters Etta Silverfriend, Bella Armour, Vesta Newcomb and Florence Graham and Brothers Theodore Naeselius and Uurence Bubbett attended the carnival in Edison Park in Fort Myers, held in behalf of the Fort Myers Museum. Brother Theodore furnished some bamboo furniture and novelties and a truck load of nursery plants for the occasion. Sister Rose Gilbert reports a pleasant week-end spent in Everglades with her sister, Mrs. Anna Lewis. She returned Monday, May 9. One of the interesting sights on our grounds just now is the tropical gooseberry tree, its fruit bursting forth like bunches of grapes from its main trunk and branches. It is said the natives in tropical countries use the berries to make a delicious drink. On May 13 Mrs. Alex McKay and Mrs. Hilda Lamb of Lakeland, Florida, were our dinner and overnight guests. We were glad to see them again, and were sorry they could not remain longer . On May .13 Brothers Allen Andrews and Lou H. Staton, with friends from Fort Myers, motored to Key West, returning Sunday evening. They reported an interesting trip all the way, and brought home a sample from the breadfruit tree, said to be the only bearing specimen in the United States. This beautiful tree was brought from the Bahama Islands some eighteen years ago and is now about thirty feet high and laden with green fruit which, when ripe, weighs from eight to ten pounds. At the southeasterly end of one of Key West's streets is located the southernmost house in the United States. On May 13 Brother Arthur Moore made a trip to Bonita Springs to spend the evening with Mr. Harold Thomas, who left the following day for his home in England. Brother Daniel McNamara left on May 17 for St. Petersburg, where he visited Mr. Moses Weaver and other friends. Sunday, May 15, Brothers George Hunt, Charles Hunt and Arthur Moore motO;:red to Fort Myers Beach. They enjoyed a picnic lun~!i, the Gulf breezes, a refreshing swim and a pleasant call on Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pulcifer, who were leaving the next day for their home in Massachusetts. Brother Laurence Bubbett rendered an exquisite violin solo, , "The Palms," by Faure, at our Sunday evening services on May 15. With a visiting delegation of Miami ;Masons on May 18, Mr. Robert Graham of Miami passed through Estero on the way to Fort Myers to attend the Masonic convention. Robert stopped to make a short visit with his mother and sister, Mrs. Ella and Flor.ence Graham. A number of sisters met on the evening of May 21 at the home of Sister Rose Gilbert in honor of Mrs. Maude Brown, who left May 23 for her daughter's home in N ew York. Mrs. Brown expects to be with us again in a few months. The weather during the month has been exceedingly dry, and many fires in the woods had so laden the atmosphere with sm.oke that the sun resembled a fiery ball for two hours bef9re it reached the horizon. Miss Bertie Boomer of Fort Myers spent the week-end with friends at the Unity. On May 25 Mrs. Cora N ewcomb and Miss Margaret N ewcomb of LaBelle visited with friends and relatives. Mrs. Cora Newcomb lived in the Unity for a number of years and always enjoys a return visit. The refreshing showers during this last week in May have been most welcome by both animals and humans. This has been one of the longest droughts we ever have experienced, which has done untold damage to the citrus groves throughout the state. At our Sunday services the selected readings from the writings of KORESH have been ably rendered by .Sister Etta and Brother Henry Silverfriend. The floral decorations arranged by Brother Theodore Naeselius have been very attractive and greatly enjoyed by those present. .Mr. Wm. Lowman of Meadville, Pennsylvania, visited the Unity May 29 and remained for the Sunday evening services. Mr. Lowman has long been a reader of THE SWORD. We hope he enjoyed his visit. This is watermelon season, and needless to say, we have very much enjoyed this luscious treat.