Ford Graphic. Royal Visit to Ford, Monday, October 15, 1951 Ford Motor Company of Canada
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University of Windsor Scholarship at UWindsor SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive 1951 Ford Graphic. Royal Visit to Ford, Monday, October 15, 1951 Ford Motor Company of Canada Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/swoda-windsor-region Part of the Canadian History Commons Recommended Citation Ford Motor Company of Canada, "Ford Graphic. Royal Visit to Ford, Monday, October 15, 1951" (1951). SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications. 62. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/swoda-windsor-region/62 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive at Scholarship at UWindsor. It has been accepted for inclusion in SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholarship at UWindsor. For more information, please contact [email protected]. __, ~.h: ~~rhank You • Eoeryone" A M-e From Ford of CtiiUJda'a Frea«Unt-Rhll• M. &J. "There wer·e many wonderful things about tho Royal Viall to Ford of Canada Octobu 15, bat nothing wae more gratif,-lng than the ma piJieent dbpla)' of teamwork by all employee& ell gaged In the preparations, and the very obvious pride of all em ployees whleh wae r~fteeted throughout the plants and every where on our property. ''Their Royal Hlghneaees must have carried away with them a strong Impression not only of a tidy, well-run plant, but of the loyalty and aft'eellon of aU our thousands of employeea. "I want to express, through the medium of Ford Graphic, mY heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the oucuss of the great ~vent. The central com mittee is deserving of our special gralllude for the faullles. plan ning and unceasing ell'ort they put into the a rranremento, and the greatest eredit Ia due to tlle entire otaft' of the maintenance engineerinr sub-division who played auch " major role in ear rying out the pbyoieal detail& t'Thank you, everyone." The Mayor Demonstrates Model Fords, -- Gifts to Their Children. Pqe Two FORD GRAPHIC October 20, lUI These Were First Glimpses Windsorites Had of Princess WINDSORJTES HAD THEIR FIRST LOOK at the Princess and Duke of FIRST WINDSOR CITIZEN to be presented to Their Royal Highnesses was Edinburgh 118 they emerged from the Royal train at the Ford dockl!ide area October Mayor Arthur J. Reaume, seen shaJ<ing bands with Princess Elizabeth. Ron. Paul 15. A platform with a wide stairway wu specially built so Their Royal Highnesses Martin, minister of health and welfare, second fr om left, travelled with the Royal could walk easily from the lrnin to the civic reception area. party and presented Mayor Reaume to the Royal couple. ! { l INSPECTION OF THE GUARD OF HONOR drawn up in front of the Ford of sailors in the Windsor garrison reserve force, and included many Ford emplo)·ees. The Canada sand pile was the first oflkial action of Her Royal Highness and the Duke of Duke of Edinburgh is seen walking behind the Princess with Cmdr. W. A. Wilkinson, Edinburgh in Windsor. The Princess was accompanied by Lieut. Terence Tarleton, R.C.N.(R) inspecting the naval contingent from H.M.C.S. Hunter. Navy and arm)· R.C.N.(R) on her review of the color guard, which was composed of 96 soldiers and bands were also out for the welcome to Their Royal Highnesses. October 20, 1961 FORD GI!.APRIC Page Three Elizabeth Duplicates Parental Signing of City Register 1 Sunny Sky, Cheering Crowd Greet Royal Pair at Ford Ford of Canada and its em that the Princess and Duke had had ployees played he>st to Their Royal the most gruelling day of their Highnesses Princess Eli~abeth and entire tour, everyone made certain the Duke of Edinburgh on Mon they would not be awakened. day, October 15, a nd it was a gala day in the company's history. Did Not See Skyline Five special railway cars were lt wa~ a fine, summery moOn-lit moved onto the dockside spur at night.. Belle Isle was aglow with Plant I at about 12.35 a.m., a little light. The colored fountain was more than an ho'Ur late. By nine never more beautiful and the o'clock the crowd on Sandwieh schooner J. T. Wing, gay with street had reached such proportions naval flags, was floo d-lit. Some 65 that city police were summoned. searchlights played on the skyline Motor traffic had been diverted via of Detroit, silhouet ting the big Drouillard and Strabane to Wyan skyscrapers. dotte, but no attempt was made to A broad boardwalk had been laid stop pedestrians -from entering the from the train to a lookout