- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- City of Walthourville (Side 1) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Liberty County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Walthourville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, Walthourville, 31.7741, -81.63261
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: City Hall on U.S. 119 at Busbee Road
Text of marker: "CITY OF WALTHOURVILLE HISTORY WALTHOURVILLE, GEORGIA INCORPORATED IN 1974 "ORGANIZED BY WOMEN, SUPPORTED BY MEN" HONORING MAYOR LYNDOL ANDERSON. The first mayor of the City of Walthourville, who was appointed by Governor Jimmy Carter in 1974. On April 10, 1974 in the presence of a few friends, Attorney J. Noel Osteen Administered the Oath of Office to the mayor. Mrs. Lyndol Anderson and Councilwomen, Mrs. Faye Booth, Mrs. Maxine Gaskin, Mrs. Carrie Kent, Mrs. Ardith Herbert, Miss Celia Davis, and to the clerk, Mrs. Molene Burke at the Walthourville Polling House in Walthourville and was officially elected in the first city election held on December 4, 1974. The first act of Mrs. Anderson was to donate her $150-a-month salary for the betterment of the city and her all female council (Continued on other side) IN RECOGNITION OF HER PAST SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE CITIZENS OF WALTHOURVILLE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HEREBY HONOR MRS. LYNDOL ANDERSON, THE FIRST MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WALTHOURVILLE, THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE, 2007" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_city-of-walthourville-side-1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_city-of-walthourville-side-1
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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