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Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center, Inc.
Museum
Newsletter
Volume XI: Number 5 September —- October 2019
Voice Workshop with Deborah Saverance The workshop will be held on two Tuesday evenings in October and will cover basic classic vocal techniques.
If you sing, this workshop is for you, and will greatly enhance your vocal abilities. If you do not sing, this workshop is
for you, and will teach you about breathing, projection, and basic techniques.
Deborah is a vocal instructor at Claflin University after singing professionally at The Metropolitan Opera for 23
years. Her experience includes choral conducting from the age of 16, and singing longer than that!! She is a graduate
of Augusta University and did post graduate studies at Converse College. A past volunteer for the museum, she is busy
now teaching Vocal Technique at Claflin, teaching privately, preparing music for productions at The Cameron Theatre
each year, and performing in the area as well. Deborah and her husband Dan Weigand reside in Santee.
Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm
Tuesday, October 22, 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm
Location: Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center, Inc.
Space is limited. Call 803-897-2225 to register now.
Reservations are required .
There is no charge for these lessons, but donations will be greatly appreciated.
2019 Low Country Boil !! Saturday, October 5th
Dinner will be served 5:30 —- 7:00 pm.
Tickets are still $25.00. Eat-in or take-out! Call your friends and make plans to be here. This
fundraiser and town social event features the delicious South Carolina specialty complete with shrimp,
sausage, corn and all the trimmings. All proceeds are for the benefit of the museum. Tickets may be
purchased from a board member or at the museum.
803-897-2225 Last day to purchase tickets: Friday, September 27.
Shop
Snider’s
Store!
Stained Glass Summer Camps with Alice French Twenty two young people participated in the stained glass camp held in July at the museum with Mrs. Alice
French. The campers ranged in age from 7 to 15 and came from Elloree, Holly Hill, Cameron, Columbia,
Santee, and Barnwell. The stepping stones they created were all beautiful and each one different. The younger
campers did palmetto trees and the older group did dragon flys. The campers also toured the museum as part
of their week. Many thanks to Mrs. French and all the special volunteers (Kristine Carver, Linda Wood, Leslie
Collins, Sylvia Barnes, Jill Hebert, Sally Jo Coulliette, Jan Wierzbicki, and Shelly Antley) who gave their time
and their efforts to make this week possible. It was a huge success.
Camp #1: Sarah Bull, Devon Dawson, Anna Briggs
Evans, Hadley Evans, Sarah Haigler, Barbara Haigler,
Rob Shirer, Bryce Shriner, Campbell Strock, Isabella
Summers, and Emma Thornley.
Camp #2: Landon Barnes, Trey Dawson, Mack Fowler, Luke
Fowler, Grace Garvin, Jason Garvin, Gabe Garvin, Carsen Huff,
Morgan Myers, Skyler Ulmer, and Tyler West.
Pat’s current address :
2121 Still Hopes Drive,
West Columbia, SC 29169
July and August 2019 Contributions
Memberships
Individual
Sara B. Delapp
Marcia Fisher
Mary Marchant
Mary Jo Spiers
Mary Warner
Dot Werts
Family
Robert & Linda Bates
Jerry & Rosalee Dunston
Tommy & Anna Lee Edwards
Sammy & Jacque Fogle
Jon & Sara Hoin
Todd & Pam Horton
Don & Anne Lindsay
Anthony & Jesna Masotti
Gossie Heath Mathis
Lawrence Peebles
Sally Sand
Collector’s Club
Bill & Becky Armstrong
Thomas & Linda Bryant
Bill & Ruby Livingston
Samuel & Rosa Reid
Clark & Angela Williams
Director’s Guild
Jane Livingston
Memorials
Eva Mae Felder
Jane Carson
William & Joan Jameson
Glenn & Kay Lancaster
Ronnie Gleaton
Glenn & Kay Lancaster
Mike Jeffcoat
William & Joan Jameson
Emily S. Jenkins
Hattie Mae Dantzler
William & Joan Jameson
Glenn & Kay Lancaster
Mike Nettles
Glenn & Kay Lancaster
Betty Polin
Jane Carson
Richard & Tina Carson
Tommie Crim
Hattie Mae Dantzler
Glenn & Kay Lancaster
Darlene Shuler Stanek
Jane Carson
Tommie Crim
Donations
General Fund
Dominion Energy
Elloree Lions Club
Dave & Ann Leatherwood
Orangeburg County
Freezer Needed!
The museum needs a FREEZER! Cotton is being
picked and the cotton wreaths are in the beginning
stages of creation. One of the important steps in the
process involves placing the cotton in a freezer over
night. If anyone knows where the museum could acquire a good used
freezer, please give us a call.
The opening needs to be at least 24 X 24 inches. 803-897-2555
On behalf of the Board of
Trustees of the Elloree Heritage
Museum, Mr. Snider would like
to wish Pat Holman, one of the
museum’s founders, a very
happy 90th Birthday.
