User talk:Flbocephus

Please explain in detail: "Ambiguity concerning Florida Bible Institute and Florida College (two unrelated educational institutions) corrected. Misinformation concerning Lee Warren Boswell deleted"

The Temple Terrace Preservation Society is maintaining this site and we believe the information to be accurate as stated.

Explanation: Article as stated leads a reader to conclude that Florida Bible Institute BECAME Florida College. IT DID NOT! Florida Bible Institute vacated the land in Temple Terrace, and in 1944 or 1945 the NEW Florida Christian College Board bought the property to form a completely new institution. Your incorrect version of the article even states "Florida Bible Institute, which owned the property now occupied by Florida College..." I believe I used every significant word of your article in my edit; I just rearranged them so the article could be factually correct. It is always problematic for Florida College that people mistakenly believe Billy Graham attended Florida College, which he did not (problematic because Florida College opposes much of Billy Graham's doctrine as apostate to clear Bible teaching). Your article would be much improved if it had a section for "Florida Bible Institute", separate from "Florida College."

Secondly, it is a fact that Lee Warren Boswell did NOT ever teach at Florida College (he was a charter member of the Board of Directors, but was not qualified to teach as he had only attained a high school diploma), he did NOT sell his Monarch Markets to George Jenkins (he and George Jenkins were friends, and when Lee Boswell DISSOLVED Monarch Markets in the 1940s, Mr. Jenkins kindly bought his unsold goods for his Publix stores, already in business in Lakeland as well as his original store in Winter Haven--see Wikipedia article on Publix), and Mr. Jenkins did NOT "...then founded Publix Supermarkets..." (Mr. Jenkins started Publix in 1930 in Winter Haven, and expanded the store to Lakeland in 1940, yes, with Mr. Boswell's help in securing store locations.) You can verify all this information with Mr. Boswell's daughter, Janelle Boswell Owen, a Temple Terrace resident. Flbocephus (talk) 04:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Florida College
I am fine with your revision regarding Florida Bible Institute. I just didn't want the Temple Terrace piece to turn into an advertisment for Trinity College. Whether Florida College or Florida Bible Institute most important to me is the fact that Graham received his calling in Temple Terrace, on the 18th green of the TTG & CC.

Please add a section on Florida Bible Institute if you are so inclined.

The information about Boswell and Publix and Monarch came from Florida College, I think Bob Owen mentioned this at the recent Boswell Hall dedication. As I recall, he said that Boswell sold Monarch Market to Jenkins which later became Publix. I'm not disputing your account, just telling you where I heard it. I believe Bob Owen is Janelle's husband? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.223.131.174 (talk) 18:09, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments... I would not want to advertise for anyone on the Temple Terrace article, and I had accepted that the article was not so out of line as it stood, but I do believe this clears a small misconception many people have; yes, Billy Graham attended school in Temple Terrace, and credited the location of his call to Temple Terrace; no, he didn't attend Florida College. I was not present at the Boswell Hall dedication, and did not hear Bob Owen's comments; however, I did verify the inaccuracy with his wife, Janelle Owen, before removing it. Lee Boswell was a great Floridian, and probably deserves his own Wikipedia article, but his connection with Temple Terrace is only through Florida College, and as a founding and long-serving board member. Thanks again. Flbocephus (talk) 17:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)