Pendleton District Commission Newsletter
May/2012
IN THIS ISSUE
Director's Corner
Feature Fest: Clemson
Festival of Art
Head to the Hills:
Devil's Fork State Park
FREE Recipe
Celebrate National
Preservation Month
Director's Corner
By Vicki Fletcher, Executive Director
Hunter's Store
Hunter's Store is fully operational and the
building is open to the public from 9:00 am
to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Our
Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony on March 30th proved a great success, featuring
speeches from Representative Brian White of Anderson, SCPRT
Director Duane Parrish, and Town of Pendleton Mayor Frank
Crenshaw. Chairman White remarked, "I came in through Hurley
Badders 'old' office window (referring to the relocated door), and
will be going out through the doors where a flock of Pete
McConnell's artistic 'gourd chickens' once roosted! What a
change!" A ribbon cutting ceremony on the front steps of the
building capped the long-awaited opening. Among the guests at
the ceremony were "Gil" Hunter and Benjie and Marcia Purcell,
representing the descendants of the Hunter family who owned and
operated the General Store in the building for many years.
MAY
EVENTS
(click on the event listings
below for more
information)
May 1: Desolate
Pride Civil War
Exhibit
May 2-6: The Great
Anderson County
Fair
May 3: Jazz On
the Alley
May 5: Nature
Discovery Day
May 5-6: Tiger
Masters
The Ribbon Cutting of the newly restored Hunter's Store, headquarters for Pendleton
District Commission. Pictured are (back row) Ben Cole, Curator Les McCall, Sue Cole,
Senator Larry Martin, Commission Chairman Bill Steirer, SCPRT Director Duane Parrish,
Ex. Director Vicki Fletcher, Mayor Frank Crenshaw, Rep. Brian White, Mary Mills, Rep.
Don Bowen, Tourism & Events Coordinator Emmeline Martin, (Included in Front Row)
Hunter Family members Gil Hunter, Marcia & Benji Hunter, Allen Coleman, Poll
Knowland,
Jo mcConnel, Ada Lou Steirer, Sandra Gantt, Pickens Co. Councilman
Jeff Martin, & Connie Brown.
We are grateful to all those who assisted with the move and the
preparation for the opening including; Hatfield Builders, All J's
Catering, and Frady's Moving Company of Walhalla, who
successfully moved the 4.5 tons of archival shelving, files,
cabinets and artifacts to the upstairs archive space in Hunter's
Store...without a single broken or lost artifact! The Commission
thanks them for a job very well done. All that remains of the
renovation process will be to seal the envelope of the building by
tuck-pointing the brick exterior and landscaping the front entry to
make it more accessible and attractive. These tasks will take time
and funding, but are necessary to ensure that our largest artifact,
May 5-6: Outdoor
Living Expo
May 11: Blue
Ridge Fest
May 12: Old-Time
Music Gathering
Hunters Store, will stand another 162 years!
If you have yet to come by and see the beautiful renovation work
to the interior of Hunter's Store, please plan a visit soon. The front
doors, which had been sealed from 1968 - 2009, are now open to
visitors, and the opening cut for a door in 1968 has been closed
with the doorway relocated to its original position, functioning as
our handicap entrance. When you are here, be sure to check out
our Bookstore, the Hunters Store Restoration Exhibit, Research
Room, state-of-the-art Brochure Rack featuring sites, attractions,
and businesses across our three-county region, and the
photography of local artist Stan Brown, which is available for
purchase.
FY 12-13 Plans
May 12: Music On
the Mountain
May 18-19: Pig
In the Park BBQ
Festival
In preparation for the start of a new fiscal year, our staff has been
excitedly preparing our proposed FY12-13 budget, which includes
plans for new projects promoting our region's natural beauty and
other tourism and historical assets. Through these projects we will
leverage every dollar entrusted to us, carefully investing them in
Regional Marketing and Programming Projects to increase the
return on investment for all three counties in our region.
Feature Fest
May 19: Moonlight
& Magnolias: A
Garden Gala
May 19-20: Clemson
Festival of Arts
May 24-26:
Seneca Fest
May 25: Bluegrass
Music & Square
Dancing
May 19, 2012
May 26: "Spring
Means Babies" at
Downtown Clemson
Saturday: 10am-8pm
Split Creek Farm
June 2: "Meet the
Pendletonians"
Reenactment
www.explorearts.org
If you are an artist, art/music fanatic, or just enjoy beautiful handmade creations, then you don't want to miss the 2nd Annual
Clemson Festival of Arts in downtown Clemson, South Carolina.
Last year's debut event featured local artists, songwriters,
storytellers, sculptors, live entertainment, a sidewalk chalk
competition, activities for the kids, and local food vendors. This
year's festival will feature all of the above plus a 5K walk/run! The
Festival of Arts was created to give the local community an
opportunity to meet, interact with, and enjoy the work of local
artists. Most of the exhibiting artists are affiliated with The ARTS
Center's Artist Guild.
THEATER
S
Walhalla Civic
Auditorium
Oconee
Community
Theatre
Clemson Little
Theatre
Electric City
Playhouse
Foothills
Playhouse
Brooks Center
Clemson Major
Events
Sign up to get
The Festival will be held at the Catherine Smith Plaza,
Edgewood Avenue and Jaycee Park in downtown Clemson.
