Mount Pleasant Senior Living 2019

www.CharlestonReti r ementLifestyle.com | www.Retir i ngToSC.com | www .HotRetirementTowns.com senior living SL M ount Pleasant has changed a lot in the past 80 years, from a population of 1,700 in 1940 to over 86,000 now. The memories of those who grew up here years ago are treasures to keep and share. The following memoir stories reveal a time when the Old Village was the “downtown,” there was no dentist nor a bank in town, vegetables were stored under the porch, everyone had four-digit phone numbers, Wando High School’s first boys’ tennis team got beat by Ashley Hall and the fire department had to open one lane of the Grace Memorial Bridge during a snowstorm so a baby could be born in Charleston, since there was no hospital East of the Cooper. Life in Mount Pleasant Before There Was a Dentist or a Bank in Town By William L. (Roy) Hills My father bought our house — 121 Live Oak Drive — in 1930 for about $4,200. We heated the main part with a pot-bellied wood stove. In 1940, the town population was about 1,700. I was born in 1943. The Mount Pleasant Boat Building Company on Shem Creek was big business, hauling and repairing boats of all types. My cousin Bob Magwood’s dock was stacked with boats including the “Geneva Moore,” “Ruth” and “The Boxcar.” My cousin Willie Magwood had a one-cylinder, Lathrop-powered shrimp boat, “The Skipper.” When they came in from a day of shrimping, a dozen women headed the baskets of shrimp with lively conversation, humming of Growing Up East of the Cooper Photo courtesy of Roy Hills. Memories Roy Hills, left, with his brother, Peter. 186 ww .RetiringToSC.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.ReadMP.com COMPILED BY TONYA MCGUE