Beekeeper Follows His Bees To Kodiak
A producer of bees in California
followed the course of his product
and has come to Alaska, his first
trip this far north.
Harry Whitcombe, from Davis,
California, a commercial beekeep
er, has been shipping packages of
bees to various cities in Alaska
for many years. Most of his pro
duct, Alaska-wise, has gone to Fair
banks. In more recent years he
has been shipping to Anchorage
and the Matanuska valley and Ko
diak. George Cornelius has had
several shipments from him as has
Daniel Boone Reed at Uganik.
Whitcome does not raise bees
for their product. Marketing of
honey he leaves to those who pur
chase his bees. Bees, he said, are
used for polination at nurseries.
Most of his bees going to cold
areas, he said, are destroyed prior
to winter, and new shipments are
purchased the following spring.
This is to avoid the cost of feeding
thrhoughout the winter.
Expanding the bee business into
Alaska was largely due to Whit
combe’s supplying the bees for
Sears, Roebuck & Co. trade.
His trip up here, he said, was not
to drum up business, as he has
more than he can care for now. But
he became curious about Alaska,
and the people he has been writing
to from time to time. He left yes
terday for Uganik Bay, where he
will spend a few days with Daniel
Boone Reed and his wife, Nan. On
a sort of busman’s holiday. Whit
combe will return here, returning
to California later via Homer,
Anchorage, Palmer, to Fairbanks
on the Alaska Railroad.
Whitcombe’s Enterprises has
been written up in Reader’s Rigest,
American Magazine, and Saturday
Evening Post and other publica
tions. Though he doesn’t carry on
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the bee operation as extensively as
he did before, he still keeps his
hand in it, he said. He is now in
construction. There again, he said,
it is hard to keep up with the de
mand.
Whitcombe has done a little fly
ing also. He was president of a fly
ing farmers club in California; he
flew shipments of bees to various
areas. “Jets are not for me,” he
said in answer to the suggestion he
could fly from Fairbanks by the
fast jets. “I like the secure feeling
of a Connie or a DC3,” he said.
He sees possibilities for Kodiak
for bee raising. The fireweed, he
said, gives the honey an excellent
flavor. He spoke to a group of in
terested people Wednesday even
ing. and gave pointers on beekeep
ing.
Ceylon To Kodiak
Visiting Kodiak is the Rev. Lloyd
Perera, the “Ceylonese Evangelist.
He is conducting special services
at the Assembly of God Church on
Mission Road.
The evangelist was raised a Bud
dhist, but converted to Christian
ity, according to the pastor of the
Church, Rev. Wm. Cummins. He is
a graduate of St. Peters College
in Ceylon. He has travelled for the
past year in many countries of the
world, including Australia, India,
Africa, Germany, England, Hol
land. He has been travelling
throughout the U. S. since 1958.
Rev. Rerera has been conducting
services here since Oct. 3, and will
continue until Oct. 15, telling his
experiences, and appearing nightly
in the many native costumes he has
with him.
Services begin nightly at 7:30.
All are welcome. The Church is lo
cated at 195 Mission Road.
DEADLINE NEXT WEEK
FOR HYMN POLL ENTRY
Oct. 10 has been designed as the
deadline for sending in a ballot on
the National Newspaper Hymn
Poll, sponsored by the Christian
Herald.
Over 50,000 newspaper readers
have voted for their favorite hymns
in the Poll. “The Old Rugged
Cross” was leading by a wide mar
gin, with “How Great Thou Art” in
second place.
Readers votes should be sent to
Audience Analysts, Bala-Cynwyd,
Pa.
SNOWED
The New Hampshire planning
and development commission is
stuck with a couple of barrels of
snow, taken from the top of Mount
Washington. The snow was re
quested for a maple sugar-on-snow
celebration in Florida. But the cele
bration was canceled and the snow
is still under refrigeration at
Nashua, New Hampshire.
St. James
The Fisherman
Episcopal Church
19th Sunday after Trinity
Church School 9:45 a. m.
NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Guild: 2nd Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Christian Science
Society
Sunday School.9:30 a.m.
Sunday Service .... 11:00 a. m.
Testimony Meeting .. 4th Wed.
8:00 pja.
Reading Room.Wed.
7-8 p.m.
Located on Shelikoff
near Cope St
PTA Meeting
Next Thursday
New officers will be installed at
the next meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association to be held at
the high school, Thursday, Oct. 12,
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Following the meeting, parents
will have an opportunity of visit
ing the classrooms.
KODIAK PUBLIC
SCHOOL
MENU
Oct. 9 - 13
MONDAY — Spanish Rice with
Ham, Buttered Peas, Apricots,
Bread, Butter, Milk.
TUESDAY — Vegetable Beef
Stew, Buttered Corn, Pears, Bread,
Butter, Milk.
WEDNESDAY — Barbecued
Hamburger, Macaroni Salad, Fruit
ed Jello, Chocolate Milk.
Church of God
6th & I Streets
Fred Mamalaff, Pastor
Sunday School.10 ajn.
Morning Worship.11 ajn.
Evening Service .... 7:30 pjn.
Mid Week Service ... 7:30 pjn.
Wednesday
Listen To Christian Brotherhood
Hour, Station KHAR, 590 kilo
cycles, 8 a. m. Sunday
THURSDAY — Chili Con Carne,
Coleslaw, Hot Buttered Com Bread,
Applesauce, Milk.
FRIDAY — Tuna Salad Sand
wich, Hot Buttered Vegetables,
Fruit, Cake, Milk.
Turkey Rice Soup for High School.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
Worship Service 10:45 A. M.
Meeting each Sunday morning
in the Old City Hall Bldg.
For Information call 487—5846
Kodiak Assembly
of God Church
Mission Road
Pastor Wm. L. Cummins
Phone 486—2491
"Not By Might, Nor By Power,
But By My Spirit, Salth the
Lord of Hosts.”
SERVICE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
Sunday School.10:00 am.
Morning Worship ... 11:00am.
Christ’s Ambassadors 6:30 pm.
Evangelistic Service .. 7:30 pm.
TUESDAY
Women's Prayer
Meeting.2:00 pm
WEDNESDAY
Prayer A Bible Study 7:30 pm.
FRIDAY
Youth Meeting.7:00 pm
Prayer Meeting.8:30 p. m.1
SATURDAY
Missionettes.2:00 p. m.
Berean Baptist Church
REV. CLETIS LEVERETT, PASTOR
L. B. LINDSEY, S. S. SUPERINTENDENT
A Bible Believing Baptist Chureh with
a Real Concern for Souls of Men.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00
EVENING SERVICE 7.-00
PRAYER MEETING (Wed.) 7:30
“For the Word of God and the
Testimony of Jesus Christ.”
The Community Baptist Church
Rev. Lewit White
“The Big White Church on the Hill"
Sunday School—8:45 a an.
Morning Worship—11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups—6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship—7:80 pan.
Mid Week Serviee—7:30 p.m. Wednesday
‘HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE”
KODIAK DIRECTORY
KODIAK
EMBLEM
CLUB
Ne. 187
Meets 1st A 3rd
Thursday at
8 p.m. at the
Elks dub
KODIAK LODGE NO. 1772 BPOE
¥ Meets every Friday
evening
at 8:30 p.m.
Visiting Membeis Welcome
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
Hours of Business
Monday thru Friday, 8 am to 6 pm
Saturday, 0 am to 12 noon
Sundays and Holidays, Closed
Wires may be filed during the
closed office hours by dialing 110.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Regular iforingn 1st and M
Tuesdays, 8 pju.,
at the VTW Hall.
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WOMEN’S CLUB
Business Meeting—1st Monday at
7:30 p.m.
Dinner Meeting—3rd Mm day at
7:00 p.m. at Island Fountain.
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Phone 486—5173