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WHERE WE ARE STAYING. THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD, ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)

Where we are staying - The House by the Road postcard front.tif

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THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
ON U.S. 41 - ASHBURN, GEORGIA

A beautiful private estate open to Guests. Steam Heated - Recommended by Duncan Hines. All Rooms have Twin Beds and Private Baths.
Meals Served - Locked Garages - Porter Service.
We…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

WHERE WE ARE STAYING. THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD. ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)

Where we are staying - The House by the Road, Ashburn, Georgia - postcard front.tif

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THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
ON U.S. 41 - ASHBURN, GEORGIA

A beautiful private estate open to Guests. Steam Heated - Recommended by Duncan Hines. All Rooms have Twin Beds and Private Baths.
Meals Served - Locked Garages - Porter Service.
We…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

Wide Load

Location: Bussey Rd. and Leon Williams Rd. in Sycamore, GA

Tags: Bussey Rd., Leon Williams Rd., Samantha “Sami” Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, Sycamore

Wild Wisteria

Located on Cofer Rd.

Tags: Cofer Rd., Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, Wisteria

Winter Storm Enzo

Turner County experienced a rare and remarkable winter event, with 5-6 inches of snow blanketing the county. Winter storm Enzo.

Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church, Big Peanut Monument, E. College Ave., Fire Ant Express, First Baptist Church, Highway 112, Highway 41, Hudson Avenue, Main St., Main Street, McKenzie Building, Perry Funeral Chapel, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Jail

Winter Storm in 1978

Photos
1. Garrett Home
2. Garrett Saint Bernard, Ginger
3. Garrett Home
4. Elaine Mize Garrett
5. Garrett Home
6. William Cluria and Annie Bell (Sellars) Garrett's home. Railroad Ave. Sycamore.
7. Donald Garrett home, shared garage, my…

Tags: Annie Belle Sellars Garrett (1907-1988), Bonnie Smith, Carlton Smith, Donald Garrett, Elaine Mize Garrett, Garrett's Dinette, Highway 41, Kevin Garrett, Lisa Garrett Bonnell, Mattie Avenue, Railroad Ave., Sycamore Baptist Church, Sycamore Elementary, Sycamore Georgia, Sycamore Methodist Church, Sycamore School, William Cluria Garrett (1906-1996)

Wiregrass Excitement

Poem by Gail Walls, one of the original members of the Fire Ant Festival (previously known as the Wiregrass Festival).

Tags: Fire Ant Festival, Gail Walls

Wiregrass Farmer Sold; G.C. Patten of Adel Purchaser

1969 Sept 4 - WGF sold to G.C. Patten of Adel 1.jpg

(6 images)

Although there is new ownership, there will be no changes in staff.

Nora Lawrence Smith, Editor:
"I love the work. when I was 13 years old I crawled up on a stool and learned to set type by hand and have been working ever since…

Tags: Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison II (1914-1979), Franklin Henry, G.C. Patten (Adel GA), Jere Jordan, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), Nora Lawrence Smith, The Turner County Plan of Farming, The Wiregrass Farmer

Wiregrass Festival features fire ants, fun

Fire Ant Festival - The Albany Herald - 24 March 1996.pdf

Tags: Charnelle Reinhardt, Debbie Free, E. College Ave., Fire Ant Festival, Fire Ant Festival Strawberry Cook-off, Heritage Park, Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), Sycamore Elementary, The Wiregrass Farmer

Wiregrass Festival Postcard

Fire Ant Festival Postcard - 1996 front.jpg

1996 1st Annual Wiregrass Festival (now known as the Fire Ant Festival) Postcard

March 20-24, 1996

Wiregrass Festival Window Painting from 1997

Wiregrass Festival [now known as the Fire Ant Festival] Window Painting from 1997 3.3.2021 1.jpg

Wiregrass Festival Window Painting from 1997. The festival is now known as the Fire Ant Festival (www.fireantfestival.com).

