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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES ARMY...
248 YEARS OLD... June 14,1775... the Continen
tal Army, forerunner of the U.S. Army, was
created.
CONGRATULATIONS TO UPSON-LEE 2023
AND 2024 RETIREES... Thank you for your service
and dedication, for putting your hearts and souls into our
children, and making our community a better place... we
hope that your retirement years are the best ever.
RUNOFF ELECTION IS TUESDAY, JUNE 18...
The runoff between Hannah Ellington Arnette
and Cecil Hutchins for Upson County Chief Mag
istrate Judge, will be held Tuesday... Also on the
ballot will be U.S. House of Representatives Dis
trict 3 competitors Mike Dugan and Brian Jack...
Early voting ends this Friday, June 14 from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Thomaston Upson Civic
Center. There will be no Saturday voting for the
runoff election... For more information regard
ing the runoff election, please contact the elec
tions office at 706-647-6259... Republican Dan
Brue and Democrat Ed Searcy will compete for
chairman of the Upson County Board of Commis
sioners in the Nov. 5 election.
PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR
PRAYER LIST... Marvin Easom is at home and recov
ering... and Russ Bridges, who is getting stronger every
day.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THOMAS-
TON’S OWN TEAM PLAYER... Jimmy Fender re
cently celebrated his 70th birthday... we wish for
many more happy and healthy birthdays to Mr.
Jimmy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ARE EX
TENDED TO... Jaye Eubanks, Leslie Harden, William
Alexander, DeAnn Carpenter, Rodney Ellington, Anna
Jordan, Joan E. Thomas, June 12... Allison Livingston,
Greg Holloway, Isabella Ponce, Brandon Nance, Lisa
Davis Lauren Palmer, Gawanna Michelle Cabiness,
Sydney Jackson, Jeffery Odom, June 13... Sharon Con
nell, Devon Millen, Michele Messer, John Pruett, Jen
nifer Pritchett, April Beeland, June 14... Gary Moore, Phil
Ellerbee, Teresa Frisbee, Wayne Higgs, Diane Westmore
land, Geraldine Moon, Sirrena Soils, Dylan Brown, Justin
Evans, Brandon Bates, June 15... Marc Ellington, Randy
Cumbie, Katie Jo Evans, Melanie Harris, John McFarlin,
Kecia Adams, Elise Barrow, Jina Chapman, Brittney
Contreas, June 16... Calvin Raines, Cindi Harris, Tricia
Blakely, Daniel Vargas, Garrett Moseley, Beverly Lacon-
drata, Taylor Martens, June 17... twins, Tiffany Whitley
and Candice Burkett, Janice Carter, Noah Strom, Jen
nifer Weeks, Cindy Andrade, Debbie Brown, Stephanie
Coria, Georgeanna Walden, Sara Poteat, Debbie Jordan
Corley, Carman Templeton, Jill Knight, June 18... We
wish for all celebrating birthdays, many more happy and
healthy ones.
FREEDOM FEST JULY 4... the City of Thomaston
and Main Street are once again hosting one of my
favorite events at Greatest Generation Park...
Freedom Fest 2024 will be held July 4 from 4-10
p.m... a grand event capped with a fantastic fire
works display... new this year, Thomaston Parks
will host a disc golf tournament in The Pines of
GGMP... visit the City of Thomaston’s Facebook
page for more information.
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HPC Approves COA for BOSS
Andrew Carroll
Sports Editor
acarroll@upsonbeacon.com
The Thomaston Histo
ric Preservation Commis
sion gave its approval to a
certificate of appropriate
ness for a new business
coming to 211 South
Center Street.
BOSS Supplies and
Services, operated by Mi
chele Meyers, plans to
move into the former Papa
John’s location.
According to Meyers,
the business will offer cus
tom business cards, yard
signs, and flyers, as well as
business and school items
such as colored pencils,
crayons, and paper.
Meyers said that shipping
services will also be avail
able, however the business
will have to open before
those services become
available.
The COA covers sig
nage for the building.
Meyers stated she
plans to open the business
by July l.
In other news, John
Kissane reported to the
HPC that the Historic Re
source Survey update is
scheduled to be completed
by July 15. Thomaston
Economic Development
Director Taylor Smith
stated he hopes to have
Kissane at the August
meeting to present the fi
nalized resource survey.
Local Libraries
Closed June 19
New Books Available at HML, YPL
Southern Ford
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Hightower Memorial
Library and Yates ville
Public Library will be
closed on June 19 in obser
vance of Juneteenth.
New books are avail
able at HML, located at
800 West Gordon Street in
Thomaston, and YPL, lo
cated at 77 Childs Avenue
in Yatesville.
New adult fiction
books at HML include:
Flirty Little Secret by
Jessica Lepe
Pay Dirt by Sara Pa-
retsky
A Gamble at Sunset by
Vanessa Riley
The Murder Inn by
James Patterson
James by Percival Ev
erett
Extinction by Douglas
Preston
The Familiar by Leigh
Bardugo
A Calamity of Souls by
David Baldacci
An Unfinished Murder
by Jude Deveraux
Only the Brave by Dan
ielle Steel
Sandcastle Inn by Irene
Hannon
The Kiss Countdown by
Etta Easton
It Had to Be You by
Mary Higgins Clark
The Reaper Follows by
Heather Graham
Darling Girls by Sally
Hep worth
Funny Story by Emily
Henry
Lost Birds by Anne Hil-
lerman
Close to Death by An
thony Horowitz
She’s Not Sorry by
Mary Kubica
The Book That Broke
the World by Mark Law
rence
New books at YPL
include:
Camino Ghosts by
John Grisham
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By: Rev. Dean Hemphill
Clarks Chapel
Baptist Church
176 Mathis Lake Rd.
Thomaston, GA 30286
We read in Acts 15:40, “and
Paul chose Silas, and de
parted, being recommended by the brethren unto
the grace of God.”
Last week on Friday afternoon, I ministered the
funeral of Jackie Wood. He was the last of six men
that served on a pulpit committee, and I met them
in December 1981.
Over the last 42 years, I have thanked those men,
time and time again, for their recommendation to
call me as the pastor of Clark’s Chapel Baptist
Church. That pulpit committee said that all six
would have to agree, and I thank God that He led
them to agree on me.
I will forever be grateful to Jackie Wood, H.O.
Bell, Ferrell Willis, Murle Wilson, Bobby Stevens,
and Bobby McKissick. Clark’s Chapel will never
really know, or will this community, how much I ap
preciate these years that God has allowed me to be
here. If it all ended today, I can say that it’s been a
good trip.
I want to encourage you to remember those that
have impacted your life and make sure, from time to
time, you tell them so. Life is short, so don’t waste a
day without thanking God, and thanking others.
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