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Ray's Drug Store
Ray's Drug Store, Gordon St., Ashburn, Turner Co., grand opening 1949.
Beverly Haper writes: "...He had boothes [sic] in far left side with a jukebox in far back. This was the hangout for teens back In The fifties !!! the store had a counter with…
Beverly Haper writes: "...He had boothes [sic] in far left side with a jukebox in far back. This was the hangout for teens back In The fifties !!! the store had a counter with…
Ray Road
The road was named for members of the Ray family who owned property on both sides of the road for many years. Family members who owned the property over time included Henry Ray, Earl Claude Ray, Earl Lamar Ray, Lillian Moore Ray, James Claude Ray,…
Ray Lloyd TV
This building once held a grocery store, Sycamore Gas, and a TV business.
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…
Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.
Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…
Ray Lloyd TV
See also vintage postcard that has shows the same building when it was another business. https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/667
Quality Motel + Restaurant (vintage postcard)
42141-C
Quality Motel
I-75 & Ashburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia
Phone (912)- 567-3334
Shuffleboard - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Playground - Taped Music - TV - Phones - Service Station - Restaurant
Quality Motel
I-75 & Ashburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia
Phone (912)- 567-3334
Shuffleboard - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Playground - Taped Music - TV - Phones - Service Station - Restaurant
Quality Inn/Ashburn (vintage postcard)
Quality Inn/Ashburn
AAA
I-75 & aShburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia 31714
(912) 567-3334
Restaurant - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Shuffleboard - Playground - Color TV - Phones
Attractions: Golf Course - Near Plains, GA
AAA
I-75 & aShburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia 31714
(912) 567-3334
Restaurant - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Shuffleboard - Playground - Color TV - Phones
Attractions: Golf Course - Near Plains, GA
Pvt. Admiral Dewey Hulsey died in Action
WW1 soldier
Pulling Down Honey
Location: Nesmith Rd. In Coverdale, GA
Prohibition Rally, c. 1899
"The prohibition rally at this place today was a success. About three hundred persons attended..."
Probe Negro Girl's Death
page 21.
Private School Now Lists 270; Board Meets
"Confronted with a Federal Court order to abolish a dual school system by integrating all students and faculties, the Turner County Board of Education met..."
Turner County was one of 81 systems that were required to integrate or risk losing their…
Turner County was one of 81 systems that were required to integrate or risk losing their…
Private School Not Likely- Support Goes to Other Independent Academies
"Plans to establish a private school here apparently have been forsaken in favor of support for other independent schools nearby."
Private School List Dwindles - Deadline now on April 1
Only 75 students have paid the 50% of tuition for the new proposed private school. They are considering only making it for grades 1-9 due to lack of high school student registration.
Private School Entries Climb
"A count showed that 210 students already have been enrolled as prospective attendants at a private school which has been proposed by a citizens' group..."
"The crowd which turned out to discuss plans for the private school - an effort to take…
"The crowd which turned out to discuss plans for the private school - an effort to take…
Prisoners and Juvenile Delinquents
Bulletin 121
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Page 24 mentions the Turner County Chain Gang
In institutions January 1, 1910: 12 Males, all black
Committed in 1910: 25 males, black; 2 males, white.
Prison Probers
page 2
"Here are the men who investigated conditions in Georgia prison camps."
"Here are the men who investigated conditions in Georgia prison camps."
POW Prisoner Postcard & Photograph
Letter from a POW prisoner, Gerhard Lorenz, who was once at the Turner County POW camp and worked for Mr. Chester Lee "C.L." Wilson of Chula, Georgia.
Chester's wife's name was Unez Pilkinton Wilson. This could explain the Pilkinton family…
Chester's wife's name was Unez Pilkinton Wilson. This could explain the Pilkinton family…
POW Camp Guardhouse
Once a guardhouse at the Prisoner of War (POW) camp located in Ashburn, Georgia from 1943-1946. This one is located on Raney Street in Ashburn with another on Monroe Avenue. According to current Raney St. owner Susan Watson, "It was purchased by the…
POW Camp Ashburn - Company Morning Reports
Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)
Control Number
National Archives Identifier
479269235
Control Number
National Archives Identifier
479269235
Postmaster Appointments for Turner County, Georgia
National Archives Identifier
78734417
78734417