Tags: Fire Ant Festival

With the Army, Navy, and Marines - Awarded

Herbert Ives Shingler Jr awarded the Distinguished Service Cross - Atlanta Constitution 18 Oct 1943 page 12.JPG

Hervert I. Shingler, Jr. is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for "extraordinary heroism and gallantry while participating in the bombing attack against the Ploesti oil refineries of Rumania. Colonel Shingler also holds the Distinguished Flying…

Tags: Herbert Ives Shinger II (1918-1959)

Word of [German] Surrender Received With Thanksgiving Here

1945 May 10 WGF - Word of [German] Surrender received with thanksgiving WW2.jpg

Word of Germany's surrender was received in Ashburn and Turner County quietly, gratefully, and with Thanksgiving.
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Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, Rev. T.W. Wilson, Rev. W.B. Cheshire, The Wiregrass Farmer

Workers are Needed to Fold Sponges

1944 Mar 9 WGF - Workers needed to Fold Sponges [WW2].jpg

Surgical Dressings Now Being Made Are Seeing Duty on Many Fronts in Many Lands.

Those donating 50-100 hours in February:
Mrs. K.P. Baker,
Mrs. W.B. Cheshire,
Mrs. D.H. Rose,
Mrs. H.I. Shingle,
Mrs. W.K. Stewart

Those giving 20-50…

Tags: Addie Holmes McLendon (1887-1978), Allie S. Zorn (1888-1973), Alma Jessup Comer (1881-1948), Aurena Emmie Josephine Evans Burgess (7/22/1880 - 3/2/1974), Belle Rainey Brannon (1904-1952), Blanche Cockrell, Bonnie Beatrice Harris Hobby (1895-1986), Dorothy Faircloth, Eleanor Stewart, Eliza McGough Luke (1889-1963), Elizabeth Ann Acree Cantey (1916-1962), Ella Mae Evans Rogers (1884-1983), Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Essena "Essa" Howell Story (1905-1993), Estelle Dixon, Florrie Smith Evans (1873-1955), Georgia Lenora "Joy" Boland (1908-1985), Hattie Burdette McCard (1898-1986), Hattie Mae Lemons Sumner (1897-1951), Helen Glady Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Hortense Royal Raines (1904-1975), Hough Stewart, Julia Kennings Stevens (1870-1946), Laura Talton Launius, Leecy Cravey Odom (1890-1982), Lela Saffold Garner (1895-1981), Leona Roberts, Lessie Mims Gilmore (1893-1976), Lillian Stevens North (1896-1998), Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Margaret Belle Rainey Elrod (1886-1953), Margaret Jernigan Corn (1892-1946), Marion Tharpe, Martha Bibb Jenkins (1910-2000), Mary Ellen Gordon (1901-1965), Minnie Lee Johnson Tison (1887-1964), Mrs. B.S. Davis, Mrs. D.H. Rose, Mrs. Dale Lake, Mrs. E.E. Shealy, Mrs. F.W. Rogers, Mrs. H.W. Bitler, Mrs. J.E. Kohn, Mrs. J.F. Johnson, Mrs. J.R. Brown, Mrs. K.P. Baker, Mrs. L.A. Stewart, Mrs. Lawrence Avery, Mrs. Silas Hearn, Mrs. T.B. McKenzie, Mrs. W.B. Cheshire, Mrs. W.C. Wilson, Mrs. W.K. Stewart, Murilla Zelina Bryant Ellis (1884-1959), Nellie Phillips Jarman (1910-1995), Nellie Thrasher (1879-1961), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), Sue Jordan, Sue West Melton (1907-2004), Tempie Hancock, The Wiregrass Farmer, Vernell "Honey" Akin (1918-1975)

World's Largest Coloring sheet

Roadside Attractions Coloring Book - Big Peanut (2).tif

If you travel around enough you're sure to encounter some really nutty sites, but none as tasty looking at the giant peanut that sits atop the monument to this noble nut, Georgia's official state crop. It was built in 1975 and dedicated to Nora L.…

Tags: Big Peanut Monument, Golden Peanut Company, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer