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Sheriff Faces Trial Tomorrow on Count of Office Misconduct, c. 1955
"Sheriff Wesley H. Fiveash of Turner County, sentenced to two years in federal prison on a liquor conspiracy conviction, will face trial tomorrow on 28 charges of misconduct in office.
So. Gen. W.J. Forehand filed a petition seeking Fiveash's…
So. Gen. W.J. Forehand filed a petition seeking Fiveash's…
Shingler Building
8 photographs of the Shingler Building located on the corner of McLendon St. and College Avenue in Ashburn, GA.
Descriptions:
1 - Front McLendon St. Fascade facing towards First Baptist church; Photographer facing north
2 - J.S. Shingler…
Descriptions:
1 - Front McLendon St. Fascade facing towards First Baptist church; Photographer facing north
2 - J.S. Shingler…
Shingler Heights Historic District - National Register of Historical Places Application + Photos - #92001571
Shingler Heights Historic District - Along North Main Street (U.S. Hwy 41) between Murray and Hill Avenues of Ashburn, GA 31714
Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…
Application - 21 pages
Photos - 14 images
Description of Photograph(s):
1 of 14: Ashburn First United Methodist…
Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA (vintage postcard)
Script:
I was not at all surprised to get your card. Had been expecting one sometime. F. told me you would send me a card.
So warm here we have no fires. Just lovely Spring weather.
F.L.B.
Address to:
Miss Tillie Simpkins
Princess Ann,…
I was not at all surprised to get your card. Had been expecting one sometime. F. told me you would send me a card.
So warm here we have no fires. Just lovely Spring weather.
F.L.B.
Address to:
Miss Tillie Simpkins
Princess Ann,…
Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA (vintage postcard)
Script:
Dearest Summers how are you feeling this [missing] in? I have just had a [illegible], it was fine.
Say Burman is going to have a turkey dinner Sunday and she told me to write you and Mr. Summers to come down in the car and bring Johnston…
Dearest Summers how are you feeling this [missing] in? I have just had a [illegible], it was fine.
Say Burman is going to have a turkey dinner Sunday and she told me to write you and Mr. Summers to come down in the car and bring Johnston…
Shivers Family, 1941
From Bradley Shivers: “This photograph is of the James H. Shivers family taken in Rebecca in October 1941. Pictured are James and Ida Covington Shivers with their children Barney, Myrtle, Mattie Lucy, Belton (front left), Rogers and Roy.
Belton…
Belton…
Simon Baldwin Shingler and Henry McKenzie
written by Betty Talmadge:
"Simon Baldwin Shingler 16 yr. old 1938
on left
Henry McKenzie 15 yr. old 1938
middle
my 1st cousin
Do not know Boy on right."
"Simon Baldwin Shingler 16 yr. old 1938
on left
Henry McKenzie 15 yr. old 1938
middle
my 1st cousin
Do not know Boy on right."
Simon Shingler
Virgil R Boozer Studios
12 Fagon Arcade
West Palm Beach, Florida
12 Fagon Arcade
West Palm Beach, Florida
Small-town mayors pay big price
"Mayor Alexander Stotry, 74, of Ashburn in Turner County, is in his sixth term. This year, the City Council voted to pay him for the first time. He gets $60 a month,"
Smaller School? Academy Calls Meeting Here. Academy Turns to Plan for Smaller Private School Here.
The new school venture, The Turner County Academy, requires 150 students minimum to be enrolled or the "plans for a private school will be considered dead."
"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…
"'Quite frankly, the outlook is bleak,' a spokesman for the board said after its meeting…
Smashed watermelon roadside casualty
Location: Hudson Avenue in Ashburn, Georgia
Smith Restaurant - Main Street - Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)
2-T-491
Script:
Rested here last night feel fine this morning eating ham & eggs for breakfast at this restaurant on the front of the card.
See you later
Vernell
Address to:
Mrs. William Kirkman
626 Hall St
Owensboro, KY
Post Office…
Script:
Rested here last night feel fine this morning eating ham & eggs for breakfast at this restaurant on the front of the card.
See you later
Vernell
Address to:
Mrs. William Kirkman
626 Hall St
Owensboro, KY
Post Office…
Smith's Restaurant - "You've never eaten FRIED CHICKEN until you try ours!" (matchbook cover)
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"
Smith's Restaurant - "You've never eaten FRIED CHICKEN until you try ours!" (matchbook cover)
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"
Son Story Road
Ashburn, Ga
SOUTHERN COTTON (vintage postcard)
Cline photo I-K-30
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language of the period to refer to African Americans.]
Script:
Dear Mom & Pop,
We ran into good weather this side of Atlanta. Lots of mules and darkies. Stopped here for lunch.
Yours…
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language of the period to refer to African Americans.]
Script:
Dear Mom & Pop,
We ran into good weather this side of Atlanta. Lots of mules and darkies. Stopped here for lunch.
Yours…