Beginning on Saturday, May 19th, at 10am and ending at 8pm,
you have the entire day to shop, eat, listen, visit, and enjoy
spending time in beautiful upstate South Carolina!
To find out more about the Clemson Festival of Arts,
visit www.explorearts.org or call Clemson ARTS Center at
864-633-5051.
While you're in Clemson, don't forget to buy some homemade
Clemson Ice Cream at '55 Exchange, on Clemson University's
Campus, visit the recently ranked #1 Football Stadium in the
USA, or take a tour of The SC Botanical Gardens. You might as
well make a weekend out of it so, click here to find a place to
stay!
the latest
news on
EVENTS,
ATTRACTION
S & HISTORY
in the
upstate!
Enjoy an afternoon adventure through the SC Botanical Gardens!
BECOME
A
MEMBER
TODAY!
Become a
"Friend" of
PDC today for
great deals,
member-only
events, and
MORE!
Support
YOUR
regional
tourism and
Visit the iconic Tillman Hall at Clemson University.
Head to the Hills:
Visit Devil's Fork State Park
Devil's Fork State Park
historic
preservation
office today!
Thank you
to a few of
the 2012
Spring
Jubilee
Sponsors!
161 Holcome Circle
Salem, SC 29676
864-944-2639
devilsfork@scprt.com
www.southcarolinaparks.com
click on the logos below
for more information
TD BANK
CLIMATE GARD
LLC
THE PALMETTO
BANK
TIGER TOWN
GRAPHICS
A boater's view of the 7,500 acre Lake Jocassee.
Surrounded by the pristine spring-fed Lake Jocassee and nestled
in the foothills of the Blueridge Mountains, Devil's Fork State Park
is the perfect spot for a rustic and relaxing family vacation. The
park offers cabin rentals, campgrounds, villa rentals, boating,
fishing, swimming, hiking, waterfalls and more!
FIND OUT
MORE
ABOUT
THE
UPSTATE!
VISIT OUR
WEBSITE!
A beautiful villa on Lake Jocassee.
General admission to the park is only $2 for adults, $1.25 for SC
seniors, and ages 15 & younger FREE. Devil's Fork State Park
operates late Spring to mid-Fall 7am-9pm, daily; late Fall to midSpring 7am-6pm, daily.
Plan your vacation or weekend getaway
TODAY! Contact Pendleton District
Commission to get your free copy of our
regional Visitors Guide.
FREE RECIPE
Marmalade Tea Cakes
by Mrs. John Patrick Sullivan (Alice Linder)
Taken from "Tea Time in Old Pendleton," a recipe book published by
The Foundation for Historic Restoration in the Pendleton Area (1966).
This receipt was taken from a cook book belonging to my grandmother,
Mrs. I. H. McCalla (Raymond Speed). If you make only half of it you will
still have plenty of cookies.
1 pound of butter
1 pound of sugar
1 1/2 pounds flour
1 wineglass of wine
Cold water
Marmalade
Meringue (egg whites and loaf sugar)
Lemon and vanilla flavoring
Directions:
Add just enough water to make a stiffish dough. Roll into a paste
about a quarter of an inch thick and cut with a tumbler. Prick them
and bake in a quick oven. Spread over the top a coat of
marmalade, and on this a meringue made of loaf sugar and the
whites of eggs, and flavored with lemon or vanilla. Return to the
oven until this is a light brown color.
Find more great recipes in the Tea Time in Old Pendleton
recipe book. Visit Pendleton Historic Foundation to
purchase the recipe book and take a tour of Ashtabula or
Woodburn Historic Houses. You may also purchase the
recipe book in the PDC Visitors Center.
Look for another free home-style recipe in
the June issue and don't forget to forward
this to your friends!
Celebrate National
Preservation Month
By Les McCall, Curator
May
is
National
Preservation Month, and
this year's theme is
"Discover
America's
Hidden Gems." One of
those gems, sitting right in
the heart of our district in
beautiful
downtown
Pendleton, is Hunter's
Store, built 1850 and run
as a general mercantile
until 1929. Come visit us
this month and enjoy the
original, handmade brick
exterior, hand-planed wood
ceilings, original plaster
and wide, original wooden
floors. While you're here
be sure not to miss our
extensive
selection
of
Historic Hunter's Store, the PDC visitors
information
on
local
center and research room
historic sites and ongoing
preservation projects across the tri-county area, ripe for visiting
and experiencing this May. Preserving our historic structures is
crucial to more sustainable living in America, and not to mention,
beautifying our towns and increasing our tourism appeal. But, at
the end of the day, preservation boils down to pride...pride in our
towns, our culture, our heritage, and in illustrating that we have
centuries of stories to tell, and show, the world. So plan a visit to
Hunter's Store this May, and let Pendleton District Commission
guide you toward the cultural gems in Anderson, Oconee and
Pickens counties this Preservation Month.
The extensive collection of Archives, housed at
Hunter's Store.
Also, don't miss the 100 year reunion of Upcountry
families coming up June 22-23 this year at Southern
Wesleyan University. For more information click here.
Enjoy the rest of Spring in Pendleton
District South Carolina!
- Pendleton District Commission & Staff