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KJFSF* PROMOTION—CoI. Thomas J. Bembry, son of Mrs. Nellie F. Bembry.
229 Wfrst Gale Street# Edenton, is promoted to that rank in a ceremony at the
U. S. Continental Army Command (CONARC) headquarters, Fort Monroe, Va.
Pinning on the insignia are Mrs. Bembry and Maj. Gen. E. J. Gibson, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Logistics, CONARC. Observing the occasion are the Bembry
children, Thomas, 16, and Marsha, 20.
Thomas Bembry Promoted To CoL
PORT MONROE. Va.—
Col. Thomas J. Bembry,
son of Mrs. Nellie F. Bem
bry, 229 West Gale Street,
Edenton, N. C., was pro
moted to that rank in
ceremonies at the U. S.
Continental Army Com
ma n d (CONARC) head
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The silver eagle insig
nia of Col. Bembry’s new
rank were pinned on by
his wife, Minnie, and by
his supervisor, Maj. Gen.
E. J. Gibson, Deputy Chief
of Staff for Logistics,
CONARC. Also attending
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, January 23, 1969.
the ceremony were the
Bembry’s children, Thom
as, 16, and Marsha, 20.
Col. Bembry is a 1937
graduate of Edenton High
School and a 1941 gradu
ate of St. Augustine's Col
lege, Raleigh, N. C. He
entered the Army in April,
1942. and received 'his
commission through the
j Officer Candidate School
! program.
He and his family now
live at 301 Jerome Circle,
Hampton, Va. They form
erly resided at 733 First
Avenue, New Bern, N. C-
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Magnolias
Magnolias and the South
go together like bacon and
eggs, grits and red gravy,
or ’possum and sweet po
tatoes. This beautiful plant
specimen may be found in
song and story, exemplify
ing some of the finer tra
ditions of the Southland, i
Many a Southern Belle has
yielded to the proposals of
her Galahad in the shade
of a magnolia tree.
The magnolia was named
for Pierre Magnol, who
was director of the Botanic
Gardens of Montpelier,
France, 1638- 1715. The
plant gained early fame
through Magnol’s extensive
use of it in his gardens.
The genus contains about
70 species widely scattered
throughout the temperate
regions of the world. They
may be either trees or
large shrubs, deciduous or
evergreen, with attractive
foliage and handsome flow
ers.
There are nine species
native to the Eastern
United States, eight species
in Mexico and Central Am.
erica, nine species in
Northern South America
and the West Indies and 44
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species native to South
eastern Asia. There are
many hybrids, mostly of
Asiatic origin.
Os the nine species na
tive to the Southeastern
United States, six are de
ciduous, one has persistent
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leaves and two are ever
green.
Os the species adapted to
our southern garden, the
Bull Bay (M. grandiflora)
is probably the most wide
ly planted of all the mag
nolias. Native to the
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Southern United States and
the state flower of both
Mississippi and Louisiana,
it can be planted as far
north as New York. The
seven-to-nine inch flowers
appear in late May.