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Shingler Heights Historic District - National Register of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001571

Shingler Heights Historic District - Along North Main Street (U.S. Hwy 41) between Murray and Hill Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714

Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images

Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…

Tags: Algernon Blair, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Bottling Works, Ashburn Cottonseed Oil Mills, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Oil Mills, Ashburn Telephone Company, Bank of Donaldsonville, Clinton Felder Shingler Sr. (1890-1932), Cow Hog and Hen Program, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, Duncan Hines, First National Bank in Bainbridge, First National Bank of Jacksonville FL, Flint River and Gulf Railway Company, George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, Gulf Line Railway Depot, Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904), J.S. Betts & Co., James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John Taylor Hambrick (1848-1928), John West Evans (1844-1904), Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), Pecans, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), POW Camp, Red Pebble Farm, Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966), Shingler Mercantile, Southern Railways, Sparrow's Nest, The House by the Road, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas John Shingler (1864-1934), Turner County Bank, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Publishing Company, William Henry Shingler (1860-1921), William Warren Ashburn (1838-1906)

Shingler Building

8 photographs of the Shingler Building located on the corner of McLendon St. and College Avenue in Ashburn, GA.

Descriptions:
1 - Front McLendon St. Fascade facing towards First Baptist church; Photographer facing north

2 - J.S. Shingler…

Tags: First Baptist Church, James Simon Shinger III (1920-1984), Shingler Building, Sue Mastrario

Sheriff Faces Trial Tomorrow on Count of Office Misconduct, c. 1955

"Sheriff Wesley H. Fiveash of Turner County, sentenced to two years in federal prison on a liquor conspiracy conviction, will face trial tomorrow on 28 charges of misconduct in office.
So. Gen. W.J. Forehand filed a petition seeking Fiveash's…

Tags: Wesley H. Fiveash Sr. (1922-2010)

Sheriff Beseiged in Probe; NAACP Attacks Fleeing Felon Laws in Wake of Police Killing of Black

Tags: Ashburn, Ben Williams (1943-2017), New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland

Sgt. Akin Writes Interesting Letter From Italy

Letter from A.V. Akin Jr. to the Wiregrass Farmer Editor Nora Lawrence Smith.

Italy
August 20, 1944

Dear Miss Nora:
I've just learned from home that my subscription to the 'Wiregrass' has been renewed and thanks to you, I'll continue to look…

Tags: Arthur Virlyn Akin Jr (1920-2000), Nora Lawrence Smith, The Wiregrass Farmer

Severed Legs Found in Turner Pond Open Bizarre Murder Investigation

Tags: Calvin F. Johnston (3/4/1925 - 3/5/2015), Coverdale, Edgar Edison Cravey (1932-1992), Elbert L. Bean (1932-2009), George M. Johnston (1923-2017), Lady in the Lake, Sara Nell Murphy, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986), Woodrow Goss

Seven Homes Will Receive Visitors on the 'Christmas Night in Ashburn' Holiday Tour

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Doris Wilkerson Hardin (1932-2021), Edna E. Durham (1910-2006), Etta Garner, Evans St., Everett Allen Garner (1930-2015), First Baptist Church, Grand Street, Hudson Avenue, J.B. Thomas, Marvin Raines, N. Main St., Rose Garden Club, The Wiregrass Farmer, Victoria Evans Memorial Library, William G. "Bill" Hardin (1928-2012)

Serro Travel Trailer Co. Advertisement

Tags: Serro Travel Trailer Co.

Senior Class of the Georgia Military Academy 1912

Tags: Herbert Ives Shinger II (1918-1959)

Sen. Talmadge seeks divorce

page 12

Six days after his 35th anniversary! Mrs. Talmadge was with friends at Sea Island and had not yet been served with copies of the divorce suit.

Tags: Governor Herman Eugene Talmadge (8/9/1913 - 3/21/2002), Herman Eugene Talmadge Jr. (1942-2014), Leila Elizabeth “Betty” Shingler Talmadge (1923-2005), Robert Shingler Talmadge (1946–1975)

Sellars-Garrett

Wedding announcement for Annie Belle Sellars to W. Cluria Garrett

Tags: Alvah Pinkney Haman (1853-1922), Annie Belle Sellars Garrett (1907-1988), Ashville David Sellars (1862-1927), John William Garrett (18729-1947), The Wiregrass Farmer, William Cluria Garrett (1906-1996)

SECTION OF MAIN ST., ASHBURN, GA (vintage postcard)

Tags: Main Street

Seaborn Sumner - Warden Oath

Tags: Ashburn, Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961), Public Works Camp, Seaborn Sumner

Scout Leaders

"Dr. G.C. McKenzie of Ashburn, president of the Chehaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is pictured above congratulating J.R. Stott, newly appointed field executive for the council. Congratulations took place following a meeting of the various…

Tags: Chehaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, First Baptist Church, Frank J. Lunsford (Leary GA), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Heidt S. Swearingen, J. B. Helms, J.R. Stott, Jeff White (Albany GA), The Wiregrass Farmer

Schools Withstand Tension

in reference to Robert Wright Jr.'s shooting death and subsequent riot in Ashburn.

