Source: St. Clair County Democrat, Osceola, Missouri -- page four Date: Thursday, 3 June 1937 Submitter: Cheryl K. Bell Mrs. A. C. Clark Dies Memorial day was an especially sad one this year for the relatives and friends of Mrs. Elva Cross Clark of Lowry City. Mrs. Clark had been seriously ill for the past two months. Her death which came at 12:30 Sunday was due to cancer. Funeral services were conducted in Lowry City Tuesday afternoon by Elder Hugh Speary of Clinton. Burial was held in the Cross family row at the Chiles graveyard near Harper. Complete obituary will follow next week. COON CREEK: Mary Thomas, Irene, Jane and Carolyn Boswell visited Thursday afternoon with LaVerna Mae Begeman. Newton Stark was a caller in the W. R. Nance home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Rev. Boswell and children visited with Mrs. Russell Spore Friday afternoon. V. W. Rathburn of Humansville was in this vicinity Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Epperson spent a few days in Howell County visiting relatives. Mrs. Emma Epperson is expected to return home with them for a visit with relatives and friends here. The Carpenter children have the whooping cough. Miss Mary Thomas of Marshall returned home Sunday morning aftr a two weeks visit in the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boswell. Russell Spore and Walter Boswell were in Weaubleau Saturday. Mrs. Malla Eads, Russell Spore, Orville McCoy, Roy Boswell and family ate dinner in the Frank Boswell home Sunday. Russell Spore made a business trip to Springfield Friday. APPLETON CITY LOCALS: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bowman spent Wednesday in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Conrad and daughter Connie drove to Fort Scott, Kansas, Wendesday for a brief visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Less Herrman. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad returned the same evening but Connie remained for a longer visit with Harriet. Little Miss Janice Lukenbill is spending the week in the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lukenbill, at Taberville. Mr. and Mrs. Will Brownsberger of Boonville, arrived in Appleton City Wednesday morning, being called here by the sudden illness and death of Mr. Brownsberger's mother which occured in Montrose. Dr. J. P. Hinkle and wife of Arcadia, Kansas, came Wednesday to visit their sister, Mrs. Albert Brownsberger and to attend the funeral of Mrs. Brownsberger senior. David Scroggs who has been attending college in Pittsburg, Kansas the past year returned to Appleton City Thursday and is now vacationing with home folks. Mrs. Stewart Lincicum and little daughter, Patricia Ann of Osceola and Mrs. Joe Hill of Roscoe were in Appleton City Thursday visiting Mrs. Maggie Smith. Miss Alixe Dickson was hostess to the Sewing club at her home Wednesday evening. Miss Helen Frances Brownsberger was called home from Kansas City Wednesday on account of the death of her grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pratt returned Thursday evening from a very enjoyable visit with hteir daughter, Mrs. Clarence Longstreth [sic] in St. Louis. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Bell ====================================================================