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City Council Members take oath
-Joe Brady
Millen News Editor
At the Tuesday meeting, City
Council Members Giovanni
Shumake, Reginia Coney and
Ed Fuller took the oath of office.
Council Member Shumake re
places Walter Thomas of District 1
who retired at the end of his term.
Council Member Coney and Fuller
both ran unopposed in their district
elections.
The council members were sworn
in via telephone by Judge Wanda
Burke. City Council Members
are elected to a four year term.
The Millen City Council is a five
member board elected by districts.
Pictured are Council Member
Giovanni Shumake, Reginia Co
ney, and Ed Fuller, (photo by D.
Hearn)
Pictured: Giovanni Shumake, Reginia Coney, and Ed Fuller
DoorDash launching Millen service
-Joe Brady
Millen News Editor
Hawes celebrates
100 years
-Joe Brady him in the store, feed and grits mill.
Millen News Editor He worked for his brother until 1955.
DoorDash is expecting to launch their ser
vice in Millen within the next few months.
Merchants who are interested in signing up
their businesses may access the DoorDash
merchant portal at www.getdoordash.com.
DoorDash is not just a restaurant delivery
service, the company also offers grocery
store delivery, liquor store delivery while
complying with local laws and regulations
as well as florist deliveries.
Those individuals wishing to become driv
ers, or dashers, for the service may visit
www.doordash. corn/ dasher/signup. The
delivery service is a technology company
founded in 2013 with the goal of empower
ing merchants to reach new customers via
the online convenience economy. DoorDash
is a global corporation operating in the U.S.,
Canada, Australia, Japan and Germany.
In a written statement supplied to The Millen News, a company spokesperson said, “DoorDash is looking forward to serving
Millen later this year, furthering our mission of growing and empowering local economies and making our services as acces
sible as possible to customers across the county. We look forward to providing Millen merchants with access to the online
convenience economy to grow their business, connecting customers with their favorite local and even national stores, and
providing meaningful earning opportunities for Dashers.”
MLK Celebrations
cancelled
-Joe Brady
Millen News Editor
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee announced this week
that they have cancelled all MLK, Jr. festivities for the month
of January for the second straight year in response to the
pandemic. “We feel the safety and health of the community
is more important,” Johnnie Mae Sherrod with the committee
explained.
The committee also announced the 2021 Martin Luther King,
Jr. and Charles Beale Memorial Scholarship receipients for
this year. The scholarship is designed for college freshmen
and is awarded to any college student regardless of race or
ethnicity. The scholarship helps students identify their goals
in life. To enter, students must
write an essay explaining what Dr. King’s dream means to
them.
Jakestral Lee
“Martin Luther King impacted the lives of many
people. He saw the good in people, regardless of the
color of their skin. His commitment is what led to my
dreams of wanting to make a difference.” Jakestral
writes, (photo by Millen News archives)
Milner Hawes was born January
14, 1922 and he has been called
many things through the years
from farmer, to dad, and even
granddad but Friday he can add
centenarian to that list. Milner was
bom in Burke County to William
B. Hawes and Eula Skinner. “My
parents were farmers and back then
we didn’t know what money was
but we didn’t go hungry,” Milner
says. The family grew everything
they ate and row cropped cotton,
com, and peanuts.
As you can imagine, in one
hundred years, Milner has seen
quite a bit. “There was six of us
kids, now there are three left.”
Milner was in the middle as he
describes with a smile on his face,
“yep, one of those middle kids.”
He agrees after a joke made about
being a middle child.
Milner joined the Naval Reserve
since the war was over before he
could finish basic training. “I went
in as a hospital corpsman and
never saw the inside of a ship,” he
explains. His brother Leonard had
a store in Perkins by that time and
Milner moved to the area to help
“Then I went to work for Perfection
Products Company in Waynesboro,”
he added. Milner married his childhood
sweetheart Velma Horton in 1940 and
raised five kids in a little house he and
Velma built. “Now, I got married at 18
years old, that is entirely too young.
Velma and I had a good marriage and
we were happy for 52 years. Of course,
we didn’t have time for partying and
such as that,” he explained. Velma
passed away in 1994 but thanks to his
family and his love for the Lord he
made it through. “I joined Habersham
United Methodist Church when I was
15 years old and I have loved the Lord
everyday of my life.”
In fact, that is one of the lessons
Milner has instilled in his children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren,
“love the Lord with your whole heart
and lead a godly life.” In 1999 while at
a 39’ers meeting in Millen, Milner was
introduced to the next stage in his life.
“Frances and I met and all I can say
is. I’ve been very blessed to have been
married to two Christian women. God
has been so good to me, I wouldn’t be
alive today if it weren’t for Frances,”
he explains as he Scc HAWES
reaches over to
grasp her hand. P a § e 2
Nysha’ Lockhart
Nysha’ is a 2021 graduate of JCHS. She is currently attending
Kennesaw State University. “My major is
Integrated Health Science, I plan to pursue a career in Dental
Hygiene.” (photo contributed)
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