SEWARD — Tim Cartwright showed up to Seward's Fourth of July celebration with one goal in mind: to award the winner of the semiquincentennial apple pie eating contest a special shirt adorned with a news clipping about his own win 50 years prior. In 1976, Cartwright was the bicentennial champion, winning the contest three years straight. Tim Cartwright won Seward's Fourth of July apple pie eating contest three years in a row, including in 1976.