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Posted yesterday on Facebook...

Russell Stephen Rein, ‎Corvair Owners Group wrote:In honor of St Patrick's day, Willow Run and Ypsilanti - "A Lot Of Green For GM - The 1,000,000th Chevrolet built at the Willow Run plant rolled off the line on St. Patrick's day with Patricia Ann Reilly, United Irish Societies queen aboard. With her is plant manager James E. Tobias. The Corvair car was decorated with shamrocks." (from a press photo I acquired):

Scott is that corned beef and cabbage in those crock pots?

Ed Stevenson

Interesting bit of info regarding St. Patrick's Day. I was told a story from my grandmother (born 1898 d 2001) who was told the story by her grandmother from Ardara, co. Donegal.

The day after St. Patrick's Day was called Sheila's (sp?) day. It was a vehemently anti Catholic bigoted Protestant day usually with bad weather sent to blow away the goodwill created by Saint Patrick's Day. The Irish responded by drinking whiskey with shamrocks in the glass.

bbodie52 wrote:Posted yesterday on Facebook...

Russell Stephen Rein, ‎Corvair Owners Group wrote:In honor of St Patrick's day, Willow Run and Ypsilanti - "A Lot Of Green For GM - The 1,000,000th Chevrolet built at the Willow Run plant rolled off the line on St. Patrick's day with Patricia Ann Reilly, United Irish Societies queen aboard. With her is plant manager James E. Tobias. The Corvair car was decorated with shamrocks." (from a press photo I acquired):

1,000,000th Chevrolet built at the Willow Run plant.jpg

I wonder what happened to that particular car.

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