3 30 70 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/598203ad0703e53f24f95e81eb2b4adc.jpg d7e4b0d8162e2bc54539ce75b0d6bfae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bank park named Description An account of the resource "The new park being build by Ashburn bank has been given its official name, Ashburn Bank Heritage Park. The official name was chosen for the new park on Friday, April 14th (1995) by Ashburn Bank board of directors. The winning selection was the entry or Mrs. Lisa Johnston. Mrs. Johnston received a $100.00 savings bond as a prize for her winning entry." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 19, 1995 Ashburn Bank Colony Bank (previously Ashburn Bank) Heritage Park Lisa Youngblood Johnston (1962-1997) Shelley Zorn The Wiregrass Farmer https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/d382757341bc58277f6ab4ce163d821b.jpg 03613d640dbd020cb7f2ee058f1154ec https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/0408037853fbf2cc9321fd068da92ff4.jpg 03613d640dbd020cb7f2ee058f1154ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ashburn Bank donates new park to community Description An account of the resource "Ashburn Bank has known great success in its 94 years of service to Ashburn and Turner County. In 94 years, it has prospered and grown even in the face of many economically hard times. All of our progress has been made possible by the community support we have been shown through the years. By building this park, Ashburn Bank hopes to show our support for the community and to say thank you for its years of loyal patronage." "Construction of the park is expected to start at the beginning months of 1995, with an open date tentatively set for late spring of next year... Upon competition, the park will feature a gazebo style pavilion, benches, picnic tables and walking trails. The park will be professionally landscaped with a variety of trees, bushes and flowering plants." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 2, 1994 Ashburn Bank Colony Bank (previously Ashburn Bank) Heritage Park Shelley Zorn Steve Wood The Wiregrass Farmer William B. "Bill" Roberts (1942-2021) https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/2e18554497dfdd0435d57f303297e1f1.jpg 9850157f368a0e8c509613a90ae178f7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Major Renovation Underway Now to Restore Dow[n]town McKenzie Building Description An account of the resource "Renovation of the McKenzie Building in Downtown Ashburn is underway now by Jay Leatherwood and his wife, Shirley, who plan to restore the structure to its original beauty and distinction. Mr. Leatherwood who purchased the property from Luke Sconyers said he and his wife plan to spend a substantial amount of money on the renovation project and hopefully succeed in having the building placed on the National Register of Historic Places." They succeeded: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/92001042 "Built by J.S. Shingler in 1906 as one of the first buildings in the new town of Marion which became Ashburn, Dr. G.C. McKenzie whose first wife was Mrs. Clyde Shingler, daughter of J.S. Shingler, became the owner of the building in the mid-1920s and removed the name of J.S. Shingler from the front wall over the entrance. Dr. McKenzie installed the marquee with the name "McKenzie Building" which stood under the marker fell into disrepair. One of the first drug stores in Ashburn was located on the Main St. and College Ave. corner of the building and later became the Union Drug Store with Vance North as pharmacist, Blannie Forshee, Stella Stevens, and Jane North Pitts were clerks in the struggle store which continued service into the 1950s." Other business within the McKenzie building: Royce Hanner's television sales and service Southeastern Telephone Co. The first Post Office of Ashburn Royal's Barber Shop Glenn Pitts' Barber Shop Johnny Raines' Barber Shop Attorney Edwin Rogers with son John Rogers McKenzie Insurance and Farm Loans Josephine Miller distributed ration cards during WWII Jenkins Insurance Company Attorney Roland Arthur Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 15, 1994 Blannie Forshee Clyde Shingler McKenzie (11/15/1887 - 6/30/1934) Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954) Glenn Pitts' Barber Shop Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958) James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943) Jane North Pitts Herndon (1921-2016) Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019) Jenkins Insurance Company Jesse Royce Hanner (1929-2016) John R. Rogers Johnny Raines' Barber Shop Josephine Evans Miller (1901-1981) Luke Sconyers Martha Bibb Jenkins (1910-2000) McKenzie Building National Register of Historic Places #: 92001042 Roland M Arthur (1917-1959) Royal's Barber Shop Shirley Leatherwood Southeastern Telephone Co. Stella Cockrell Stevens (1901-1985) The Wiregrass Farmer Union Drug Co. Vance Allen "Doc" North (1890-1966) World War II https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/5dd41ac9030813fb3ff9ce047107cf51.jpg 98e8be1dc5e5d6e52a655687953fc01c https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/3dccffd3db0416933a83ded280faaf2b.jpg ef691c399b3461d79526082d82129994 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chamber of Commerce Plans A Monument to Peanut on 