Back writing:
Dear Friend, I didn't get a chance to see you before I left- but may be when I come again you won't be so busy how is the new baby? We got back safe and I was glad to get to work. T.W.
Advertisement for Mitchell Stewart Hardware Company where it was located before it shut down.
MITCHELL STEWART HARDWARE COMPANY was registered on 1923-02-02 as a domestic profit corporation type with the address 113 COLLEGE ST, ASHBURN, GA, 31714
From David Baldwin:
"The sign east of the silos reads Ashburn Peanut Company. It began in 1938 by a Mr. Ray from Thomasville, (no relationship to our Rays) who had experience in the peanut business in other towns; however, Jay Faircloth 's…
The Big Peanut is coming back! AgGeorgia was pleased to donate the remaining $10,000 needed for the restoration of the monument, and is proud to support Turner County and the Georgia peanut farmers to which this monument pays homage. AgGeorgia CEO…
From the Macon Telegraph, December 8, 1943 (page 3):
Ashburn, Ga., Dec. 7- “Henry Grady Smith, age 33, died Saturday at the Tifton hospital from burns he received in a fire which occurred at Akins Filling Station and Garage early Saturday morning…
Alda Street, although officially considered a street according to the city, is more of an unpaved alleyway that connects Hudson Avenue and James Ave. It was named after Alda Patton Alexander (July 8, 1896 – May 14, 1966), a daughter of John Robert…
Georgia Architectural and Historic Properties Survey of East Railroad Ave. [2], U.S. 41, Sycamore, Turner County, Ga., 1981. Two one story commercial brick buildings with flat roofs. Fair condition. Two one story commercial brick buildings with flat…
"This girl was employed to cook a chicken supper on the night of Dec. 11, 1937 and according to court investigation the date of her death has not been determined. Her body was found in a lake near town about ninety days later but my opinion is that…
"There passed in Atlanta the other day, at the home of her mother, a young woman who had done more perhaps for the women and children of the farms of Georgia than any other - Mrs. George T. Betts [Emily Kate Moyer Betts], of Turner county, widow of…
A clipping from the Turner County Banner discussing the duel by Col. Jas. H. Pate and W. A. Aultman in front of Citizen's Bank. Fortunately, neither were seriously injured.
"Ashburn Bank has known great success in its 94 years of service to Ashburn and Turner County. In 94 years, it has prospered and grown even in the face of many economically hard times. All of our progress has been made possible by the community…
In 2000, Celebrating 100 years of business, Ashburn Bank (now known as Colony Bank) produced keepsake calendar featuring prominent Turner County Landmarks drawn by Minnie G. Brown.
Featured:
January - The original Ashburn Bank located on…