The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-07-02
ore than 1000 Pangborn employ

jammed Braddock Heights Park Sat
urday morning, afternoon and eve
ming, to take part in the 1853 Pang-
born Employees Picnic After a
day filled with games, contests, kids
rides, bowling, skating, swimming,
dancing and the awarding Of hun
dreds of prizes, the affair was pro-
nounced a rousing success.
The Pangborn picnic theme for
1853 was "the old-fashioned family
style picnic" complete with peanut
scrambles, watermelon eating con
tests, three-legged races and rolling
pin throwing contests for house
wives. One Of the feature events
was a Guess What's In the Pang-
born Pie" contest, won by Preston
Nitzell, who received a beautiful
DuraluX electric percolator for
guessing breakfast cereal (Kellogg's
Sugar Corn Pops.
Most Pangborn families arrived in
mid-morning and brought picnic
lunches. Plenty of soft drinks and
ice cream were con the house"
Strips of tickets given to each en-
ployee before hand also provided
! free car parking and free rides on
| Merry Col Round, Ferris Wheel, boat
ride, ponies and Mountain Railroad
for all the children.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bell won the
Dance Elimination contest; the prize
was an 18-piece Cattaraugus cutlery
set and a Swing Away ice crusher
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Hornbraker won
Duralux electric percolator and a
Swing Away ice crusher for the
Lucky Spot Dance, and Bonnie Hart
le and Helen Kline won an electric
percolator and a General Electric
steam iron for the Lucky Spot in
roller skating.
More than $500 worth of gifts
were awarded throughout the day.
/ Other adult contest winners includ-
ed: Mems High Bowling Score, Yer
non Krouse (Pak-a-robe stadium
blanke) and r. Spigler (Swing-
Away ice crusher); Ladies High
Bowling Score. Lagarda Spigler
! (Pak-a-robe stadium blanket) and
Leila Spessard (singing teakettle)
Clothes Pin Race, Alice Munson and
Donald Duffey two Faribault wool
en- blankets) and Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
Ruth Cutlery sets; Lucky Golf
Putt, J. Shuman (Pak-a-robe stadi-
UNI blanket) and E. Finnniff, Jr.,
(ice crusher); Rolling Pin Throw for
Housewives, Mrs E. Everhart Gen
eral Electric steam from; and Mrs.
Lynn (singing teakettle); Mems
Baseball Throw, d. d. Hoffman
| (Pak-a-robe stadium blankeD and
Bill King Cutlery set); Ladies Base
ball Throw, Joan Sprecher General
Electric steam from and Helen Mos
er Cutlery seD; Mems Softball Toss,
j. Cook (Fairbault wooden blanket)
and Don Gaylor electric bean pot) ;
Ladies Softball Toss, Mrs. Itnyre q.
/ Shepherd Parrish salad bowl set)
and Mrs. j. Cook linking bowl set)
In the 1916 year old group, prize
winners included: Boys Bag Race,
Jimmy Kline and Norman Lee Nay
Tor (fish rod and reel and softball
bait; Girls Bag Race, Betty Norris
and Virginia Spigler Emusic box and
perfume atomizer); Boys Balloon
Blowing Contest, John Aushernan
and Ronald SCHUYLER, (fish rod and
reel and softball bait; Girls Balloon
Blowing, Janet Taylor and Maxine
Robinson Emusic box and perfume
atomizer); Shoe Scramble jeanne
Spigler and Carlene Bowers (base-
balls); Boys Spoon Race, Danny
/ Wagner and Ronald SCHUYLER fish
rod and reel and softball bat); Girls
Spoon Race, Virginia Spigler and
Jean Blickenstaff Emusic box and
perfume atomizer); Boys Orange
Eating Contest, Jimmy Tarner and
Tom Watson (fish rod and reel and
softball bat); Girls Orange Eating
Contest, Virginia SpigIer and Judy
Dysert Emusic box and perfume at
omizer); Plate and Bean Contest,
Ronald SCHUYLER and Norman Lee
Naylor (Ansco camera and underwa-
ter swim mask; Balloon Batting
Contest, Virginia Spig1er and Janet
Spigler open and pencil set and
basebalD; Baseball Throw, Ronald
SCHUYLER and Tom Watson baseball
glove, baseball and softbalD; Soft
ball Toss, Ronald SCHUYLER and DON
aid Johnston baseball glove, base
ball and softbalD; Girls Softball
Toss, Norma Jane Messner and Janet
Taylor Eastman Kodak camera and
pen and pencil set);
In the 8-12 year old group, win
ners included: Girls Spoon Race,
Carolyn Fritz (ukelele); Boys Crab