Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Vol. 1. Page: 317 of 322 (Transcription)

Supplement to Report Sept [abbr: September] 1st 1899 Continued

Review of Situation

Gentlemen
You will find by an examination of my financial report that the association is considerably in debt. This was unavoidable - The Committee instructed me to go ahead and build, a good substantial shed - that would be safe - instead of using the hay for shed as originally contemplated - saying that it would require the same amt [abbr: amount] and size of posts, for the hay to make it safe and secure.
The shed was built, and all carpenters who have examined it say that it is well built and sufficiently braced to make it entirely safe and will last for 10 years.
I think it safe to say that all future reunions can be made self sustaining whil we are considerably behind on this Picnic - a great deal of the expenditures were for labor and for permanent improvements - which were absolutely necessary to insure the comfort of the Old Settlers and their friends who might attend our reunion and to beautify and put the Park in its Sunday clothes for the inspection of Old Settlers and visitors as well.
The Ice bill was to me a stunner $115.oo for Ice, my instructions were to those attending the tanks and water barrels to keep plenty of good ice water in them, and I presume from the amount of the Ice Bill, that the instructions were carried out to the letter.

An account was presented by Mr. Coker for 8.00 for rent of lamps which I refused to pay from the fact the we through Col. [abbr: Colonel] Dills purchased these same lamps for $4.50.
I made arrangements with Mr. Shepton the Plasturer to go out Tuesday and hang them for me, and when I sent in for the lamps he was too busy to come out to the park and the man that I sent for lamps stated that Mr. Coker had decided