The Plant

Dedication Ceremony

The plant dedication ceremony was held on June 6, 1968, and Henry Ford II, the Chairman of Ford, was in attendance.

C9 Sh5 B3 F3 2a - Press Conference
Photograph showing a press conference at the Ford St. Thomas Assembly Plant on the occasion of the Plant Dedication ceremony, June 6, 1968. Shown at the head table are, from left to right, Marvin T. Runyon, Plant Manager; Semon Knudsen, President of Ford Motor Company in the United States; Henry Ford II, Chairman, Ford Motor Company; and Karl E. Scott, President, Ford of Canada. Labelled microphones indicate the event was broadcast via television/ radio stations CFRB, Toronto; CFPL, London; and CHLO, St. Thomas.

C9 Sh5 B3 F3 3a - Henry Ford II
Photograph showing Henry Ford II, Chairman, Ford Motor Company, right, arriving at the Ford St. Thomas Assembly Plant dedication ceremony, June 6, 1968, accompanied by Plant Manager Marvin T. Runyon, left.

C9 Sh5 B3 F3 3d - Henry Ford II
Photograph showing Ford signing the plant guest book, June 6, 1968.

C8 Sh4 B2 F1 87 - Dedication At Ford
Photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published June 6, 1968 with caption: "Dedication At Ford- Henry Ford II, chairman of the board of the Ford Motor Company, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the St. Thomas Assembly Plant of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, Thursday morning."

C9 Sh5 B3 F3 4d - Plaque Unveiling
Photograph showing the plaque unveiling at the Ford St. Thomas Assembly Plant dedication ceremony, June 6, 1968. This image shows from left, Marvin T. Runyon, Plant Manager; Stanley J. Randall, Ontario Minister of Trade and Development; Senator Paul Martin Sr., Minister Without Portfolio (Leader of the Government in the Senate); Henry Ford II, Chairman, Ford Motor Company; Karl E. Scott, President, Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited.

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