Title:
The Flaming Sword
Pubication Date:
1942/08/00
Object ID:
PA—0277
Additional Notes & Full Text:
COMMUNITY CURRENT EVENTS
AUGUST 1942
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OH! FOR THE GOOD old pre-war days when one could lie abed at least until sun-up without being rudely awakened by the tolling, or rather ringing, of a bell, which sounds more like a dirge at that hour of the morning, telling us it is. time to arise and start another day, although our sense of timing tells us it is only 5:30, Uncle Sam notwithstanding. Well, we drag ourselves out of bed and into the rocker for a rest before finding the courage to face another long, hot day in sunny Florida, and as we watch the sun make its daily climb from behind the eastern horizon up to the zenith and then down the western slope we vaguely wonder whether we shall be able to keep our eyes open until it makes its spectacular setting, not at the usual time, but what seems to be indicated as our bedtime, and so all unwittingly our good old Uncle Sam does us out of several hours sleep per day, since one cannot very well retire for the night while the sun is still high in the heavens.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lewis of Everglades and Mrs. Lillian Rugg were dinner guests of the Unity on Sunday, June 28.
Now that the rains and hot weather are upon us we haven't much energy with which to run down the news.
As July 4th is not celebrated with much enthusiasm in the South., those of us who originally hail from the North found it more enjoyable—with the thermometer registering in the 90's—to take things as easy as possible and be grateful for the usual treat of ice cream for supper.
On Sunday the 5th, Miss Lydia Pierce and Mrs. A. L. Camphausen arrived from Fort Myers, in time for supper, bringing with them a goodly supply of ice cream which had a very pleasant and cooling effect on the whole family.
We now have our noses buried in mangoes, so to speak, it being the beginning of the season. To be able to eat one of the common varieties, without needing a bath, also the services of a dentist, is, indeed, an art in itself. Fortunately we are able to procure some of the better varieties which can be sliced and eaten with more comfort and dignity.
We are also enjoying some delicious sapotas which Sister Edith Trebell so generously brings to us from time to time. This fruit beside being deliciously sweet, has another flavor or quality such as the writer has never before encountered in anything edible. The nearest I can come to describing it would be sweetened quinine burned to a crisp.
Sister Rose Gilbert is recuperating her energies at Miami Beach where she went on July 12 as the guest of Mr. and Mrs,. F. S. Lewis of Everglades.
On July 16 Mrs. Julia Home and Bobbie Home of Tice, Florida; Miss Alice Coburn from Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Edward Hendry of Fort Myers, called on Estero friends. A. H. Andrews left on Friday the 17th for Miami. Sister Florence Graham accompanied him to spend a few days with her relatives there. They returned Monday the 20th.
While enjoying a vacation at Miami Beach Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lewis, very generously remembered their less fortunate friends at the Unity with a treat of ice cream, which we enjoyed on the 18th. Weather being what it is, these ice cream treats are all the more acceptable.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnel of Tampa arrived Saturday the 18th to spend the weekend with parents and friends at the Unity.
0n Sunday the 19th we had as dinner guests, Miss Meta Monsees and Henry Moreland of Fort Myers, also Mrs. Lillian Rugg of Estero.
Sisters Etta Silverfriend and Ella Graham returned on the 21st from Savannah, Missouri, where they had been for several weeks for medical treatment. They report having had difficulty in securing food on the train on account of so many service men being on the move. However we are glad to report they arrived right side up and none the worse for their experience, except for their being tired and hungry.
On Saturday the 25th, there was a, duck-picking at our good friend's (Mrs. Lillian Rugg) home to which members of the Unity were invited. Result of said picking was a very delicious duck dinner on Sunday, which was much appreciated. Mrs. Rugg and Mr. Rowland were our dinner guests on this occasion.
With the thermometer registering in the 90's day after day I fondly go back in retrospect to youthful 'days when at school we took such melancholy delight in reading or droning that good old poem by Thomas Hood, beginning:
"I remember, I remember the house where I was born;
The little window where the sun came peeping in at morn.
It never came a wink too soon, nor brought too long a, day,
But now I often wish the night had borne my soul away."
Did the sun rise as early in those days,—was it as hot as now,—or does youth make all that difference?
Sister Rose Gilbert returned on the 26th from her vacation, looking very well, indeed.
