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UPSON
BEACON
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Thursday, November 18, 2021
By Claudette Fagan
Congratulations to the
newlyweds. Deeniaya
Turner and Alexander Wil
son Sr. were united in holy
matrimony on Saturday,
Nov. 13. The ceremony, fol
lowed by a wonderful recep
tion, was held at the
Emerson Ballroom in
Macon. Bishop Frederick
Williams officiated the cer
emony.
Deeniaya is the daughter
of Katina Dawson and Eu
gene Turner. Alexander is
the son of James and Gloria
Brown. We wish the Wil
sons many years of happi
ness.
Congratulations to Ja-
niah Meadows and Mikey
Smith on the arrival of their
little bundle of joy. Little
Miss Navi Mi’el Smith was
born on Friday, Nov. 12.
Thank God for this healthy
baby girl. Continue to be the
great parents that you are.
Our prayers and sympa
thy go out to the following:
To the Bohannon family on
the passing of Mrs. Charlis
Ester Bohannon; to the
Gray, Hodo and Kimble
family on the passing of
Mrs. Mary G. (Baby Doll)
Kimble; to the Graddick
family on the passing of
Mrs. Missouri Graddick; to
the Worthy family on the
passing of Mrs. Annie Laura
Worthy; to the Thrash and
Sinclair family on the pass
ing of Mr. Michael Trevarus
Sinclair; and to the Wellons
family on the passing of Mr.
Johnny Lee Wellons. We
pray that God strengthens
them during their time of
sorrow.
Continued prayers for
the sick and shut in: Mr.
Alvin Blasingame, Ms. Shir
ley Ann Walker, Rev. Leroy
Britt, Mrs. Ida Little, Ms.
Wylene Woodard, Mrs.
Annie K. Seay, Mrs. Jannie
Britt, Mrs. Sarah Williams,
Mrs. Laura Blasingame, Mr.
Abraham Dawson, and Dea.
William Blasingame.
Belated anniversary
wishes are extended to Win
frey (Wimp) and Nedra
York. They celebrated their
11th wedding anniversary
on Friday, Nov. 12. We hope
your special day was an en
joyable one.
Birthday wishes are ex
tended to the following:
Edith Battle, Patricia Car-
son - Nov. 18; Santonna
Palmer, Johnnie Dawson,
Rickey Graddick, Angelia
Jones - Nov. 19; Homer
Respress, Ted Maddox,
Kayne Smith, Melinda Mur
chison - Nov. 20; Delma
Williams, Crystal Battle,
Derrick Martin, Patricia
Reeves - Nov. 21; Kendrick
Denson, Kamia Ridley -
Nov. 22; Brittnee Austin -
Nov. 23; Melvin Colbert,
Keisha White, Christie
Searcy, Cameron Traylor,
A’Sharee Price - Nov. 24.
Happy birthday to each of
you.
Thought for the day:
Never judge people who
have little to nothing, as one
day you may find yourself
having nothing at all. Al
ways respect one another.
No matter what, never look
down on anyone.
Community News
By Elaine Walker
The Thomaston Housing
Authority is proud to an
nounce that the Ross Resident
Opportunity Self Sufficiency
Program Grant has been re
newed for three more years.
Join us in welcoming aboard
Shalona Stafford as our new
Ross coordinator. We wel
come her and wish her much
success as she joins THA Res
ident Services team.
Thankful Thursday to Viv
ian Logan, Mable Brown,
Henry and Georgia Brown,
Clara Jones, Chevian Dudley,
Junita Bland, Nance Brown,
Carol Sneed, Marie Green,
Pam Green, Yasika Thornton,
Sandra Sullivan, Martha
Chambles, Dorothy Floyd,
Mildred Furlow, Latoya Re-
viere, Evay Walker, Tanisha
Doty, George and Tesa Austin,
Georgia Worthy, Deloris
Mann, and Mary Smith.
The Queen Travel Club
will meet on Saturday, Nov.
20, 4 p.m. at 1227 Spring St.
New members are welcomed
to attend.
Belated birthday wishes
are extended to Karema Sapp,
Bryson Marshall, Jasmine
Tarrer, Annie Marshall, Mar
sha Harden, Jaquan Keana,
Roland Kenan, Shirley
Walker, Derris McCraney,
Janis Hickmon, and Danis
Smith.
The Dream Christmas
Program is Dec. 11. They are
still in need of donations, toys,
and food items. If you would
like to donate, you may con
tact Greta King at 706-656-
2230 and Paula Dawson at
706-601-4415.
Birthday wishes are ex
tended to Steve Traylor, Lor
raine Rowe, Logan Searcy,
Patrick Brazier, Cassandra
Raines, Lisa Searcy, and La-
sonja Fagan.
