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To read Joan's mini interview, check it out here:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/10/11/joan-sellars-lorenzen/

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JACK WITH HIS DAUGHTER RENE ALBRITTON FORTSON.

To read more from Jack Albritton's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/01/17/jack-albritton/

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Turner County Frozen Foods was built in 1947 by Grady M. Sconyers (1909-1968) and his wife Cortez Henderson Sconyers (1908-2000). They operated it until 1950 when he sold it to John Corbett.

Location: 1721 US Hwy 41, Sycamore, Ga

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Get a taste of country cooking with this classic Southern recipe.

Ingredients
1 lb cabbage (chopped)
6 medium onions (chopped)
6 green bell peppers (chopped)
6 red bell peppers (chopped)
4 cups green tomatoes (peeled and chopped)
1/4 cup…

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Plowing up peanuts at Phil Coley Farms.

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located at the Turner County Courthouse on E. College Avenue in Ashburn, GA

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The clock, currently owned by Perry Funeral Chapel, was donated to them my the Mastrario family. They brought the clock with them when they moved into Ashburn from New Jersey in 1992. The Perry family restored the clock and added the "Mastrario" name…

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Plaque located outside the front doors of Victoria Evans Memorial Library
605 North St
Ashburn, GA

"In honor of Netta Jacobs Shingler, charter member of the Library Board, the property for this library site given by her son, George Jacobs…

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507 N. Main St.

Built in 1900 for William Andrew Shingler, cousin of J.S. Shingler, this is one of many Dennis & Dennis designed homes. This design firm located in Macon will pop up several times on the tour because Mr. Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929)…

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721 N Main St. in Ashburn, Ga

Built in 1919 by J.S. Shingler for his son Robert Royal Shingler. Within a few years, he married his distant cousin Lillian Hughes. In 1926, Lillian turned her home into a hospitality suite with lodgings and a…

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765 N. Main St. in Ashburn, GA

Known as the Shingler House, this lovely home represents the Neoclassical Revival period. Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte…

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124 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, Ga

Built 1912 and used to be the post office building for Ashburn but became the second home of Ashburn Bank in 1926. The stained glass windows were bought from a church in England. Today, the building house…

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The first brick house in Ashburn, Ga. It was built by the Ewing family.

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Thomas John Shingler House. Shingler Heights Historic District’s only example of board-and-batten construction. The house has exposed rafters and rusticated concrete block porch posts as decorative features.

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109 N Gordon St. in Ashburn, GA
facing East

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located at the Superior Court office in the Turner County Courthouse.

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Home of Clair McLendon, son of J.T. McLendon, this ornate Victorian home boasts of twelve foot ceilings and a huge open attic for heat dissipation during the hot summer months.

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Here is an example of a Dennis & Dennis designed home in Ashburn. It was built in 1916 at the request of pioneer J.S. Shingler for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Josie Baldwin. The house has a beautiful larger than the normal front door!

Construction…

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