Complex sentence: Anton's first mayor was Paul Grover Whitfield, who was born in July 1908 so in 1924 was only 16 or 17 years old, but told everyone he was 18 and so was able to accept the position.
Split into simpler sentences: Anton's first mayor was Paul Grover Whitfield, who was born in July 1908, so in 1924 was only 16 or 17 years old. He told everyone he was 18, so was able to accept the position.