1-75 Description An account of the resource "A giant 30-foot emblem saluting the peanut and 'the world's largest peanut shelling plant' has been proposed for location in a rest area north of Ashburn on the boundary of Interstate 75." Second article clipping: "...the first time architect Arthur Smith's drawing of the proposed monument which has a tower crowed with a giant peanut and a message calling attention to Turner County's contribution to peanut farming and processing." ... "There would be no Turner County without the peanut farmer, and no peanut shelling plants without the peanut farmer, and we hope our people will always recognize just how important the peanut is to our way of life and to our very existence." Chamber president: John R. Rogers Architect: Arthur Smith Jr. (Ashburn native and Valdosta Architect). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 12, 1970 Arthur Smith Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce Big Peanut Monument Charles B. Perry (1943-2013) Dr. George P. Donaldson (Georgia Peanut Commission president) Georgia Peanut Commission Gold Kist Peanuts Harvey Christopher "H.C." Barber Jr. (1926-2015) John R. Rogers National Peanut Council Peanuts Quality Courts Restaurant Rev. George Herndon Terry Norris (Peanut Princess of Worth County) The Wiregrass Farmer https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/748e1a38c7ae3fbd4e33a9682475bb39.jpg 73bca61b538766ea7e49b7203578480f https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/bbd057274997bb7a1bfcca3f72c0d5c7.jpg 0ef20a7d26af051c1f7de58ea10bac44 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ending 30 years, J.T. McLendon Retires as Ashburn First Dept. Chief Subject The topic of the resource Joseph Tye "J.T." McLendon (1911-1991) Description An account of the resource "Concluding 30 years of service to the community, J.T. McLendon, chief of the Ashburn Fire Department, revealed this week that he is retiring. Mr. McLendon who will continue his business duties at Mitchell-Stewart Hardward Co. with which he has been associated for 28 years has been a member of Ashburn's volunteer fire department unit since the late 1930's when the department only had one truck and 12 firemen. Ashburn's modern fire department now has three trucks and a volunteer corps of 14 fire fighters." Other members of the Ashburn Fire Dept.: Kent Robinson (1908-1979), Eddie Benjamin "E.B." Kilcrease (1911-1988), Garrett Lathem (1925-1989), Billy Shivers (1929-2007), Guy Pylant (1925-1993), Earl Martenn (1933-1994), Earl Braswell, Bobby Zorn, Elias Fletcher (1929-1990), Charlie T "Buddy" Britt (1920-2003), Tommy Kennedy, (William) Henry Royal (1914-2001), B.M. Pilkinton, John Clark (1926-1984) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 29, 1970 (William) Henry Royal (1914-2001) Ashburn Fire Department B.M. Pilkinton Billy Shivers (1929-2007) Bobby Zorn Charlie T "Buddy" Britt (1920-2003) Earl Braswell Earl Martenn (1933-1994) Eddie Benjamin "E.B." Kilcrease (1911-1988) Elias Fletcher (1929-1990) Garrett Lathem (1925-1989) Guy Pylant (1925-1993) John Clark (1926-1984) Joseph Tye "J.T." McLendon (1911-1991) Kent Robinson (1908-1978) Mary Frances Law McLendon (1914-1999) Mary Katherine McLendon Milan (1940-2016) Mitchell Stewart Hardware Co. The Wiregrass Farmer Tommy Kennedy https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/2a857ddbfaa58f48c4303ff0d30402cd.jpg 6074e942fcd63ba33e46ad701cd953b8 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/a74f87b434099ebc21e170494f2043f5.jpg 7908bafe9194bc19ccd1d86255089e8b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Law Smashes Liquor Still; 3 arrested at Huge Hide-out Description An account of the resource Described as the "biggest illegal liquor operation ever uncover in Turner County" by lawmen, a four-vat liquor still was demolished by Sheriff T.E. Kennedy Jr. (Thomas Evans Kennedy, 1911-1986)... Location: Southeast corner of Turner County near the Tift County and Irwin County lines and adjacent to a branch which trails through the isolated area. Caught at the scene: Jack Nelson Eldridge, 27 (released on $5,000 to Roy Coker) Earl Eugene Smith, 25 (released on $4,000 to Roy Coker) John Wesley Hooks, 21 (remained in jail under $4,000 bond) Also confiscated: 1961 Ford 1960 Chrysler "On the morning of the raid, the brand new still had just begun its first operation with its initial run, turning out 268 and 1/2 gallons in an approximate eight hour period before lawmen intervened and broke up the elaborate machinery which had a capacity to turn out as much as 500 gallons of illegal liquor a day." "Sheriff Kennedy said 125 gallons of the illegal liquor was poured out in a mantle near the Turner County courthouse after the raid, and the raider was destroyed at the raid." Assisting in arrest/sting: Deputy E.L. Bean David Bailey Ray Hunt Bobby Bryant (State Revenue Dept.) Wendell Aikens (State Revenue Dept.) Lee Purvis (Federal Agent) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 15, 1970 Bobby Bryant (State Revenue Dept.) Bootlegger David Bailey Earl Eugene Smith Elbert L. Bean (1932-2009) Jack Nelson Eldridge John Wesley Hooks Lee Purvis (Federal Agent) Ray Hunt Roy Coker The Wiregrass Farmer Thomas Evans "T.E" Kennedy (1911-1986) Wendell Aikens (State Revenue Dept.) https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/7b0a49703386918561ea429140642994.jpg