Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-30
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Years Work
II. McCarty sRepOrt
/ 0Improuement Club

Stockholders of the Fort Pierce
Movement Club and the General
0blic
.siesand Gentlemen ~ S chairman
!. Entertainment Committee l beg
sbmI, the following report OF our
yesr's work.
assumed office on June q, 1919.
rsnort of the retiring board showed
.ecitiu the treasury of $3.75 (for
o,lool and debt Of $4,000 on the
lSinc This debt consisted of the
,Ioal ssO6O0 mortgage note and a
short note for 5000 given on Jan
y. 1910, to pay for tine installation
Metric lights costing $500, and
4 plano lamp, costing $500, and the
suce going toward rent of lights for
j months. We have paid this note
4 its accrued interest, amounting TO
sO) and also $4,000 for lights for
year, making a total cost for lights,
ladiog Installing and rents, S3O3.0O.
M have oaid $4,000 on the $4,000
r,gsge note, reducing it to $3.50. 90,
uaid s63.60 interest on the note.
Ne have painted the building, two
Is Including the roof, repaired win.
Is ana porches at a total cost OF
6OO and screened the building
ouehout at a cost of s2O,44, the labor
AZ donated. We have fitted it with
5es costing $3.50, fire insurance:cost
90 taxes, sls Is, licenses. s25.OO.
he libary was maintained at a cost
0OO in salary for the librarian,
jennie Van Dittmar, who kept IL
n three DAYS a week from 200 to 400
n., Mrs. c. T, McCarty keeping it
ID gratis the remaining three days.
isb TO say that the library has been
en 70 the public the entire year with
exception of six days, which SEEM
III has been appreciated by the pub
and they will be glad TO know that
have raised money for new books
bunting TO $4,000, S4l6S was col
4iei 10 dues and book rent.
We have given three benefits during
year, netting $1,000 for the frem n
December 81, 1910, $1,000 for the
eball boys in January, and SlOl.2S
lhe band on February 2l, 1911. |
70 say here that all of the supper
. Yed at the band benefit was donated
our music loving citizens, and | re
that space does not permit me to
@lllcn each donor here
fIs CT McCarty sold twenty-five
'1es Of stock during the year at $40
share, making a total of $4,000,
she also received cash donations
putting 10 Sl02.S5.
Fne Alkahest Lyceum Course con-
''d Of Eve entertainments and CO. t
Nl2'5O, and we cleared above this
80 for the Improvement Club. 1t
Hed a popular and pleasing series
vas much enjoyed by our towns
Ple throughout and gained fer US
ieputation of having the most ord
aud responsive audiences in the
'Fe have given twenty!une dances
year, and our gross receipts were
els Including refreshments sold
t'ffye cakes and 10 pies were do
for these dances and l2O gallons
fe cream was made by Mrs. Q. I.
<asly' The musicians were paid
varying 10 cost per evening
p 200 20 SIG. 90, and sll.3S was paid
f0'osed help. Our net profit on the
''sH was ss32.96.
|R2f'ng the year we gave six enter
eNents under our own auspices, en-
Independent OF any church or
'|saslon, netting as follows:
'Heaie, July 10, 19l0.......s IA %
'ltsd Apart Nov. "a, 1910. 50 90
''o Bingham, 20 per cent 6 05
'baIp Course. net profits (. 1O9 80
Tea. Library, June 2O... 81 90.
Fplas Concert, June 23.... IL 80
1927 o5
'''1 rents we received for the use OF