The Bees Knees

You of course remember that Walter Casimer Zepka, the Polish florist, had a place on Orchard Street, where he grew many of his flowers for his florist business, which was on Victory Street in Adams. Just down the street from St. Stan's. It recently closed after 101 years. If you got my Christmas e-mail on it and didn't hit DELETE you already knew that. It was just past Cherwinski's and across from Alibozek's. The Alibozek in that house was a Petrowski girl. She lived on East Hoosac Street. Do you remember her? Her father worked at G.E. in Pittsfield (this is how older people in Adams talk). Anyway, he died. You hear that a lot also. But did you know that Walter also kept bees?

The Polish Cemetery is also on Orchard Street. It is about two miles from Walter's gardens and bee hives. Two people told me this story at separate times while I was in Adams this weekend so it must be true: this summer as they were lowering Walter into the ground, swarms of his bees showed up for his send off.



Do you remember what Club Bacon's motto is? You can't make up STUFF like this.

Bobby Lemanski Bacon
I married a Zabek girl.
The family lived on Grant Street.