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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

Quality Motel Restaurant - postcard front.tif
42141-C

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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See also vintage postcard that has shows the same building when it was another business. https://turnercountyproject.com/archive/items/show/667

Ray Road in Sycamore, Georgia - February 18, 2021.jpg
The road was named for members of the Ray family who owned property on both sides of the road for many years. Family members who owned the property over time included Henry Ray, Earl Claude Ray, Earl Lamar Ray, Lillian Moore Ray, James Claude Ray,…

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Ray's Drug Store, Gordon St., Ashburn, Turner Co., grand opening 1949.

Beverly Haper writes: "...He had boothes [sic] in far left side with a jukebox in far back. This was the hangout for teens back In The fifties !!! the store had a counter with…

Reason Paulk State Rep Dies - ATL Constitution 10 Marc 1932 page 5.jpg
"Reason Paulk, Turner county pioneer citizen, died Thursday evening at the Frances hotel here, where he made his home..."

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Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Rebecca Store, Georgia Hwy. 90, Rebecca, Turner County, Ga., March 1981. Commercial. 1 story rectangular commercial building; stucco over concrete block. Flat roof. Fair condition. Date of…

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Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Depot on Ashley St., Rebecca, Ga., March 1981. Turner County, Ga. Depot. 1 story rectangular clapboard & board & batten. Hipped roof with wide overhang & brackets. Double hung sash windows are…

Perlene Sellars Kelly Graduation Invitation c.1932.jpeg
Envelope Posted May 3, 1932 - Ashburn, Ga
Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Garrett
Route 1
Sycamore, Georgia

The
Rebecca High School
Senior Class
announces its graduation
May sixteenth
High School Auditorium
eight thirty P. M.

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Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Washington St., Rebecca, Turner County, Ga., March 1981. Vacant (school). 1 story long rectangular brick building with gabled roof. Gabled portico. Transom. Double hung sash windows with 9/9…

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Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of Ga. Hwy. 90, Rebecca, Turner County, Ga., March 1981. Commercial (vacant). Row of 1 story red brick commercial buildings with flat roofs. Some are stuccoes. Wood and glass storefronts appear to…

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