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From YouTube: Town Talk with Mayor McCann - Episode 2
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In this episode of Town Talk with Mayor McCann, guest Thomas C. Barnwell Jr. talks about the early years of Hilton Head Island.
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B
Well,
good
afternoon,
everybody
I'm
thrilled
to
have
as
our
first
guest
for
this
show
the
once
a
month
show
with
the
mayor,
thomas
barnwell,
jr
he's
a
very,
very
interesting
man.
Let
me
read
you
some
of
his
background
here.
He's
a
community
leader,
a
housing
developer,
public
health
advocate
veteran
historian
author.
B
B
C
C
C
So
that
really
inspired
me
because
growing
up
when
she
had
patients,
she
delivered
babies
throughout
the
island.
She
was
one
of
several
midwives
and
I
would
drive
the
horse
in
the
wagon
as
a
young
boy
with
her,
and
she
would
talk
about
things
that
she
wish.
She
had
the
opportunity
to
have
to
give
a
greater
evaluation
of
the
patient
and
she
would
talk
about
things
like
hematocrit
and
I
said
well
mama.
What
is
that?
And
she
would
explain
that
to
me-
then
she
would
talk
about
other
levels
of
blood
work.
B
C
Take
them
out
on
the
boat,
show
them
safety
skills,
where
the
best
fishing
drops
were
located,
how
to
secure
the
boat
when
it
when
you
came
back
in
from
fishing
and
and
and
and
also
we
got
tutored
by
the
older
persons
on
gun
safety,
because
when
we
were
growing
up
here,
we
we.
We
had
an
awful
lot
of
food
that
we
would
grow
on
the
farm.
B
C
C
I
worked
for
sea
pines
for
50
cents,
an
hour
wow
doing
interior
declaration
work
with
the
consultants
who
got
the
contract.
Of
course,
doing
specific
things
hanging
pictures
putting
bed
heads
in
place,
things
of
that
type,
then
after
that
was
completed
it
would
I
was
they
would
approve
of
my
work.
My
work
status
was
approval
by
the
company,
so
I
got
an
opportunity
to
operate
a
skitter.
C
B
Yes,
yes,
you
know
mr
frazier
built
good
part
of
the
island.
Then
it's
progressed
over
the
course
of
the
years.
Do
you
think
we've
missed
something
in
the
growth
of
the
island
I
mean,
did
we
leave
something
behind?
Do
we
do
we
make
it
too
big
at
one
time
or
you
know,
and
how
do
we
fit
into
the
workforce
housing
we
talk
about
today?
How
does
that
all
fit
in
to
the
sculpture,
who
we
are.
C
This
is
why
I
say
it's
going
to
take
more
than
5
10
15
20
minutes
to
talk
about
housing,
because
that's
that's
a
very
great
need.
When
you
start
looking
at
the
development
of
housing,
you
will
need
a
staff
that
have
no
disrespect
to
the
staff
that
that's
on
board
and
let
me
digress
for
a
moment
and
say
that
I
am
so
happy
and
pleased
to
have
to
have
had
from
the
beginning
of
mayor
ben
ricusen
to
now,
with
your
term
positive
working
relationship
with
the
staff.
C
B
Why
did
yourself,
and
so
many
of
the
people
here
that
I
know,
joined
the
air
force
and
go
away
for
a
while?
Why
not
the
navy,
the
army,
the
marines,
it
was
a
lot
of
years,
went
to
the
air
force
and
I
I
can
never
figure
that
connection
out.
But
was
there
any
reason
you
all
went
to
the
air
force
you
and
perry,
white
and.
C
C
A
B
B
C
Naturally,
it
have
does
have
wood
in
in
the
windows
and
the
in
the
door
ceiling
area,
and
it's
all
built
in
to
the
framework.
There
are
no
nails
to
hold
it.
There's
it's
pegged
in
it's
made
from
using
sand
cement,
all
types
of
shells
that
you
can
mention:
conch,
shell
ocean,
shell,
snail
shells
or
every
shell
that
you
can
mention
as
well
as
concrete
and
it
the
tabby
building
itself
had
deteriorated.
C
He
is
a
special
architect.
His
specialty
is
restoring
tabbies
and,
and
he
traveled
from
south
carolina
to
places
in
the
caribbean,
puerto
rico
and
other
places
doing
just
that
and
with
him
the
person
that
does
the
physical
work
name
is
rick,
weidman
and,
and
he
is
a
specialist
he
is,
I
mean
superb
and
the
the
the
cost
of
of
restoring
the
tabby
was
enormous
amount.
So
we
started
in
with
phase
one
in
2009
and
we
completed
the
project
in
2018
and
we
discovered
after
the
project.
C
C
C
B
B
C
May
I
say
again
thank
you
personally,
mr
mayor,
not
only
you
thank
the
present
town
manager.
Thank
the
previous
town
manager,
thank
all
of
the
town
council,
thank
all
of
the
staff,
and
especially
thanks
to
the
first
councilman
dreesen,
thanks
to
mr
ferguson,
thanks
to
mr
grant
and
now
mr
brown,
and
I
thank
all
of
you
for
everything
that
you're
doing
to
continue
to
make
hilton
head
the
place
that
it
is
for
all
of.
B
Us
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Well,
I'm
excited
by
our
first
guest
today
and
I'm
sure
that
between
carolyn
and
myself
will
put
together
a
whole
host
of
great
guests
in
their
near
future.
This
island
is
loaded
with
people
of
great
interest
and
it's
time
to
bring
them
forward,
stay
tuned,
another
surprise,
guest
coming
up
next
month.
Thank
you
for
being
with
us
and
have
a
good
day.
A
A
It's
been
said,
the
only
constant
is
change,
and
that's
why
here
at
coastline,
we
want
to
make
you
aware
of
the
changes
that
take
place
in
beaufort,
county
and
the
cities
within
the
county.
We
hope
you'll
join
us
at
various
times
throughout
the
month
to
see
coastline
and
the
guests
that
we
bring.
That
will
tell
you
what
is
going
on
that
is
going
to
affect
you
day
to
day
that's
coastline
here
on
the
county
channel.