Members and Guests were welcomed by President Kristin Keller.
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag.
 
Announcements:
 
Jon Lundlin has been in the hospital.  He recently was released.
 
Dick Storm attended a ZOOM meeting with the school as part of our literacy service. There is an opening for one more community rep, which means a commitment of a once a month meeting.  There is a need for mentors. Area student are 37% competent in reading and 33% in math.  Contact Dick if you would like to become involved in this important community service.
 
If you haven't gotten your raffle tickets yet, contact Lauren Holley.  Kristin advised that we will be having assistance with tickets sales from the Island Rec Center.
 
Suzi Oliver, Sergeant at Arms, collected Happy $$.
 
Speaker:
Speakers were mother and daughter Nell and Ora Smith.  They are dynamic pioneers who moved to Hilton Head in 1963 and are authors of "Paradise: Memories of Hilton Head in the early days".  Nell helped start the first Sunday school at St. Lukes Episcopal Church, a cub scout troupe, the PTA and library.  Ora worked with her mother at Nell's Harbour Shop- the oldest gift shop in HHI, which they sold in 1996.  
The shared much information about early Hilton Head and what is was like to live in this paradise in the 60's.  They had to learn to treat snake bites, didn't have personal washers and dryers and no one locked their doors.  There were no movie theaters and time was spent learning to shrimp and harvest oysters and enjoying the bounty of the beautiful environment.  In 1963 there were only 12 residents in Sea Pines.  In 1969 was the inaugural Heritage Classic golf tournament which put Hilton Head on the map.  Tennis was getting popular and the first Family Circle tournament was held here in 1973.  It is the oldest women's tennis tournament in the U.S. and it began here.
The ladies brought several of the jackets of the original sporting tournaments for us to see.  Hurricane tracking was not as sophisticated as it is today.  There were only 3 TV channels out of Savannah.  They did evacuate a few times and the neighbors would speculate how serious the hurricane was based on if they saw the Smiths loading their van with their prized oldest pieces of furniture.  So many fascinating stories of early HHI - worth the read - "Paradise: Memories of Hilton Head in the Early Days". 
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