John Pemberton Fulton County enacted temperance legislation, Pemberton had to produce a non-alcoholic alternative to his French Wine Coca. Pemberton relied on Atlanta drugstore owner-proprietor Willis E. Venable to test, and help him perfect, the recipe for the beverage, which he formulated by trial and error. With Venable's assistance, Pemberton worked out a set of directions for its preparation. He blended the base syrup with carbonated water by accident when trying to make another glassful of the beverage. Pemberton decided then to sell this as a fountain drink rather than a medicine. Frank Mason Robinson came up with the name "Coca-Cola" for
Bonnie Pemberton Bonnie Pemberton Bonnie Pemberton is an American author, playwright, actress and animal activist. She invented the cat anti-scratch deterrent, "Sticky Paws® for Furniture" to prevent declawing, and her company, Fe-Lines, Inc, (1996–2012), donated thousands of dollars to animal charities through The Buddy Fund. Her trilogy of one act plays, "Thanks For Sharing That", was produced by the Blue Line Theater Company in Los Angeles. Film and television credits include "Crisis At Central High" (1981) and "Rosalie Goes Shopping" (1989), "Celebrity", "Terms of Endearment", "Dear John" and over one hundred television and radio commercials. As an author, her fantasy fiction novels