George Gause
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George Henry Gause, Jr. (died 1986) was a mortician and politician in Florida.[1] He served as mayor of Bartow, Florida.[2] He also served as a commissioner.[3] He was inducted as a Great Floridian. He was an African American.[4] He also served on the Polk County School Board.[5]
Gause's father was a naval architect and had a funeral home in Wilmington, North Carolina before moving to Florida forbhealth reasons.[6] Gause Jr. went to Union Academy High School in Bartow.
He served two terms as Bartow's mayor[7] from 1071 until 1977.
Gause was interviewed in 1975 for the Button Project.[8]
There is a George H. Gause Elementary school in Bartow, Florida. Two streets are named for him. The Martin Luther King Day celebration in Bartow honors him in its name. He was inducted into the Polk County Public Schools Hall of Fame in 2002.[5]
References
- ^ Brown, Canter (September 28, 2005). "None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida, 1940-2000". University of Tampa Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Studies, Joint Center for Political (June 1, 1977). "Profiles of Black Mayors in America". The Center – via Google Books.
- ^ "Florida Municipal Record". Municipal Record Publishing Company. September 28, 1968 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rywell, Martin; Wesley, Charles Harris (September 28, 1974). "Afro-American Encyclopedia". Educational Book Publishers – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Hall of Fame | Polk County Public Schools".
- ^ "Our Founders | Our Story | Gause Funeral Home of Bartow". Gause Funeral Home.
- ^ "FLOR500: Garden 221 - Xavier Cortada, Inc". www.xaviercortada.com.
- ^ "Interview with George H. Gause, July 26, 1975". ufdc.ufl.edu.