A lasting Memory: city honors dedicated resident

The City of Mountain Brook dedicated a new flagpole at Memory Triangle outside Crestline Village in honor of June Emory on Dec. 5.

Emory had come to a City Council meeting about four months ago requesting a new pole be put there.

“She told us if we didn’t get a flag pole that she would mention it at every City Council meeting in the future,” City Council President Virginia Smith said. “And we knew she would.”

Smith also quipped that they nicknamed the area “Emory Triangle.”

The new flagpole is larger than the previous one and has a new light so that the flag can be hung at all hours.

Noting that Emory rarely misses a council meeting, City Manager Sam Gaston said that they dedicated the new pole to for her persistence and dedication to the city.

After these remarks, Public Works Director Ronnie Vaughn unveiled a plaque that reads “Dedicated to June Emory, 2012.”