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Patrons of the Ashburn Colored School Meeting Minutes - Election of the Board (May 13, 1933)
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Patrons of the Ashburn Colored School met on the above date for the purpose of electing a board of seven men to serve as members of the board, higest [highest] 4 for three years the next three for one year.
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1. Will Shealy 9
2. J.A…
Patrons of the Ashburn Colored School met on the above date for the purpose of electing a board of seven men to serve as members of the board, higest [highest] 4 for three years the next three for one year.
Page 2
1. Will Shealy 9
2. J.A…
Letter from teacher [Miss Louise Forbes] to F.M. Tison (April 11, 1934)
![Letter from teacher [Miss Louise Forbes] to FM Tison accepting position - April 11, 1934.jpg](https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/files/square_thumbnails/09724515d12c29a5eba2080cd8ff7dfe.jpg "Letter from teacher [Miss Louise Forbes] to FM Tison accepting position - April 11, 1934.jpg")
Ashburn, GA
April 11, 1934
Mr. F.M. Tison
Ashburn, Ga.
Dear Mr. Tison,
I received your letter telling me of my reelection as high school teacher in the Ashburn school. this is to tel you of my acceptance of the position.
Yours…
April 11, 1934
Mr. F.M. Tison
Ashburn, Ga.
Dear Mr. Tison,
I received your letter telling me of my reelection as high school teacher in the Ashburn school. this is to tel you of my acceptance of the position.
Yours…
Bill from W.A. Murray, Grocer to Ashburn Public Schools (December 1930)
Bill of $17.57 to Domestic Science Department of the Ashburn Public Schools.
Pd. via Check 1361
Pd. via Check 1361
Bill form Smith-Hammond Company for English Tests (November 26, 1930)
Invoice #194
English Tests for Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Silas Marner, and Macbeth totaling $4.87.
Pd. with check 1368
English Tests for Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Silas Marner, and Macbeth totaling $4.87.
Pd. with check 1368
Letter from L.E. Bowen of Tifton Buick Company Re: H.L. Williams to F.M. Tison
Letter to make "certain remittances" from H.L. Williams salary starting October 1931.
Budget of Ashburn Public Schools for year beginning July 1, 1935, ending June 30, 1936.
Board of Education:
G.C. Mckenzie, Pres.
Mrs. H.I. Shingler, Vice-Pres.
F.M. Tison, Sec.-Treas.
Mrs. V.A. North
E.W. Garner
J.R. Brown
J.S. North
signed by R.L. Todd Jr., Superintendent
G.C. Mckenzie, Pres.
Mrs. H.I. Shingler, Vice-Pres.
F.M. Tison, Sec.-Treas.
Mrs. V.A. North
E.W. Garner
J.R. Brown
J.S. North
signed by R.L. Todd Jr., Superintendent
$750.00 loan from Ashburn Bank to the Board of Education of the Ashburn Public School (December 15, 1931)
Signed by Board of Education of the Ashburn Ga. Public School President Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie and Secretary Frank Marion "F.M." Tison
Ashburn Public School Board of Education Meeting (March 9, 1932)
Meeting Minutes of the Board of Education for Ashburn Public Schools from March 9, 1932 with Chairman Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie residing over the meeting. Discussion of the teacher salaries was the topic of the meeting. Teachers…
Check for Ernest Bass from the Wiregrass Farmer
A scan of a cashed $4.50 check for Ernest Bass written on the Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman's (local newspaper) Turner County Bank checking account. The check was signed by Frank Marion "F.M." Tison, treasurer and business manager of the Wiregrass…
Scan of a blank check for the Exchange Bank in Sycamore, Georgia from the 1920s.
Scan of a blank check for the Exchange Bank in Sycamore, Georgia from the 1920s.
$10.00 check written to Mrs. Franklin Marion "F.M." Tison (Pearl Perry Tison, 1879-1941)
$10.00 check written to Mrs. Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (Pearl Perry Tison, 1879-1941) signed by Frank Marion "F.M." Tison, treasurer for the Turner County Schools.
Mike Mastrario
On Sunday, July 4, 2021, the Turner County Project sat down with Mike Mastrario to talk about him and his wife Sue moving their whole family from South New Jersey all the way to small town Ashburn in the early 1990s. Getting this Yankee’s first…
Linda Wiggins Williford
On March 24, 2021, Linda Wiggins Williford, daughter of Henry Richard “H.R.” Wiggins (May 10, 1924 – October 14, 2010) and Frankie Ireland Wiggins (November 7, 1923 – September 5, 2018), sat down for an hour-long interview with the Turner County…
Joyce Reed
The Turner County Project had the privilege of interviewing Mrs. Joyce McHugh Reed with the help of her son Wayne Reed on Saturday, July 3, 2021 over a glass of homemade sweet tea. This 102-year-old resident of Turner County shared some stories about…
Cheryle Bryan
Although she was not born in Turner County, Cheryle Bryan without a doubt is full of pride for our little community. Her arrival to Ashburn on Election Day 1972 is one she will always remember as a new beginning and a chance for her to become an…
Turner County Courthouse at Sunset
Construction Date: 1907
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980