Mrs. Cora Newcomb arrived by bus on the 26th. to visit with friends at the Unity.
AUGUST 1942
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OH! FOR THE GOOD old pre-war days when one could lie abed at least until sun-up without being rudely awakened by the tolling, or rather ringing, of a bell, which sounds more like a dirge at that hour of the morning, telling us it is. time to arise and start another day, although our sense of timing tells us it is only 5:30, Uncle Sam notwithstanding. Well, we drag ourselves out of bed and into the rocker for a rest before finding the courage to face another long, hot day in sunny Florida, and as we watch the sun make its daily climb from behind the eastern horizon up to the zenith and then down the western slope we vaguely wonder whether we shall be able to keep our eyes open until it makes its spectacular setting, not at the usual time, but what seems to be indicated as our bedtime, and so all unwittingly our good old Uncle Sam does us out of several hours sleep per day, since one cannot very well retire for the night while the sun is still high in the heavens.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lewis of Everglades and Mrs. Lillian Rugg were dinner guests of the Unity on Sunday, June 28.
Now that the rains and hot weather are upon us we haven't much energy with which to run down the news.
As July 4th is not celebrated with much enthusiasm in the South., those of us who originally hail from the North found it more enjoyable—with the thermometer registering in the 90's—to take things as easy as possible and be grateful for the usual treat of ice cream for supper.
On Sunday the 5th, Miss Lydia Pierce and Mrs. A. L. Camphausen arrived from Fort Myers, in time for supper, bringing with them a goodly supply of ice cream which had a very pleasant and cooling effect on the whole family.
We now have our noses buried in mangoes, so to speak, it being the beginning of the season. To be able to eat one of the common varieties, without needing a bath, also the services of a dentist, is, indeed, an art in itself. Fortunately we are able to procure some of the better varieties which can be sliced and eaten with more comfort and dignity.
We are also enjoying some delicious sapotas which Sister Edith Trebell so generously brings to us from time to time. This fruit beside being deliciously sweet, has another flavor or quality such as the writer has never before encountered in anything edible. The nearest I can come to describing it would be sweetened quinine burned to a crisp.
Sister Rose Gilbert is recuperating her energies at Miami Beach where she went on July 12 as the guest of Mr. and Mrs,. F. S. Lewis of Everglades.
On July 16 Mrs. Julia Home and Bobbie Home of Tice, Florida; Miss Alice Coburn from Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Edward Hendry of Fort Myers, called on Estero friends. A. H. Andrews left on Friday the 17th for Miami. Sister Florence Graham accompanied him to spend a few days with her relatives there. They returned Monday the 20th.
While enjoying a vacation at Miami Beach Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Lewis, very generously remembered their less fortunate friends at the Unity with a treat of ice cream, which we enjoyed on the 18th. Weather being what it is, these ice cream treats are all the more acceptable.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McConnel of Tampa arrived Saturday the 18th to spend the weekend with parents and friends at the Unity.
0n Sunday the 19th we had as dinner guests, Miss Meta Monsees and Henry Moreland of Fort Myers, also Mrs. Lillian Rugg of Estero.
Sisters Etta Silverfriend and Ella Graham returned on the 21st from Savannah, Missouri, where they had been for several weeks for medical treatment. They report having had difficulty in securing food on the train on account of so many service men being on the move. However we are glad to report they arrived right side up and none the worse for their experience, except for their being tired and hungry.
On Saturday the 25th, there was a, duck-picking at our good friend's (Mrs. Lillian Rugg) home to which members of the Unity were invited. Result of said picking was a very delicious duck dinner on Sunday, which was much appreciated. Mrs. Rugg and Mr. Rowland were our dinner guests on this occasion.
With the thermometer registering in the 90's day after day I fondly go back in retrospect to youthful 'days when at school we took such melancholy delight in reading or droning that good old poem by Thomas Hood, beginning:
"I remember, I remember the house where I was born;
The little window where the sun came peeping in at morn.
It never came a wink too soon, nor brought too long a, day,
But now I often wish the night had borne my soul away."
Did the sun rise as early in those days,—was it as hot as now,—or does youth make all that difference?
Sister Rose Gilbert returned on the 26th from her vacation, looking very well, indeed.
Mrs. Cora Newcomb arrived by bus on the 26th. to visit with friends at the Unity.