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Smaller School? Academy Calls Meeting Here. Academy Turns to Plan for Smaller Private School Here.
The new school venture, The Turner County Academy, requires 150 students minimum to be enrolled or the "plans for a private school will be considered dead."
"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…
"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…
Smashed watermelon roadside casualty
Location: Hudson Avenue in Ashburn, Georgia
Smith Restaurant - Main Street - Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)
2-T-491
Script:
Rested here last night feel fine this morning eating ham & eggs for breakfast at this restaurant on the front of the card.
See you later
Vernell
Address to:
Mrs. William Kirkman
626 Hall St
Owensboro, KY
Post Office…
Script:
Rested here last night feel fine this morning eating ham & eggs for breakfast at this restaurant on the front of the card.
See you later
Vernell
Address to:
Mrs. William Kirkman
626 Hall St
Owensboro, KY
Post Office…
Smith's Restaurant - "You've never eaten FRIED CHICKEN until you try ours!" (matchbook cover)
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"
Smith's Restaurant - "You've never eaten FRIED CHICKEN until you try ours!" (matchbook cover)
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"
Son Story Road
Ashburn, Ga
SOUTHERN COTTON (vintage postcard)
Cline photo I-K-30
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language of the period to refer to African Americans.]
Script:
Dear Mom & Pop,
We ran into good weather this side of Atlanta. Lots of mules and darkies. Stopped here for lunch.
Yours…
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language of the period to refer to African Americans.]
Script:
Dear Mom & Pop,
We ran into good weather this side of Atlanta. Lots of mules and darkies. Stopped here for lunch.
Yours…
Special Armed Forces Edition
includes an IN MEMORIAM section for those who gave their lives in War World II
Staff Sgt. Hobby Killed in Action
Staff Sgt. Leon Eugene Hobby, who is overseas, has been reported killed in action. He has been in service about four years and was in the Pearl Harbor attach. His name is now added to the honor roll of boys who have made the ultimate…
Statue of Liberty in Sycamore Park
Plaque:
In Memory of Councilman Ken Brady
Henry, Charlotte and Billy Ray Royal
In Memory of Councilman Ken Brady
Henry, Charlotte and Billy Ray Royal
Stella Shingler
at Agnes Scott College
Storm clouds over a peanut field
Field road and field off of Hopewell Road in Ashburn, Ga.
Story Memorial Park
Story Memorial Park
Given to the city of Ashburn, Georgia
In memory of the
Late Mayor Alex Story
By Essa Howell Story
1982
Coordinates: 31°42'21.6"N 83°39'35.4"W
N. Jefferson St. in Ashburn, Ga
Given to the city of Ashburn, Georgia
In memory of the
Late Mayor Alex Story
By Essa Howell Story
1982
Coordinates: 31°42'21.6"N 83°39'35.4"W
N. Jefferson St. in Ashburn, Ga
Storys are presented their Son's Awards
![1945 Mar 1 WGF - Story_s Presented their son_s [John J Story Jr] awards.jpg](https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/square_thumbnails/6107ca1fddb15ecc02775c33a346c6af.jpg "1945 Mar 1 WGF - Story_s Presented their son_s [John J Story Jr] awards.jpg")
Formal Presentation took place last Saturday afternoon at Turner Field by Col. C.U. True
"Lt. John J. Story, Jr., 23, was posthumously decorated with the Air Medal by Col. C.U. True, who made the presentation to Postmaster and Mrs. J.J. Story, of…
"Lt. John J. Story, Jr., 23, was posthumously decorated with the Air Medal by Col. C.U. True, who made the presentation to Postmaster and Mrs. J.J. Story, of…
Street Scene - Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)
2-T-183
Photo depicting Main Street facing North with a full shot of the Ashburn Theatre. Featuring the movie, "The Teenagers in 'Vacation Days'"
Back writing:
"All luncheon here,
AT
ASHBURN,
GEORGIA"
DOWN TRIP
October 23,…
Photo depicting Main Street facing North with a full shot of the Ashburn Theatre. Featuring the movie, "The Teenagers in 'Vacation Days'"
Back writing:
"All luncheon here,
AT
ASHBURN,
GEORGIA"
DOWN TRIP
October 23,…
Street Scenes in Sycamore
Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of West Railroad Ave. [8-10], Sycamore, Turner County, Ga., 1981. Several one story commercial brick buildings with flat roofs. Fair and poor condition. Date of Construction: c. 1910. Typical turn…
Suit Filed on Behalf of Robert Wright, Jr.
"The NAACP filed a civil suit here in Federal court on May 4 seeking $5 million in damages."
Sunflower Field
Ireland Road in Ashburn, Ga
Sunrise Ashburn Drone Photo
Location: Facing east at Hwy 41 and Hwy 112 crossing.
Sunset over field with pivot
Highway 112 W in Ashburn, Ga