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The Upson Beacon
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Building Safety Month Ends With SCTC Event
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Thomas Keyt, and intern Akeenan Bridges stand with members of SCTC. Photo Submitted
Thomas Keyt, Upson
County’s certified building of
ficial, assisted by intern Akee
nan Bridges, spoke to a group
of Southern Crescent Techni
cal College’s technical and in
dustrial students June 3 to cap
the county’s participation in
Building Safety Month 2021.
Students, gathered by in
structor Billy Elliott at the col
lege’s Thomaston campus,
heard Keyt’s talk on technical
and quality issues related to
cinder block construction, in
cluding the use of Simpson
Strong-Tie construction ma
terials.
Door prizes were gener
ously provided by Thomaston
Hardware, Tractor Supply,
and the Thomaston-Upson
Industrial Development Au
thority.
Photo submitted
Lions Club Donates to Empty Stocking Fund
Thomaston Lions Club recently presented a check of $2,249 for the 2020 contribution to the Empty
Stocking Fund. Funds ivere raised by Thomaston Lions Club members, who accepted donations from the
community outside the Thomaston Walmart at the yearly Empty Stocking Fund event held in December
of each year. Pictured L-R: Thomaston Lions Club President Chuck Knight, Upson County Ministerial As
sociation Treasurer Reverend Bob Wilson, and Thomaston Lions Club Treasurer Sandy Kersey.
Upson Beacon COVID-19 Update
Upson County reports
3,512 positive COVID-19
cases with 133 deaths as of
noon last Tuesday, accord
ing to the Johns Hopkins
University & Medicine Co-
ronaviras Resource Center.
Numbers reflect six new
cases (down from seven
last week) and one new
death (same as last
week) since Tuesday one
week prior. During that
time, Upson’s per capita in-
Evelyn Mitchell,
fection rate increased
slightly from 13.36 to 13.39
cases per 100 residents.
Pike County, at 12.82 per
100 residents, and Lamar
County, at 11.07 per 100,
are the only Upson-adja
cent counties also exceed
ing i-in-10 infection rate.
Taylor is at 9.96, Monroe at
9.96, and Meriwether at
9.75 per 100.
Johns Hopkins Corona-
virus Resource Center re
ports Georgia with
1,131,232 (up 2,362 from
last week — was up
2,473 the previous
week) positive cases and
21,318 (up 160 from last
week — was up 172 the
previous week) deaths as
of noon last Tuesday.
Johns Hopkins lists the
following confirmed cases
for counties bordering
Upson: Monroe, 2,707 (up
six) cases with 101 (up one)
deaths; Pike, 2,350 (up
two) with 43 (no change)
deaths; Lamar, 2,067 (up
six) with 58 (no change)
deaths; Meriwether, 2,058
(up two) with 88 (no
change) deaths; Taylor,
808 (up four) with 26 (no
change) deaths; Crawford,
661 (no change) with 21 (no
change) deaths; and Tal
bot, 494 (no change) with
18 (up one) deaths.
Continued from Front
A student of public
schools in Thomaston and
Upson County, Mitchell
graduated as salutatorian of
the R.E. Lee Class of 1938.
She later attended Tift Col
lege and was named the top
graduate of the class of 1942.
She earned a master’s de
gree from the University of
Georgia and also completed
additional coursework that
qualified her for a sixth-year
teaching certification. She
later spent a memorable
summer studying in Dijon,
France.
“[At Tift College], I knew
that the best teacher on
campus was a Latin teacher
and so I decided that wha
tever she teaches, I will
major in,” commented Mit
chell. “I’m not sure why I
learned French, but I just
liked languages.”
Mitchell’s career as a
teacher spanned 43 years.
Teaching for 41 years in sev
eral areas of Georgia, includ
ing Perry, Atlanta, and
Gainesville, she taught Eng
lish, Latin, and French at the
high school and college
levels. Upon retirement in
1984, she spent two years as
a volunteer teaching English
at the Baptist college in
Japan, where a college
friend was serving as a mis
sionary.
She stresses the impor
tance of choices in one’s life.
“The most important deci
sion that anyone makes is
the welfare of his soul, be
cause that’s eternal,” said
Mitchell. “The other one is
your career. Some people
spend their entire life doing
what they don’t like to do. I
enjoyed teaching.”
Travel has always been a
favorite activity for Mitchell.
She loves to drive on back-
roads “just to see where they
go.” Throughout the years,
she has gathered carloads of
her sisters, family members,
and friends and has driven
them on trips near and far.
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tion, but she has also driven
as far as New England, the
Great Lakes area, the
Ozarks, the Rocky Moun
tains, and the Grand Can
yon. She has traveled in 48
of the United States, across
Canada, and in most of the
major countries of Europe.
While teaching in Japan, she
was able to travel the coun
try and visit several other
countries in Asia.
She notes that Singapore
was the most beautiful place
she has seen.
Back home in Thomas
ton, Mitchell is an active
member of First Baptist
Church of Thomaston,
where she teaches Sunday
school and has led a
women’s mission group.
Longevity runs in Mit
chell’s family. Her father
and one sister reached age
too, and another sister lived
several months past her
99th birthday. Her father
jokingly said that he was
able to live so long because
he never had to work very
hard. Miss Mitchell attrib
utes her long life to the fact
that she has simply “kept on
breathing every day.”
Mitchell’s advice to those
younger than her is to study
to know the truth.
“Don’t just hop onto
bandwagons,” she com
mented. “I think young
people need to learn what is
going on... We are members
of Georgia, the United
States, and the world. It’s
important to [be informed].”
Happy birthday to Eve
lyn Mitchell.
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Jamesan Gramme Photo Submitted
Archives Director
Speaks at Kiivanis
Thomaston-Upson Ar
chives Director Jameson
Gramme recently pre
sented a program with a
slide show about Thomas
ton and Upson County to
the local Kiwanis Club.
The present court
house, completed in 1908,
was spared the day of Wil
son’s Raid in 1863, when
almost 40 other buildings
were destroyed. The court
house remained intact
thanks, in part, to efforts
of a black man only known
as “Bill,” who was a slave
at the time, according to
Gramme.
Thomaston was well
known for mule sales, she
added, and often wagons
could not park on the
square because of so many
mules occupying the
space. Downtown Thom
aston received electricity
in 1901, and The Archives
houses Sanborn maps
showing what businesses
were located where and
when.
Local citizens were im
pacted by both world wars,
and ration cards are on
display at the Archives.
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its 196th birthday June 11.
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