April 29th More doings at the Estill SC town square

In the town square, there was a historical marker- turns out to be a fairly important female athelete:  

Lucile Ellerbe Godbold

Inscription. 1922 Olympic Gold Medal winner Paris, France, while a student at Winthrop College. First woman in South Carolina Athletic Hall Of Fame. Outstanding educator at Columbia College. Daughter of William Asa and Lucie Ellerbe Godbold, Estill, South Carolina; formally of Marion, S.C. "Miss Ludy " was born May 31, 1900 at the Godbold place, Marion County. Erected 1982 by Citizens of Estill South Carolina. Location. 32° 45.351′ N, 81° 14.481′ W. Marker is in Estill, South Carolina, in Hampton County. Marker is on Columbia Highway (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in a small park near the (abandoned) train station.  Regarding Lucile Ellerbe Godbold. In the Spring of 1922, "Miss Ludy" broke the American record for the Shot Put, bringing an invitation to try out for 1922 International Team Tour (forerunner of Olympic Games), where she earned a spot on the U.S. team that competed at the First International Track Meet for Women in Paris in 1922, a forerunner of Olympic Games. She carried the Flag for U.S. team and brought home six medals, including one gold (and set a new World's record in the shot put). In 1961, she became the first woman in South Carolina history to be inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1971, the Physical Education Center at Columbia College was named in her honor.

 There is also a fairly large WWI/WWII memorial- one can suppose it is for the White Citizens of Estill:

Right next to it is a newer memorial, which directs itself to the African Americans who fought in WWI and WWII.  Ahh- Political Correctness.....