It was the custom of Glendale Mills to celebrate
with their employees and their families, along with the community
at large, two special holidays of the year, Christmas and the Fourth of July.
On July 4th week, we observed the holiday with
fun and frolic at the Glendale ball park which was located about a quarter
mile above the village on the Glendale-Country Club road. The ladies, as
well as the men, played baseball. We had the sock hop, the greasy pig chase,
giving a reward to the one who caught and held the pig. Then there was a
greasy pole with a twenty dollar bill waiting at the top for the person who
conquered the grease to claim the prize.
One year we had a “womanless” women’s basket
ball game among the men in the new gymnasium. That was a top notch show with
the “women” being real humdingers as you will agree after seeing the picture.
Our purpose was to give the employees and their families a real
feeling of belonging and to make them proud to be a part of the larger
family of Glendale Mills.
