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Location: 616 E. Washington Ave., Ashburn, GA 31714

Page A-14
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00

"The first new county bill taken up at the afternoon session provided for the creation of the new county of Turner from which portions of the present counties of Worth, Wilcox, and Irwin, with Ashburn, now in Worth, as the county seat."
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"The…

Photographs of the exterior and interior of the Turner County Post Office. Built in 1939.

Winfred Rembert, who survived an attempted lynching in Cuthbert, Georgia in 1967, was later sentenced to 27 years in prison. During his time in the prison system, one of his transfers brought him to Ashburn, where he was held at the Turner County…

"War prison labor was used to some extent last year and since a camp is now located in Turner County, this help will again be available this year."

"It's the neatest, sharpest looking camp I've been in in well over 12 months."

Friday & Saturday
Dec 13-14
Double Feature

Sunday & Monday
Dec 15-16

The Tifton Gazette reported on April 22, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had been accused…

"Turner County's first war bride arrived in Rebecca late Tuesday night with her three months old baby, Herbert Michael, from Angers, France. The petite blonde French girl is the wife of Mr. Arthur Pullin [also spelled Pullen later in article] of…

The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal reported on April 19, 1910, the lynching of Albert Royal and Charles Jackson near Ashburn. A mob abducted and shot the men, binding them to trees. Royal, a farmer, had faced legal and community harassment. Jackson had…

"Two negroes were lynched near Amboy today. Warrants were sworn out by two negro women charging five prominent white men with lynching. The negroes killed were Albert Royal and Charley Jackson. The trouble started over an attack on a white woman.…

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Written Script:
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Dear Folks, We are on our way home. Our trip has been very nice. To-night we are staying in a motel in Ft. Valley Ga. Today we traveled through cotton plantations. They are picking the cotton. Hope you…

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Written Script:
July 6, 1953
On our way north & thought this card would be different.
Momma & Daddu

Written to:
Mrs. Paul Marzluf
216 So Harris Ave
Lots 4. Ohio

Mail stamp:
Ashburn, GA
July 7, 1953
11 AM

Ashburn, Ga

US. Coast & Geodetic Survey Bench Mark
Elev. Feet.
Above Mean Sea Level
$250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK
ASHBURN
1934

This is a photo of the Victoria Evans Memorial Library when it was located at what is now the Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce (238 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, GA 31714).

Although the date is unknown for the photo, we can date it before…
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