Continued prayers are ex
tended to Eamestine Walker,
Dorothy Carthon, Lucile Ken
drick, Brandon Penn, Loretta
Braswell, Renita Scout, Laura
Brown, Lakeitha Ellis, Nora
Harper, Simmie and Danita
Worthy, Ada King, Clyde Mid-
dlebrooks, Mary Dunn, Ida
Little, Willie James Walker,
Lonnie and Ida Walker,
Charles and Daphaney An
drews, Brenda King, Tyiesha
Snelson, Mary Matthews, and
Elvis Searcy.
The family of Mary Lucile
Weaver wish to express their
gratitude to each and every
one for the many expressions
of love, phone calls, visits,
food flowers, and cards of
condolences. Your prayers
and heartfelt sympathy are
greatly appreciated. It is their
hope that God will return may
kind blessings upon each of
you.
Our prayers and sympa
thy are extended to the follow
ing families: the family of
Annie Worthy, the family of
Michael Sinclair, the family of
Mary Lucile Weaver, and the
family of Charlie Mathis.
WORDS OF WISDOM:
Command those who are
rich in this present age not to
trust in the uncertain riches
but in the living God. 1 Timo
thy 6:17
Our natural tendency is to
grasp what we have instead of
freely giving to those in need.
The challenge of riches is liv
ing with thankful hearts to
God and open hands to
others.
We make a living by what
we get. We make a life by what
we give.
Farm-City Week
Highlights Unbeatable Combo
Jennifer Elder, president of the Beta Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
International Society of Key Women Educators, led a productive meeting
in which several important decisions were made.
Beta Gamma Holds November Meeting
Combos become com
bos because their parts,
when put together, make
each other better: Peanut
butter and jelly; shrimp
and grits; steak and pota
toes; tacos and Tuesdays;
jeans and a T-shirt; suit
and tie.
All those parts and the
resulting combos are pro
duced in Georgia, which is
home to another pair
worth remembering and
celebrating: Farms and
cities.
It’s an interdependent
relationship. Wherever
there are lots of people,
there is a need for food and
clothing. And wherever
there are farmers, there is
a need for consumers.
As the holidays draw
near, Upson County Farm
Bureau invites residents to
celebrate that relationship
by observing Farm-City
Week Nov. 17-24.
Farm-City Week high
lights the relationship be
tween Georgia farmers and
their partners in urban
areas who prepare, trans
port, market, and retail the
food and fiber that farmers
grow for consumers. Kiwa-
nis International began
Farm-City Week in 1955 to
increase the understanding
of the partnership between
urban and rural residents.
Sending “thank you”
letters to farmers, sharing
recipes that use Georgia-
grown products at Farm-
City Week events, and
reading books - virtually
or in person - to students
are just a few of the activ
ities county Farm Bureaus
will hold in communities
across Georgia as their
schedules and community
COVID scenarios allow to
mark this annual event.
“Farmers and our
urban partners have
worked together to drive
Georgia forward since the
state’s beginning,” said
Upson County Farm Bu
reau President Marcus
South. “Our state’s agri
businesses strive every day
to produce food, clothing,
shelter, and other items
necessary for American
life. We’re proud of our
role, and we’re extremely
thankful that the non
farming public is there to
support us.”
Agriculture is Georgia’s
largest economic sector,
and farmers depend on
their partners in town such
as their bankers, extension
agents, equipment, and
supply salesmen, to keep
the agricultural economy
going.
In 2019, food and fiber
production plus the related
industries involved with
processing and delivering
products to consumers
contributed $70.1 billion to
Georgia’s economy, ac
cording to the University of
Georgia Center for Agri
business and Economic
Development. Agriculture
and its related industries
also contributed 359,220
jobs in Georgia in 2019.
According to the
USDA’s National Agricul
tural Statistics Service, in
2019, Georgia farmers led
the nation in producing
broilers and peanuts.
Georgia ranked second in
the U.S. for production of
cotton lint and seed, pe
cans, and watermelons,
and third for bell peppers,
blueberries, cucumbers,
and peaches. In 2019, the
top 10 commodities grown
in Georgia were broilers,
cotton, timber, beef, pea
nuts, greenhouse plants,
corn, hay, dairy, and pe
cans, according to the Uni
versity of Georgia’s CAED.
Farm-City Week is a
great time to discuss how
the economy impacts
farmers and consumers.
When you look at the price
of groceries, note that in
2019 farmers received on
average 7.6 cents out of
every dollar spent on food
at home and away from
home, according to the
USDA’s Economic Re
search Service. The rest of
the dollar goes to wages
and materials for food
preparation, marketing,
transportation, and distri
bution, all of which have
increased in price, too.
In 2020, Americans
spent an average of 8.6
percent of their disposable
personal income on food,
the USDA reports, which is
less than consumers in any
other country spend.
America’s healthy, safe,
and consistent food supply
is so affordable thanks to
the production and deliv
ery partnership between
farmers and urban busi
nesses.
For more information
about agriculture, please
visit www.gfb.org, like
Georgia Farm Bureau on
Facebook, or follow on
Twitter at @GaFarmBu-
reau.
