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Piggly Wiggly Sunset.jpg
Location: Rogers Plaza facing West (S. Johnson St. and E. Monroe St. in Ashburn, GA)

Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel Henderson Davis, date unkown.jpg
Pioneers Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel H. Davis, early ~1900s

Pivot over peanut field on Daniels Rd. 8.18.21 1.jpg
Daniels Road in Ashburn, Ga

Pivot watering a cotton field off of Julianne Road in Ashburn, GA 8.14.2021.jpg
Julianne Road in Ashburn, Georgia

Pivots.jpg
Pivots in Paradise

Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA

1970 May 28 - Integration - Plan Approved for school merger.jpg
Photos are in left to right order, top to bottom for new principals for the Integrated school system of Turner County Schools:
Jimmy Alberson
Rudene Gentry
Bill Hardin
Elie S. Griffin
Hodge King

New school grade/principal assignments:
Grades…

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Plowing up peanuts at Phil Coley Farms.

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Farmer Steven Poole plows up peanuts for harvest 2021. Steven works for Phil Coley at Coley Farms.

Pond off of Ewing Farm Road 8.14.2021.jpg
Ewing Farm Road in Ashburn, Ga

Jack Marrell and wife in front of the Turner County Courthouse.tif
Photo taken at the Southwest corner of the Turner County Courthouse of Jack Marrell and his wife.
The wagon is selling Rawleigh Products: Medicines, Extracts, Spices, Soaps, Perfumes, Toilet Articles.

Ashburn First Baptist Church can be see in…

John Samuel %22J.S.%22 Betts from Men of Mark in Georgia Volume 6 published 1912.png
J.S. Betts was one of Ashburn’s founding fathers, long-time Mayor of Ashburn, and owner of the Betts Lumber Company. It was said that his wife Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (May 2, 1858 – September 27, 1907) used to “signal” her sister Ella…

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JOHN WEST EVANS

(September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904)

Born in Hancock County to Sterling G. and Mary West Evans, John and his wife Ella, followed his business partner/brother-in-law John Samuel “J.S.” Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918)…

Turner County Project POW camp Guardhouse01.JPG
Once a guardhouse at the Prisoner of War (POW) camp located in Ashburn, Georgia from 1943-1946. This one is located on Raney Street in Ashburn with another on Monroe Avenue. According to current Raney St. owner Susan Watson, "It was purchased by the…

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Letter from a POW prisoner, Gerhard Lorenz, who was once at the Turner County POW camp and worked for Mr. Chester Lee "C.L." Wilson of Chula, Georgia.

Chester's wife's name was Unez Pilkinton Wilson. This could explain the Pilkinton family…

Clyde Z Harden - ATL Const 15 Aug 1941 page 2.jpg
page 2

"Here are the men who investigated conditions in Georgia prison camps."

1970 Jan 29 - Integration - Private School Entries Climb 1.jpg
"A count showed that 210 students already have been enrolled as prospective attendants at a private school which has been proposed by a citizens' group..."

"The crowd which turned out to discuss plans for the private school - an effort to take…

1970 March 19 - Integration - Private School List Dwindles.jpg
Only 75 students have paid the 50% of tuition for the new proposed private school. They are considering only making it for grades 1-9 due to lack of high school student registration.

1970 Apr 9 - Integration - Private School Not Likely.jpg
"Plans to establish a private school here apparently have been forsaken in favor of support for other independent schools nearby."

1970 Feb 5 - Integration - Private School Now Lists 270_ Board Meetgs.jpg
"Confronted with a Federal Court order to abolish a dual school system by integrating all students and faculties, the Turner County Board of Education met..."

Turner County was one of 81 systems that were required to integrate or risk losing their…

Prohibition Rally in Ashburn - The Macon Telegraph - 17 Aug 1899.PNG
"The prohibition rally at this place today was a success. About three hundred persons attended..."

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Location: Nesmith Rd. In Coverdale, GA

Quality Inn - Amboy Exit - postcard front.tif
Quality Inn/Ashburn
AAA
I-75 & aShburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia 31714
(912) 567-3334
Restaurant - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Shuffleboard - Playground - Color TV - Phones
Attractions: Golf Course - Near Plains, GA

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Quality Motel
I-75 & Ashburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia
Phone (912)- 567-3334
Shuffleboard - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Playground - Taped Music - TV - Phones - Service Station - Restaurant

Railroad Street South, Ashburn, GA. - 01233 - postcard front.tif
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