Congratulations on this very
special occasion.
The Jewish Merchants of Elloree—Part IV—Edgar Loyns by Tom Livingston
Louis Loyns was born in 1848 in Ettenheim, Germany. In 1881 he married
Rose Levy in Charleston, SC where she had been born in 1853. The youngest
of their five children, Edgar, was born on August 9, 1893 in Manning, SC.
Edgar’s parents subsequently lived and died in Sumter, SC; the town he
considered his boyhood home. Louis died in 1909 and Rose in 1915. As a
young man Edgar worked in Charleston in the cotton brokerage business. It
is unknown when Edgar first moved to Elloree but he registered for the WWI
draft in Elloree in June 1917. On the form he said he was a cotton buyer and
a fertilizer salesman for Maybank Fertilizer, a Charleston company. In the
1920 census he reported renting an apartment on Cleveland Street near
Walter and Addie Bookhardt. He rented from a
widow named Electra Irick and his occupation was
cotton buyer.
Edgar married Sophie Annie Mazursky on February 14, 1922 in Barnwell, SC. After a
short stay in Sumter, the couple moved to Elloree in 1923. That year he bought 102
acres of farm land from Jesse Bardin and established his farm just east of Elloree.
Edgar and Annie lived on Hampton Street for the rest of their lives. They never
purchased the home they lived in; instead they rented the upstairs apartment in the
home of Edward Ulmer. Edgar’s main business was that of a cotton broker, but he
was also a real estate investor. He owned several homes in Sumter but he and
Annie loved Elloree so much that he never moved there, just visited his old
hometown often.
Politics was one of Edgar’s passions and he contributed to a number of prominent
politicians. This gave him access in ways that were beneficial to Elloree. Maybe his most lasting help to Elloree
occurred on April 27, 1948 when he donated 1.8 acres of his farm to the Town of Elloree to establish “Loyns
Park.” The town completed an artesian well in
the park to provide drinking water to all visitors,
including Edgar’s farm hands working nearby.
On March 3, 1949 he donated an additional 0.4
acres to enlarge the park to the present size.
At some point Edgar decided to sub-divide
his farm into lots for a proposed housing develop-
ment. Named streets were included in his
proposed plat, but the development never
materialized. Probably his greatest vision for the
area also did not materialize. He proposed that
Disneyworld be built between Elloree and Santee,
but Disney chose Orlando instead.
1930. From left to right: J. Calhoun Parler, Berly Parler, David
Livingston, Arthur Bookhardt, Edgar Loyns, and Allen Lide
Mrs. Loyns
Mr. Loyns
(Part IV: Edgar Loyns —Continued)
The legacy Edgar Loyns left in Elloree will exist for years to come. This much admired man was
commemorated with a special exhibit at the Elloree Museum in 2005. The Town of Elloree designated
April 10, 2005 as Edgar Loyns Recognition Day with a celebration at Loyns Park. The Town and the local
Garden Club maintain Loyns Park so that Edgar’s gift will keep on giving to his beloved community.
Annie Loyns died in 1963 and Edgar died two years later, on December 3, 1965 in Charleston. He is
buried in Sons of Israel Cemetery in Aiken, SC. He and Annie never had children themselves but they
enjoyed “treating” the children of Elloree. The culture of Elloree was shaped in part by this kind and
generous couple.
The museum held part of its summer camp at Loyns Park in 2006 as you can see in the photos. Through
the years multiple birthday parties have been at the park as well as family picnics and gatherings. Many
nature lessons have been learned here and many bugs caught by children. Bet there are photos in nearly
every home in Elloree taken at Loyns Park at one time or another. The land he gave in 1948 and 1949
(70 + years ago) has become a major part of the Town of Elloree. We are fortunate still today to have this
special place.
Campers getting water from the artesian well.
Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center
P.O. Box 54
Elloree, SC 29047
www.ElloreeMuseum.org
E-mail [email protected]
Phone (803) 897-2225
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ORGANIZATION
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Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center
P.O. Box 54
Elloree, SC 29047
www.ElloreeMuseum.org
E-mail [email protected]
Phone (803) 897-2225
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Board of Trustees
Richard Bochette
James Hunt Bookhart
Sybil Brandenburg
Barbara Butler
Jane Carson
Jim Dantzler
Marlaine Reeves Felkel
Sammy Fogle
Keith Helmly
William Jameson
Kay Dantzler Lancaster
Ruby Livingston
John McLaurin
Dawn Robinson
Howard Shirer
Administrative Manager
Kay Shirer
Museum Hours of Operation:
Wednesday — Saturday
10:00 am —- 5:00 pm
Upcoming Events:
Low Country Boil
October 5, 2019
Voice Workshop with Deborah Saverance
October 15 and 22, 2019
Oyster Roast
January 11, 2020