plat area. By 11 o'clock the crowd was form on the river's edge, and bin so great police feared it might be oculars had been placed :~t hand impossible to dear the way for the in the hope the Royal eouple might Royal trsin, and firemen were have an opportunity to get their called to help erect rope barriers. first glimpse of the skyline of a big American city. But sleep was Cheers Quic.kly Subdued more important to them than sight By the time the train did arrive, seeing after the long day's ordeal. some of the onle>okers hnd grown Quiet Reigned weary and left for borne and bed, but scores took their places. There Gradually the crowd thinned and was a momentary eheer when the disappeared, as it became certain Royal cars passed through, but po the Royal visitors were asleep. lice and people in. the crowd quick There was no roar of motor traffic ly quelled the demonstration. From on the street. Captains of passing then on, there was little noise to ships acceded to radio requests and disturb the sleeping guests." no sound of whistles or bells came V<tteran railwaymen eased the !rom the river. Tbe Ford Foundry cars over greased rails with not whistle and signal bells through even the suggestion of a jerk or a the plants and offices were stilled. squeal. Company and railway Only the faint bum of a single gen workers, spic and apan in clean uni entor in the Power House was !onns, made the conn.ections for audible. heat._, electricity, cOmpressed air Swn after -dawn of a brilliant. FORD OF CANADA'S P RESIDENT, lUiys M. Sale, i.-presented to the onoitinrPrineeM,-.-followed and fresh water in complete day, Ford workers began the final by Mrs. Sale. After Mrs. Sale is L. Colbert, president of the Chrysler Corporation of Ame.rica who is silence. Securi ~y police moved preparations for the day's events, followed by E. C. Row, p•esident o! Chrysler of Canada.. C. V. Waters, city clerk, is standing beside about almost on tip toe. Realizing Pleue Turn to Page 6, Col. 1 Mayor Reaume, who is at the Prineesa' right. Mrs. Reaume is see.n a t the left of the Duke beside Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Keeley. Mr. Keeley was chairman of the civic reception committee. WINDSOR'S ONL Y VICTORIA CROSS WI NNER during the Second World SIGNING T HE CIVIC GUEST .REGISTER, Their Royal Highnesses stand in War, Major Fred Tilston, is first of g uests presented to the Princess a nd the Duke front of a chair on which His Majesty ·King George VI sat during his visit to the of Edinburgh at the civic reception a rea. On the extreme left is William Clay Ford, Ontnri<> Legislature in !939. Tbe chair, formerly the speaker's chair, was presented a director of the Ford Motor Company in the United States, and youngest son of to the city by Major J ames Clark, K.C., of Windsor. the late Edsel Ford. Mrs. Ford is standing just behind him. October 20, 1951 l'u~e ~·our FORO CRAPHIC Route Through Factor!J Area Spic and Span for Princess Tiny Ford Cars For Children Delight Duke Centre of much interest at the government dock reception were the miniature Ford ean presented by Ford of Canada t.o the City ot Windsor as gifts to Their Royal Higbnesaes for their children. The cars, one blue and the other red, are for Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Each bean a sli ver crest of the City of Windsor with a silver tablet reading, Wind sor, Ontario, on tho Tight hand door. The can are battery-driven by rem9tf contro I and were demon AFTER THE CIVIC Rt:CEPTION ceremonies Princeaa A BANNER 48 FEET WIDE by 12 :teet high, bearing the word strated by Mayor Arthur J. Reaume Elizabeth and the Duke oJ Edinburgh moved slowly past the linea of "WELCOME," wa.a mounted between the power house smoke stacks at the request of the Duke of Edin overlooking the civic reception area where hundreds of persons gath soldiers, aailors and mounted policemen, waving to the crowds that ~d to see Their Royal Highneu es prior to their departure for the burgh, following the presentation pushed against the fences. Dozens of newspaper men, photographel'tl Ford Oval where they were g reeted by thousands of children. at the dock. and radio broadcasten helped crowd the area. HEADED FOR THE FORD OVAL, Their Royal Highnesses rode in a Lincoln LEAVING TH'E SOUTH END OF PLANT 2, where they had had a fint Cosmopolitan convertible driven by a aoldier in Canada's permanent army. Inspector glimpse of the Inside of Canada's largest automobile plant, Their Royal Highnesses Kelly of Scotland Yard, rode with the driver, telephoning ahead to the next area on are followed by R.C.M.P.