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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
12
A New York man runs a rooftop farm atop an eleven story building using an electric refrigerator for humidity and shelves made from egg crates. He orders four tons of earth, ships soil in sacks, and grows over 50 plant varieties while balancing life with his wife and building management.
Peyton Church of Princeton became a local hero when he calmed a huge swarm of bees perched on a downtown building. He secured the wrists of his clothing, borrowed a ladder, and used a stick to guide the angry swarm into a cardboard enclosure as thousands watched.
A churchyard swarm lands at a local church and is clamped inside the building without anyone getting stung. No source of the bees is known, but townsfolk say Church might handle them as he wishes.
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