[Magdalen] From the Historical Society.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/2014 12:19:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mjl at ix.netcom.com writes:


A  recipient of The Clearinghouse sent an item of interest. Pepsi-Cola was 
first  made in New Bern, North Carolina in the early 1890's by pharmacist  
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New Bern is the home town of my late sister-in-law, Caroline, whose  father
worked for the Southern Railroad (now part of the Norfolk Southern).   Her
mother was a Giswold.  She remarried after my brother George's  death,
this time a Branstad.  The Giswold's and the Branstad's have the  history of
intermarriage with the Strang's, and Caroline ended up directly  associated
with all three families.
 
Caroline was a Mary K cosmetic tycoon and in her later years always  drove
a pink Cadillac car.  She never lost her soft, Carolina accent, even  after 
a
half century of living in the frozen North.  She always referred to  her 
brother
Jim ("We southern boys are hard drinkers") as simply, "Brother",  pronounced
"Brotha".  Her mother, Bergit, a northerner by birth, picked up the  
Carolina
accent on marriage in her twenties, and it was still strong at her death at 
 98.
 
New Bern is worth a visit for the restored colonial NC Capitol, Tryon
Palace, especially in the spring for the displays of tulips.
 
 
David Strang - who loves North Carolina.