Hello.....I am in contact with a college professor who has taken an interest in "Oyster Suppers" as a part of 19th century society, Church fund-raisers, and the like. He found many instances of these "Suppers" in the diaries of Wilbert S. Myers, Miami, MO, 1887-1905, that I have been putting online (_http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~meredythspages_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~meredythspages) ). Anyway...I offered to ask our Saline County group if anyone had knowledge, or memories, or articles depicting this type of supper. If this rings a bell with anyone, would you please e-mail me? Sorry this turned into an advertisement for my webpage, but I felt I needed to show my connection to Saline County, MO. Sincerely, Meredyth (Myers) Devin