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John and Lois Dye, attending Eureka Prom as chaperones
To read more of John Dye's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/02/14/john-dye/
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/02/14/john-dye/
Joan Sellars Lorenzen
To read Joan's mini interview, check it out here:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/10/11/joan-sellars-lorenzen/
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/10/11/joan-sellars-lorenzen/
Japanese Surrender
The news of Japan's official surrender at 6 o'clock Thursday evening, which came in over the raid, set Ashburn and Turner County citizens rejoicing. The hour of the day, coming at 6 o'clock, was an opportune time, the day's work for all being over.…
Japanese Magnolia
Evans St. in Ashburn, GA
James Simon "J.S." Shingler
This portrait is part of a matching set with James Simon "J.S" Shingler and Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler. On the back of the portrait of Emma, there is a handwritten note: "From D (illegible) W Migraths Portrait Copying & Picture Frame House 125…
Jack Albritton and daughter Rene Fortson
JACK WITH HIS DAUGHTER RENE ALBRITTON FORTSON.
To read more from Jack Albritton's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/01/17/jack-albritton/
To read more from Jack Albritton's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/01/17/jack-albritton/
Jack Albritton
James Riley “Jack” Albritton, who turns 95 in 2022, has lived a life worth talking about. He served in the Air Corps at age 17 (yes, underage) to help clean up Pearl Harbor. He created a thriving mechanic business in the sleepy town of Sycamore. He…
J. H. Gilmore
"Mr. Gilmore is a prosperous farmer of the Rebecca district and is highly esteemed by those who know him. He has good business qualifications and the interest of the county at heart."
It's "Ashburn" Everywhere, c. 1922
"It is interesting to analyze the reasons for the publicity which the little town of Ashburn in Turner County, South Georgia, has been recently receiving. The publicity is of the favorable and constructive sort; it affects more than the pleasure and…
Ireland Road Occupants
Location: Ireland Rd., Ashburn, Georgia
Interview with Warren S. Hancock
Warren S. Hancock was interviewed by Shelley Zorn and Gail Walls.
The envelope the tape was found in mentions the Evans Murder and the Miles Cribbs hanging. However, the tape is degraded within 4 minutes of the interview.
The envelope the tape was found in mentions the Evans Murder and the Miles Cribbs hanging. However, the tape is degraded within 4 minutes of the interview.
Installation of New Big Peanut Monument
Location: Sylvia Drive in Ashburn, GA
Inmate Letter of Support for Warden E.W. Youngblood
"It came to our knowledge this date that Warden Youngblood has turned in a sixty (60) day notice with the commissioners of his leaving his job as warden of Turner County P.W.C. We do not know the reason for this action but we are pleading with you to…
Inmate Letter About TC Public Works Camp
"...I am in a camp that I am so very well pleased with, one in which a man can serve his sentence without any complications of any kind, it is the very next thing to being free. the food is as good as one may expect and the treatment of the officials…
