Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2018

58 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestOfMP.com feature Roman god of wine and revelry. “We had the opportunity to buy it at an auction, so we decided to make him the guardian of the Memorial Corner,” Page explained. Page was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug long before her parents passed away in 1981, and she and her brother Mike took over the Thieves Market. At the age of 12, she decided that raising rabbits might be fun and profitable. She bought two of the furry mammals and soon had many more, so she ran an ad in the local newspaper broadcasting that she had rabbits of all shapes, sizes and colors for sale. She was soon visited by representatives of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who wanted to make certain she wasn’t dying her rabbits with food coloring. As a child, she also sold Popsicles, watermelon slices and lemonade to drivers slogging their way toward Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms along Ben Sawyer Boulevard, the only land route to the barrier islands at the time. Linda Page has spent her life buying stuff and selling stuff, and she’s especially fond of turning around items that can be repurposed. For instance, she found and bought 1,000 loom spindles at a flea market in North Carolina, then sold them for $1 each – cheaper for larger quantities. Another time, she acquired 10,000 apothecary bottle tops. A year later, she had only around 500 left. She also is in the habit of buying box springs, which her daughter cuts apart into individual springs. Page said a man in Wisconsin bought some, then called her back and ordered more. Curious, she asked what he was going to do with them. He declined to say, but, not longer after, “He sent me the cutest snowman made of bed springs.” “It’s a fun business. We’ve had a great time,” Page said. Is politics a fun business as well? After being elected to the Town Council and winning one mayor’s election and losing another, is she planning to get back into the game? “Of course,” she said. “But I don’t consider it politics. It’s public service. If you have it in your heart, I don’t think you can stay out of it. My heart will tell me when the time is right.” We’re Your Community Bank in the Lowcountry. At South Atlantic Bank, you’ll work with experienced bankers who share your love of the Lowcountry...in a setting where technology is used to enhance customer relationships, not replace them...and decisions are made locally. 930 JOHNNIE DODDS BOULEVARD l 843.972.4300 480 EAST BAY STREET l 843.414.5900 SouthAtlantic.bank ® People You Know & Trust. © 2018 South Atlantic Bank. Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender Eric Wooten Commercial Banking Mount Pleasant 843.972.4648 NMLS #1147009 Ashley Cooper Retail Banking Charleston 843.414.5907 NMLS #1648810 Peter Insabella Mortgage Lender Charleston Region 843.414.5903 NMLS #469707