Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center, Inc.

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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 ElloreeMuseum@ntinet.com

Phone (803) 897-2225

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Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center

P.O. Box 54

Elloree, SC 29047

www.ElloreeMuseum.org

E-mail ElloreeMuseum@ntinet.com

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