The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-07-02
YEARS WORK
IS GONE OVER
Stockholders of the Improvement
Club Meet in Annual Session
DIRECTORSARE CHOSEN
The President Read Annual Report Which
Shows the Club to be in a Healthy
State Considering Conditions.

The stockholders of the Fort Pierce
Improvement club convened in annual
session at the hall on Monday, June
2Sth and reviewed the years business,
which, taking everything into consider
alton, has been profitable one.
The following stockholders were cleo
ted as directors for the ensuing year:
Mrs. C. M Horton, Mrs. W. N. Hen
dry, Mrs. A. M. Sample, Mrs. Clarence
Summerln and Mrs. A. d. Penney.
The above named directors then held
a meeting for the purpose OF selecting
officers for the club and the following
were elected: Mrs. C. M. Horton, pres
ident; Mrs. w. N. Hendry, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. A. d. Penney, secretary;
Mrs. Clarence Summerlin, treasurer:
The president submitted the following
report of the past year work.
Stockholders Of Fort Pierce Improve
ment Club-Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with the requirements
of our constitution, it devolves upon me,
as your president, to make report OF
the years work at this, the fourth an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Fort Pierce Improvement club. | have
found during the past year that some
of our stockholders and the public at
large are somewhat uniformed as to
the work done by the club, and think
it fitting for me, at this time, to make
a brief financial statement of our work.
We started the year on June ~, l9Os,
with $45. 81 in the treasury and unpaid
bills to the amount of $78. 7O-leaving
deficit of $751;
We also had outstanding mortgage
for $500, which was given at the time
our building was erected, and note TOR
$500, which amount was borrowed by
the retiring board, and used in ceiling
and finishing the hall and in building
the gallery; making our total indebted
ness one year ago, 81, 233. 10.
We leave office today with $685. IN
our treasury, with no unpaid bills, and
with S12. so due US as rent by the cOun-
ty school board, making total OF 500.
Sc, and with the note against US reduced
to 5000. making a net gain during the
wear of 1929. We have also putin a
complete set of scenery for our stage,
which has cost us $2l7.35, and which,
being durable and in the nature OF
permanent improvement, we can count
as an asset, which will bring our gain
for the year slightly above $780,: :,
We have been somewhat handicapped
the past year by the large number OF
tent shows in our town, for, because OF
these, several of the companies which
were booked here, were compelled to
cancel their engagements; the Pickerts
being the only company playing here
the past season. We have given the
public one high grade entertainment
this season, the Chicago Glee Club con-
cert, on which our profits were very
small. We paid this company $l25 and
our receipts were only $l39, leaving US
Sl4 profit. Our only entertainment of
any considerable profit given by home
talent was the bazaar and entertain
ment in December, which Melted $l87.44.
For the benefit of those who are in
terested | would like to cite few items
of disbursement as follows: Insurance,
1892; licenses, $25. so; taxes, $2l. 40; In
terest on note and mortgage, $96.65;
payment on note, 5000; printing, $22.85;
oil and supplies, SAT, 80; janitor services,
1872; lumber and materials, 1884, "a; Ii
brarian's services, $50.
These figures show only our large
items of expense. The report of our
treasurer will give detailed statement.
desire to call your especial attention
to the library, which is owned by the
City of Fort Pierce and not by the I'm
provement club, the club acting as GUS
todian only. 1t has been hoped that tine
library receipts would be sufficient at
least to pay the cost Of keeping itopen,
but our books show that while we have
paid out during the year SEQ for service
of librarian, the receipts from the
library have amounted to only $l9.26,
leaving cost to the club of $40. "a. We
have a very excellent library, and it
has been disappointing that it has been
patronized so little. This condition the
public of Fort Pierce can and should
rectify by more liberal patronage, and
| the books which we have being of y
high standard, am sure that such
patronage would be mutually helpful.
While in some ways our years work
has been a disappointment to US, mas
much as we have not been able to pay
off as much of the old indebtedness as
all things being considered the wear wear
has been fairly successful, as We have
incurred no new indebtedness which we
have not been able to meet,
We have finished the year without
borrowing money-the first time in the
history of the club that this has been
done. We have also, for the fret time
in the history of the club, lost our sec