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Fire and Explosion Wreck Convict Camp

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp, Sycamore

Georgia Fugitive, Robert Kieth, Held by St. Louis Police

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

Leland Harvey's 'Boss' Resigns in Arrest incident

Tags: Ashburn, K.G. Pierce, Public Works Camp, Robert B. Brooks

New Warden Appointed

Tags: Archie L. Hobby (1912-2005), Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), J.E. Sege, John Iverson Youngblood Sr. (1888-1965), Mattie Mae Durham Youngblood (1900-1977), Public Works Camp, Robert Smith, William G. Searcy (1910-2006)

Whitewashing a Murder

Tags: Ashburn, Daniel T. Sumner (1898-1979), Ed Walker, Henry G. Zorn (1894-1978), J.J. Connor, John N. Raines (1878-1944), Leon Richardson, Lewis R. Whatley (1888-1939), Mark Rainey, North's Garage, Public Works Camp

Prison Board is Conducting Probe

Tags: Ashburn, Conly & Pinson, J.M. Burke, Joe McHancock, John B. Hutchinson, Public Works Camp, W.A. Greer

Sycamore Man is Police Chief

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Public Works Camp, Sycamore Police Department

Turner County Hospitality Too Bountiful for Harvey

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp, Robert Brooks, W.G. Pierce

Turner County Guard is Burned to Death

Tags: Ashburn, Newton Smith, Public Works Camp, Snow Ridge Cemetery

Turner Gets Warden

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp, Robert Smith

Turner Prison is Commended by Inspectors

"It's the neatest, sharpest looking camp I've been in in well over 12 months."

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

Turner Work Camp Building Constructed

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

Warden is Fired by Commissioners

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp, Robert Brooks, W.G. Pierce

3 Escapees are Captured in Turner

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Public Works Camp

37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn

Nora Lawrence Smith:
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."

Tags: Ashburn, I-75, Interstate 75, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer

Visits Turner

"The Turner County convict farm was inspected, where fine corn and potatoes were observed growing. A herd of goats raised by the farm furnish meat for the convict, it is stated. Here the party drank water from the camp's air pressure tank, and…

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Creamery, C.H. Bishop, George W. Brown (1859-1930), J. Pope Teal, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), Public Works Camp, Sycamore, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Farm Bureau

Klansman and Kid

Tags: Ashburn, KKK

Rioting Quieted in Georgia Town After Killing of Escaped Prisoner

Tags: Ashburn, John Iverson Youngblood Jr. (1920-2006), Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Jackson, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Samuel Brown, Scotty Joe Ireland

1950 Census Records [Public Works Camp]

Tags: Ashburn, Calvin Sumner, Eleanor Sumner, Gene Sumner, Jack Sumner, Jesse Sumner, Linda Sumner, Public Works Camp, Seaborn Sumner, Wayne Sumner

1930 Census Records (Public Works Camp)

Tags: Ashburn, Edwina Richardson, Leon Richards Jr., Leon Richardson, Preston White, Public Works Camp, Thelma Richardson, Turista Richardson, Velma Richardson, Wheeler Edwards, Yvo Richardson

1910 Turner Census [Public Works Camp]

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

2 Prisoners Return to Work Camp

Tags: Ashburn, Daniel Nasworthy, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Harris Perry, Public Works Camp, Rebecca, The Wiregrass Farmer

Fire Sweeps Prison Chapel, Shop in Sunday Blaze Here

Tags: Ashburn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), Public Works Camp, Sycamore, The Wiregrass Farmer

Court Orders Schools here to Merger All Bus Routes

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, D.C. Royal, Integration, Integration of Turner County Schools

Inmates Surrenders, 2 Others Tracked Down

Tags: Ashburn, Calvin Brown, Congress Inn, Edgar Wayne Youngblood (1925-2012), I-75, Interstate 75, Public Works Camp

Mrs. Harvey's Grandmother is Rebecca Namesake

Tags: Effie Harvey McElmurray (1909-2003), Horace C. Harvey (1905-1982), Jesse Lawson Hobby (1857-1932), Lydia Lucile Cornelius Mashburn (1913-1994), Mary Jane Hobby Harvey (1887-1976(, Monroe Jackson Harvey (1885-1950), Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (Rebecca), Rebecca, Rebecca Douglas Smith (1827-1910), S/Sgt. Loy Monroe “Mac” Harvey (1916-1944), Tempy Malissie Smith Hobby (1861-1936)

PWC Inmate Captured

Tags: Ashburn, Lamar Haman, Public Works Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer

County Closes Prison Camp Here Monday

Tags: Ashburn, Bennett Pate (1918-1982), Deral Dukes, J. Ernest Sego (1911-1985), Public Works Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer, William G. Searcy (1910-2006)

Turner Theatre

Tags: Ashburn, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Theater

1940 Turner Census [Public Works Camp]

Control Number

National Archives Identifier
127623081

Tags: Ashburn, David Hembree, Edna Flowers Hobby (1900-1955), Fremans Brooks, Gene Hobby, Gene Thomas, George Hall, Glennie Hobbs, Grady Pearson, John B. Hobby (1888-1953), John Welch, Newt Smith, Percy Graham, Public Works Camp, Roy Lee, Thomas Brown (b. ~1907)

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