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Monday, October 23, 2006

Memories of Hapeville Ford plant span nearly 60 years

Memories of Hapeville Ford plant span nearly 60 years
It looked every bit a family reunion, carnival-style. Multiple generations, hugging and handshaking, mingled on a recent Saturday amid bites of burgers, ice cream and cotton candy. Recorded music blared. Costumed grown-ups entertained tykes, whose older siblings clutched stuffed animals earned at skills-testing booths. This was a family, of sorts — the Hapeville automaking family, united not by common blood but by the perspiration its members expelled for nearly 60 years, churning out vehicles stamped with the familiar blue oval emblem, inscribed with the cursive F-o-r-d. "Open house" is how co-hosts Ford Motor Co. and UAW Local 882 billed this event at the south metro plant for employees, past and present, and their loved ones. "Closed house" is how the chairman of the union's retirees wing, a dose of bitter mixed with sweet, labeled it.

 



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