c8b676e519edff6e8e91bec8dd5b7b93 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/3d99b0eb57a70d0d06ed0a85ddac81ed.jpg 5973f970aa5308b011b86f4925d95bd6 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/e03161fcbe3f16b1d5f5271fe2289bdb.jpg 8bbb968835f492656177d8d183eb3bb6 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/1878c438f3e3040d968dd77a8616ae50.jpg 7ed994860c527a9c5f327737c8da5c27 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/2661c12fcb2595d0f7d53a227d71ae0d.jpg 161d659f47db58e98367c19d5ae5b140 https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/12868b559708b7f92ccc95671fb750e4.jpg 680c5b336afc1fbb3d4cd8fec988a80f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wiregrass Farmer Sold; G.C. Patten of Adel Purchaser Description An account of the resource (6 images) Although there is new ownership, there will be no changes in staff. Nora Lawrence Smith, Editor: "I love the work. when I was 13 years old I crawled up on a stool and learned to set type by hand and have been working ever since only to go to school and college. I was a read daddy girl and I did this just to help him. I came to Ashburn when I was four years old, nothing was here, only a wilderness. So I have watched the town grow and love it. It is marvelous how to town has grown the past few years with an active Chamber of Commerce made up of members who have given time and money to bring industry here. We beg of every citizen to lend their support to making Ashburn and Turner County grow." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 4, 1969 Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001) Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951) Frank Marion "F.M." Tison II (1914-1979) Franklin Henry G.C. Patten (Adel GA) Jere Jordan Joe Lawrence (1858-1939) Nora Lawrence Smith The Turner County Plan of Farming The Wiregrass Farmer https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/95dd4222b8b834d846eaa77fee181444.jpg 9bdf3d433d8c716c7e3b6181a0cddbf1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Turner County Expenditures for Month of November 1947 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 18, 1948 Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987) Ashburn City Water Works Ashburn Dept. Stores Ashburn Public Library Barnett National Bank Ben Columbus Bolden Electric Shop Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973) Charles L. Ray Jr. (5/14/1913 - 4/2/1966) Clyde Redding Hobby (2/22/1906 - 4/22/1992) Col. James H. Pate Dr. James H. Baxter Ducit Business Co. Elzie Tillman McSwain (8/3/1874 - 2/7/1954) First National Bank & Trust Foote and Davies G.W. Warren Georgia Power Co. Gulf Oil Co. H.V. Kell Harold Ray Harold Whiddon Harry D. Bell (1900-1969) Hattie May Lockett Hattie Mizelle Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961) Horace Walker J.H. Sims J.W. Shaw John B. Hobby (1888-1953) John Clarence Holland (1893-1982) John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959) John Mercer John Merritt John William Hall (1877-1950) Joseph Wilson Haley (1885-1962) K.S. Jellison L.C. Cone Lewis W. "Judge" Perry (1893-1964) Marshall & Bruce McCorvey Garage McKenzie Motor Co. Mildred Sauls Mitchell Stewart Hardware Co. North's Garage Pearl Hughes (1883-1964) Preacher Battle Raines Pharmacy Roy B. Thompson (1904-1970) Standard Oil Co. Strickland & Zorn Supreme Sales Co. The Wiregrass Farmer Tri-State Tractor Co. Turner County Courthouse Turner County Frozen Foods Turner County Jail Union Drug Co. Vanilla Edwards W.C. Forehand Walter W. Cowan (1870-1950) Will Floyd William David Shepherd (1909-1959) Young's Market https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/9390a9f1acf48dda06d1bab173d207e0.jpg 9f51fbcd74fc0fea66e2edfa81d3fc98 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beer Is Legalized in Ashburn 4 To 1 Description An account of the resource "The City Council has voted 4 to 1 to legalize beer in Ashburn. In explaining the vote, two of the councilmen have made the statement, first that revenue, needed in Ashburn, can be derived from the sale of beer. Second, that beer is openly sold in Ashburn, bringing no revenue, and better sell it licensed and controlled than bootleg it." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer & Stockman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 15, 1948 Ashburn City Council The Wiregrass Farmer https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/original/0801cb38fac23ddb3e933f1a077ffdc3.jpg b31013d3919f08846f3a16c3e8db2959 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Local Noteworthy Newspaper Clippings Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman, The Ashburn Advance, & The Turner County Banner Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Unfortunate Affair. Two Prominent Citizens of Ashburn Engage in Pistol Duel. Description An account of the resource A clipping from the Turner County Banner discussing the duel by Col. Jas. H. Pate and W. A. Aultman in front of Citizen's Bank. Fortunately, neither were seriously injured. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Turner County Banner newspaper Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available January 24, 1908 Citizens Bank of Ashburn Col. James H. Pate The Turner County Banner William A. Aultman