"PARK SITE DONATED BY GRIFFITH ESTATE."

"Mr. Ed Griffith and his sister, Miss Martha Griffith, have made the city of Nacogdoches a very generous offer, in that they proposed to set aside their remaining holdings in the Thos. J. Rusk homestead for a city park. . . . Mr. Griffith will make it a part of the contract with the city, that no trees of any kind whatever are to be cut from this land. Not only this, but if the city authorities follow Mr. Griffith's suggestions and assurances are given that this would be done, additional trees of every known species that grow in Texas will be planted on this tract. . . . Judge S. W. Blount made a motion that citizens present accept same with a vote of appreciation. . . . The action . . .is prompted, Mr. Griffith assured our citizens, by a genuine love and appreciation for the "old home town" of their birth. . . .Those present were: W. F. Gintz, A. H. Smith, Herbert Schmidt, Guy Blount, Sam Stripling, A. T. Russell, R. C. Monk, A. W. Birdwell, Bob Burrows, Ford Simpson, Ben T. Wilson, M. S. Muckleroy, H. L. McKnight, W. J. Baker, R. F. Davis, Charles Perkins, R. W. Haselwood, S. W. Blount, Capt. Sturdevant, Roland Jones, Frank Sharp, Ed Griffith, Morris McKnight, Link Summers, and Dr. A. A. Nelson."