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8-10-84 - 8-12-84 - Cleveland Hilton-South in Independence,
Ohio

Comments
  • 1st Scholarship Awards
  • 1st Family Cookbook
  • Dinner Dance included a Style Show by A Touch of Elegance (Taih
    Hameed)
  • 1st Youth & Young Adult Committee
  • Entertainment provide by The Force Band
  • Scholarship winners Ardell Whitworth and Alfred Keith Littman along
    with their parents and Kindra Littman were featured in The
    Cleveland Reporter. This was the first known newspaper coverage
    of our reunion. The article also featured photos of Jean Louise
    Ford, Margaret Ford-Taylor, Lawrence Ford and Aaron and Lela
    Bryson.

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8-9-85 - 8-11-85 - Sponsored by the Detroit Chapter at Wheels
Inn in Chatham, Ontario, Canada

  • 1st reunion outside the United States - The Disc Jockey for
    Saturday night was not allowed into Canada due to protective work
    environment. Used local substitute.

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8-9-86 - 8-11-86 - Sponsored by the Buffalo Chapter at the
Holiday Inn in Grand Island, New York

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8-7-87 - 8-9-87 - Sponsored by chapter members from North
Carolina, Cincinnati and Cleveland, along with Janet Nelson-
Bali of Macon, Georgia.

  • The reunion took place at the Macon- Hilton in Macon, Georgia.
  • Chapter president was James Vinson of Iron Station, North Carolina.
  • 1st Reunion in Georgia (the ”going home” reunion)

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8-12-88 - 8-14-88 - Sponsored by the Cleveland (Ford-Bryson)
Chapter at the Cleveland Hilton-South in Independence, Ohio

  • 1st Corporate Support of a family reunion.
  • Supporters included Van Dorn Corporation, American Family
    Corporation, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, and the National
    Association of Investors Corporation, each of whom supplied
    souvenirs.
  • The Scholarship Board consisted of Henry Ford, Beverly Anderson,
    Bertram Gardner, Leonard Hardy, June Taylor and Betty Thomas.
  • Events included a tour of Cleveland, backgammon, music, card
    games and entertainment by the Force Band.
  • Keynote speaker was Margaret Ford-Taylor
  • Scholarship awards were presented by Myra Coates & Leslie Davis
    (Ms. Kentucky State) who has since become Dr. Leslie Davis.

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8-10-90 - 8-12-90- Sponsored by the Buffalo Chapter at the
Sheraton Airport Hotel in Buffalo, New York

  • Activities included a Friday family entertainment & jewelry party and
    a Children's slumber party.
  • Saturday features included a trip to Darien Lake - Largest
    amusement park in New York


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1991 - Hickory, North Carolina

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8-14-92 - 8-16-92 - Sponsored by the Cleveland (Ford-Bryson)
Chapter at the Holiday Inn Lakeside City Center in downtown
Cleveland, Ohio

  • Barbara Williams delivered a dynamic, moving keynote address.
  • Beverly Ford was acknowledged for being featured on the nationally
    aired Barbara Walters show. The focus was on the generation we
    refer to as Twenty Something.

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8-13-93 - 8-15-93- Sponsored by the Detroit Chapter


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