This is the year Cummins Wagner became an ESOP
1985
The name of the town and the state where the main B&G factory resides
Morton Grove, IL
How Buddy the Elf answers the phone in the movie “Elf”
Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color
What Rudolph the red nose reindeer was excluded from as a young calf
Playing in any reindeer games
120 miles to this city of brotherly love
Philadelphia PA
The first names of the founders of Cummins-Wagner
Chub & Charlie
The name of the B&G training school
The Little Red Schoolhouse
The city where the McCallisters are going on vacation to when they leave Kevin behind in the film “Home Alone”
Paris
The present you would expect on the seventh day of Christmas
Seven Swans a swimming
140 miles to the capital of Virginia
Richmond VA
This is what the acronym ESOP stands for
Employee Stock Option Program
The full name of a Bell & Gossett pump that is abbreviated NRF
The New Red Fox
The effect of a bell ringing in the film “It’s A Wonderful Life”
An Angel gets it wings
It's a swell time to do this activity during jingle bell time
Go Ridin’ (or glidin’) in a one-horse sleigh
390 miles to the city with the greatest football team and a great spot for wings
Buffalo NY
Cummins Wagner’s previous president/CEO before Doug took over in 2006 (an employee of the year award is given out that is dedicated in his name)
Joe Ford
The tissue of a plant that sucks up water through the roots
The Xylem
The amount of ghosts that visit Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol”
4
What Frosty the Snowman’s nose is made out of
A button
505 miles to the home of Skyline Chili
Cincinnati OH
The 4 required “A’s” of our employee owners
Aptitude, Attitude, Accuracy, and Accountability
The engineer that worked for Bell & Gossett in the 1950s-1970s who discovered/invented hydronic principals such as the “Point of no Pressure change” and “primary secondary pumping”
Gil Carlson
The name of the neighbors in “A Christmas Story” whose hounds at the Christmas turkey
The Bumpuses
A name for a snowman we can build according to the song “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”
Parson Brown
690 miles to the Grand Ole Opry
Nashville TN