Submitted by
Laurie Pate,
Recording Secretary
After COVID-19 caused
postponement of the Sep
tember meeting, members
of the Beta Gamma Chapter
of Delta Kappa Gamma In
ternational Society for Key
Women Educators were
able to meet at First United
Methodist Church in Man
chester on Nov. 1.
Since the April meeting,
the executive board has met
twice to address a number
of timely issues. Members
voted on several of those is
sues concerning the grant-
in-aid presented to a local
student who is majoring in
education, the use of dona
tions in memory of de
ceased members, donating
items to the Wrap-Around
Program, donating books to
the Books for Africa project,
having donations in the
place of fundraising proj
ects, adding new members,
and the nomination of of
ficer candidates for the next
biennium.
Several members at
tended the Georgia State
Organization Convention
and were pleased to an
nounce that the chapter
earned Exemplary Awards
for communications and for
chapter programs. The
Greenville Group was in
charge of the outstanding
program, which involved
members creating “works of
art” on canvas. Being led by
the creative Noelle Friend-
Schilke, the women used
various techniques of pour
ing paint onto the canvases,
creating interesting sur
prises. Future workshops
and a hostel were an
nounced. Members who
have attended in the past
said the leadership work
shops are very helpful and a
great deal of fun.
The members enjoyed
the chapter’s annual silent
auction, providing fun for
the members and a way to
raise money for future
grants-in-aid and other
projects. The next meeting
of Beta Gamma Chapter will
take place Feb. 5 in Thom
aston.
Meetings & Events
Email your Meetings and Events to
dlord@ upsonbeaco n.com
or submit online at upsonbeacon.com
Charges may apply.
Artists Help Artists Tuesdays at TUAC Gallery
Artist of all kinds are invited to join others to work on in
dividual art projects, share creative knowledge and give back
to the community. Join artists at the Thomaston-Upson Arts
Council Gallery on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. TUAC is
located at 201 South Center Street in Downtown Thomaston.
Free Community Pancake Breakfast Held Monthly
A free community pancake breakfast is offered from 8 to
10 a.m. on the last Saturday of every month at New Bethel
Church, located at 1278 Jeff Davis Road in Thomaston.
Former National Guard Members Meet Quarterly
Former National Guard members meet quarterly on the
third Wednesday of January, April, July and October. For
questions and information, please contact Gene Goins at 706-
975-4464 or David McDonald 706-648-3950.
Lincoln Park Volunteer Fire Donations Begin Jan. 1
The Lincoln Park Volunteer Fire Department began accept
ing fire dues Jan. 1, 2021. Please mail your donation of $25 to
P.O. Box 695, Thomaston, GA 30286. Donations of $25 or
greater are tax deductible; a receipt will be mailed back to you.
Donations also can be paid at the Lincoln Park Volunteer Fire
Station Mondays from 7-9 p.m. Thank you for your support.
Thomaston City Council, Upson County
Commission Meets Tuesdays
The Thomaston Mayor and City Council meet at 7 p.m. the
first and third Tuesday of each month at the Government Com
plex, located at 106 East Lee Street. The Upson County Board
of Commissioners meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tues
day of each month at the same location.
Thomaston Kiwanis Meets Weekly
The Thomaston Kiwanis Club meets at Noon on Tuesdays
at the Thomaston-Upson Civic Center. For more information,
call Mike Jones at 706-646-7364.
Thomaston SERTOMA Meets Twice Monthly
The Thomaston SERTOMA Club meets the second and
fourth Thursday of each month at noon at the Senior Center.
For more information, contact Dan Brown at 706-975-1610 or
Jeff Sanders at 706-975-2581.
Thomaston Toastmasters Meet Twice Monthly
Thomaston Toastmasters meet at The Pie on the sec
ond & fourth Thursdays of every month from 12-1 p.m. We
focus on improving communication and leadership skills in a
fun, supportive environment! Everyone is welcome! For more
information, call 706-325-2330.
Upson 4-H Homeschool Club Meets
First Wednesday of Every Month
The Upson County 4-H program will host a Homeschool
Club from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every
month, from October 2021 until May 2022. This year’s theme
is STEAM - Agricultural Commodities. For more information,
contact the Upson County UGA Extension Office at 706-647-
8989.
DAR’s John Houstoun Chapter Meets Monthly
Daughters of the American Revolution’s local John Hous
toun Chapter meets the second Wednesday of each month at
3:30 p.m. at the Upson Senior Center Memorial Hall. Contact
Pat Cox at 706-647-9896 for additional information.
Three Rivers Regional
Commission Meets Today
The Three Rivers Regional Commission’s Finance,
Audit, and Administration Committee will meet at 12:30
p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Turin Town Hall, lo
cated at 47 Turin Road, Turin, GA. 30289.
Local Libraries
Close for Thanksgiving
Hightower Memorial Library and Yatesville Public
Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25 through Sat
urday, Nov. 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.