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Ashburn Public Schools - Central Telephone Company of Georgia bill Jan 1931 1.jpg
Page 2:
Bill T-108
$4.55
Paid 2-20-31
#1330
A.B.

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to F.M. Tison - August 22, 1931.jpg
Ashburn, Ga.
August 22, 1931

Mr. Tison:

Please pay V.R. Christmas $22.30 for repair work done at school house.

C.J. Cheves
Superintendent

(Handwritten notes):
Paid by check #1129
Citizens Bank
8-22-31

I suggest that you give this…

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to F.M. Tison - Feb 5, 1931.jpg
Handwritten Notes:
#1327
Ashburn Bank
2-5-31

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from H.L. Williams [prin at Eureka) and from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to F.M. Tison - Feb 11, 1931.jpg
Ashburn, Ga.
Feb 11th 1931

Mr. F.M. Tison

Dear Sir:

Please pay to the order of Mr. G.R. Coleman $3.00 wood for the school.

Yours truly
H.L. Williams

Typed note:
Mr. Tison: Please pay the above bill.
C.J.…

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from H.L. Williams [prin at Eureka) and from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to F.M. Tison - February 4, 1931.jpg
Ashburn, Ga.
Feb. 4th, 1931

Mr. F.M. Tison,

Dear Sir:

Please pay to the order of Mr. G.R. Coleman $3.00 wood for the school

Yours truly
H.L. Williams
Prin,


Mr. Tison:
Please pay for this:
C.J. Cheves, Supt.

#1325 Ashburn…

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from H.L. Williams [prin at Eureka) and from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to K.P. Baker - March 24, 1930.jpg
Mr. K.P. Baker,
Sec. and Treasure;

Dear Sir,

Please pay to the order of Earnest Edge $6.00 for wood for the school.

Yours truly
H.L. Williams
Prin.


OK
C.J. Cheves, Supt.

CB
#919

Amendment to Certificate of Death - Azzie Martin, Turner County.jpg
"This girl was employed to cook a chicken supper on the night of Dec. 11, 1937 and according to court investigation the date of her death has not been determined. Her body was found in a lake near town about ninety days later but my opinion is that…

Ceritificate of Death Azzie Martin filed April 10, 1938.jpg
Azzie Martin of 342 W. Washington Avenue. in Ashburn, Ga

Female
Colored
Single
Date of Birth: 1/27/1911
Age 27 years, 1 month, 25 days
Profession: Cook
Date deceased last work at this occupation: 12/11/1937
Birthplace: Arabi, Ga
Father:…

McKenzie-Building.jpg
NOTICE HOW THIS ~1909 POSTCARD RENDERING HAS THE NAME “SHINGLER BUILDING” AND THE “J.S. SHINGLER” MARQUIS. DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE, THE MARQUIS WAS ORDERED FOR WHAT WE KNOW AS THE MCKENZIE BUILDING BUT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN TIME. HOWEVER, IN 1914,…

Ashburn Baptist Church Steeple Raising 1956 1.jpg
Tifton Machine Shop lifting the steeple in place with an extended boom. The boom tilts against the steeple base and another truck was tied to the front of the skidded so that the steeple could be set on the foundation.

First Baptist Church Baracca Class 1.jpg
Handwritten note on back:

Mr. Frank Marion Tison Sr. Class
He is seventh on second row, reading L to Right.

Dot Ireland Coker, first woman county officer ~1980s.jpg
Dot Ireland Coker, first woman county officer (~1980s)

Pictured L to R is Dot, her husband Bussey, and her two sons Randy and Mike.

Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel Henderson Davis, date unkown.jpg
Pioneers Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel H. Davis, early ~1900s

The House by the Road, date unknown.jpg
Built in 1919 by J.S. Shingler for his son Robert Royal Shingler. Within a few years, he married his distant cousin Lillian Hughes. In 1926, Lillian turned her home into a hospitality suite with lodgings and a restaurant for travelers who frequented…

View from Turner County Courthouse Bell Tower after 1912.jpg
Ashburn Methodist Church far upper left and Ashburn First Baptist Church far right.

Victoria Evans Memorial Library, date unknown.JPG
This one-story, wood-framed building was constructed in 1932 by the City of Ashburn with the help of a public works program. The original purpose was to become a community and library space. However, a new library was built on donated Shingler land…

IMG_2674-2048x1584.jpg
The original blueprint for the “J.S. Shingler” main cornice. This is featured on what is known as “The Shingler Building” at the corner of McLendon St. and E. College Avenue. It was originally intended to go on the McKenzie Building.

House by the Road receipe cards.jpg
Coconut Pie
A Sweet Sandwich
Biscuits
Waffle Recipe

This item only includes the front page of the recipe cards.

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