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Board's Plan is Turner Down
"A 'freedom of choice plan submitted by the Turner County Board of Education for abolition of a dual school system here has been rejected. It was learned last week-end by the Wiregrass Farmer."
Board Wants Free Choice - School Official's Must Submit Plan Here By March 1
Discusses the deadline - March 1, 1970 - for submitting a plan for integration of Turner County Schools. The Board of Education has a petition of more than 1,100 names of parents who want their children to have a choice of what school they attend. If…
Board Wants 'Free Choice' - 500 Hear Plan for Schools
"A plan which calls for freedom of choice by students who will be allowed to attend any school they wish in Turner County will be submitted Feb. 28, school officials said.
They said they intend to follow this plan to 'the letter of the law.' If it…
They said they intend to follow this plan to 'the letter of the law.' If it…
Black Prisoner's killing sparks Ashburn racial violence
Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985)
Birds Migrating
Location: Bussey Rd. and Rockhouse Rd.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW, Looking South, Ashburn, GA FROM TURNER COUNTY COURTHOUSE (vintage postcard)
Buildings of note:
The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.
The smokestack is no longer standing but was part of the Betts Lumber Co.
Location: 219 E. College Avenue in…
The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.
The smokestack is no longer standing but was part of the Betts Lumber Co.
Location: 219 E. College Avenue in…
Bird's Eye View of John Samuel "J.S." Betts Lumber Plant Postcard
Bird's-eye view J.S. Betts' Lumber Plant, Ashburn, Ga.
Small "W" insignia in the lower left hand corner.
Small "W" insignia in the lower left hand corner.
Bird's Eye View from Turner County Courthouse Postcard
Buildings of note:
The building in the bottom right corner is the Shingler Building, built in 1914.
The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.
The water tower and smokestack…
The building in the bottom right corner is the Shingler Building, built in 1914.
The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.
The water tower and smokestack…
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
Big Peanut Sunset
Location: Sylvia Drive in Ashburn, Georgia
Big Peanut Monument (vintage postcard)
Monument to Georgia's number 1 cash crop, located on I-75 in Ashburn, Ga., center of the Peanut Belt. Also, visit the world's largest peanut processing plant located in Ashburn, Ga. For more information contact Turner County Chamber of Commerce, PO…
Betts-Shealy House
photo 1:
THE STATE OF THE HOUSE WHEN MIKE, SUE, AND THEIR DAUGHTERS TOURED THE HOUSE.
IMAGE COURTESY OF THE MASTRARIO FAMILY, CIRCA JUNE 1992
photo 2:
THE INFORMAL LIVING ROOM WITH A SMALL GLIMMER OF THE BACK HALLWAY STAIRS.
IMAGE COURTESY OF…
THE STATE OF THE HOUSE WHEN MIKE, SUE, AND THEIR DAUGHTERS TOURED THE HOUSE.
IMAGE COURTESY OF THE MASTRARIO FAMILY, CIRCA JUNE 1992
photo 2:
THE INFORMAL LIVING ROOM WITH A SMALL GLIMMER OF THE BACK HALLWAY STAIRS.
IMAGE COURTESY OF…
Betts & Co. Buy Forty Thousand Acres in Florida
40,000 for $240,000.00 in 1904.
Bell Rd. Home
Location: Bell Rd. In Sycamore, GA
Beer Is Legalized in Ashburn 4 To 1
"The City Council has voted 4 to 1 to legalize beer in Ashburn. In explaining the vote, two of the councilmen have made the statement, first that revenue, needed in Ashburn, can be derived from the sale of beer. Second, that beer is openly sold in…
Bee Boxes
located off of Mattie Avenue in Sycamore, GA
Coordinates: 31°40'49.1"N 83°38'37.5"W
Coordinates: 31°40'49.1"N 83°38'37.5"W
Beaver Dam
Shepherd Rd., Coverdale
Baptist Church Moved to Make Way for $100,000 Structure
Constructed in 1901, the church was moved in April of 1954 in preparation for the construction of a new building costing $100,000.
Bank park named
"The new park being build by Ashburn bank has been given its official name, Ashburn Bank Heritage Park. The official name was chosen for the new park on Friday, April 14th (1995) by Ashburn Bank board of directors. The winning selection was the entry…
Back in the Day When Sycamores Shaded Sycamore
original photo date: 1911