Tags: Ashburn, Jim Applewhite, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County High School, William G. "Bill" Hardin (1928-2012)

Schools Will Resume Today - Classes Open 1970 Term

The newly integrated Turner County School System starts the first year together. Over 2,000 students go back to school.

Tags: Ashburn Public Schools, Daniel Carlton Royal Sr. (1/5/1907 - 5/18/1991), Elie Solomon "Sol" Griffin (1950-2007), Hodge King (1914-1999), Integration of Turner County Schools, Jimmy Alberson (1936-2019), Rudene Gentry, William G. "Bill" Hardin (1928-2012)

Schools of Turner County as of February 1910

Tags: A. Fountain, A.B. Hardy, A.S. Bussy, Alvah Pinkney "Pink" Haman (1853-1922), Amboy School, Arthur Pate (1884-1960), Ashburn High School, B&B School (Bussey School), Beauregard “Tobe” Arnold (1861-1942), Bennett George, Bessie May Morgan, Bethel School, Cannie Starling, Clara Watson, Cora Belle Wise (1899-1985), Cravey School (Little River School), Dakota School, Daniel D Davis (1876-1955), Daniel L. Rainey (1859-1913), David “Dave” Cravey (1853-1936), Davisville School, Deep Creek School, E.N. Shivers, E.V. Park, Earle Humphries, Essie Godwin Randolph (1901-1989), G.G. Pearson, George A. Owen (1879-1956), George Harris, George Robert Youngblood, George Washington Hobby (1862-1938), George Washington May Jr. (1879-1961), H.W. Hobby, Hector Zevley Strickland (1870-1953), Henry Thomas Wise (1867-1942), High Hill School, Ida Brock, Inaha School, J.R. Farmer, J.S. Mandeville, J.T. Willoughby, J.W. Carnes, Jacob Lott “Jake” Ross (1874-1964), James Benjamin Cravey (1867-1951), James Russell Wheeler (1844-1920), Joel Chandler Womack, John A. King (1864-1934), John Alexander Ross (1842-1933), John B. Pate (1874-1948), John Kanoy Godwin (1857-1940), John Perry Peacock (1866-1927), Johnson J. Covington (1851-1939), Julia Hobby, L.B. Adams, Lela Herringdine, Liberty School, Lillian Hartley Lupo (1898-1921), Live Oak School, Lorena W. Shivers (1886-1972), Luke School, Lumpkin School, Maggie Herrington, Mary Griffin Hobby Brown (1899-1964), Mary Owen, Mattie Wardlow, Mikel Wesley Lamb (1847-1923), O.F. Cheek, Oak Grove School, Oak Hill School, P.H. Haman, Pearl Gamble Fountain (1886-1968), Preston DeMonte “P.D.” Whiddon (1882-1969), R.A. Brown, R.A. Watson, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Rainey (1868-1958), Robert Graham Whiddon (1861-1911), Shingler School, Sycamore School, T.C. Cooper, T.P. Kimball, T.T. Bell, The Turner County Banner, Thomas J Willoughby (1860-1932), Vallie Strickland Blanton (1893-1938), Vernon Brown, W.F. Wardlow, W.H. Kimball, W.K. White, Whiddon School, William Edward Durham (1874-1949), Worth School, Wynn School

School Men HEW Session

The beginning of the article discusses newly elected board member, Felton Pate. However, the second half discusses how the Turner County Board of Education planned "to wait until the last possible minute to submit a plan for abolishing Turner…

Tags: (Jesse) Royce Hanner (2/10/1929 - 1/2/2016), Ashburn Public Schools, Barbara Atkinson Lathem (9/27/1936 - 5/27/1982), Billy Roberts Sr., Buck Durham (5/15/1918 - 3/31/1988), Daniel Carlton Royal Sr. (1/5/1907 - 5/18/1991), Erline Pate (12/22/1920 - 4/16/1981), Felton Pate, Integration of Turner County Schools, Marie Mitchell, Robert Davis, Rudene Gentry, Tom Shivers

Scan of a blank check for the Exchange Bank in Sycamore, Georgia from the 1920s.

Tags: Exchange Bank of Sycamore, Sycamore

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia, 1921

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia, 1912

Samuel W. Brown

Found in the Georgia and her resources (1928) edition.

Tags: Samuel W. Brown (1872-1956)

Samuel Bell Hudson

Tags: Ashburn, Samuel Bell Hudson (1853-1918)

Sam Dupree (portrait)

Sale of Buildings At Prison War Camp

Tags: POW Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer

Rye Field Gradient

Location: Rock House Rd. in Ashburn, GA

Tags: Ashburn, Rock House Rd., Rye, Samantha “Sami” Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, Sunset

Rural Hospitals Seeking State Help

"A sheet of paper taped to the hospital's tinted glass front door confirms what most people in this South Georgia community of about 9,500 long feared: at 11 p.m. on October 30, Turner County Hospital experienced what its administrator optimistically…

Tags: Ashburn, Charles Peacock, Turner county Board of Authority, Turner County EMS, Turner County Hospital

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