George Jorgenson of Norfolk, Virginia: "I invented an automatic child-spanker"
The descriptor "automatic" isn't quite accurate. Jorgenson's gadget, patented in July, is still operated by (presumably) a parent. What makes this device different and "safer" is that it's a hinged paddle that breaks in the middle if the parent applies too much force. The idea came about over Jorgenson's concerns that he might actually harm his son. For a demonstration, Jorgenson's son Bobby comes out -- and paddles his father! Sure enough, the paddle gives way.
Mrs Knight from Interlaken, New York: "I milked Elsie the Cow"
In fact, Mrs Knight earned the honor of being Elsie's personal milkmaid for a month due to her outstanding 4-H service. Elsie was originally a cartoon cow, created in 1936 as a mascot of the Borden Dairy Company. The first living Elsie was introduced in 1939 at the New York World's Fair. At one point, Borden was the largest dairy company in the nation, thanks in some degree to the Elsie character. Canonically, Elsie is married to Elmer the Bull, the mascot of Elmer's Products. That's the company known primarily for their adhesives, especially their children's glue. Through various business acquisitions and divestitures, both companies still exist today in name, still using their legacy cartoon characters. As is typical, Mrs Knight's first name is never mentioned. It's Ann.
Special guest Edward Arnold pays Garry back for all the rotten things he's done to the panel in 1953.
This bit of reviving a handful of old secrets would be used often through the show's run. However, we're not quite sure what's going on with this one. Garry is first tasked with solving the secret, with Arnold acting as host, because it's the panelists who know what's about to happen. What happens next, at least on the surviving kinescope, is something colleague Marshall Akers describes as "chaotic." As he puts it, "In quick succession, Garry notices that the red light behind his desk is flashing, Jayne starts to reveal the secret to "Garrison Morfit..." and suddenly the camera cuts to Garry with pie cream all over his face." We have two logical possibilities. One is that the meat of this secret was edited out of the original kinescope, perhaps to be used at some later date for a highlights show. The other is that they really did run out of time, and instead of a lengthy segment involving a variety of secrets, they only had time for a quick pie to the face, which itself wasn't caught by the director in time. We sort of favor the second explanation (Garry had also mentioned even before the segment started that they had a "time problem") but we may never know for sure.
This episode has been viewed in the Library of Congress but is not generally available to the public.