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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
9
The morning sermon next Sunday at the Presbyterian church will be titled Unpublished Selves, with Rev. Bartley Schwegier preaching. Services begin at 10 45. Sunday school classes start at 9 30 with T. J. McNeely in charge as superintendent.
The Latter Rain Tabernacle will hold afternoon services next Sunday at 2 30 led by Rev. H H Harper. The topic for the message is Holy I Am Holy as the central theme of the program.
The Baptist church schedules morning services at 10 45 with Rev E D Owen delivering the sermon on David and Goliath. Evening services at 7 30 feature the pastor's message The Way of Escape. Sunday school starts 9 30 led by superintendent Wm Hayden. The Baptist Training Union meets 6 30 Sunday night.
Regular services will be held at the Tanner Street Church of God next Sunday with Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11 led by Rev H McDonough, and evening worship at 7:45. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 8, Young People's meeting and choir practice at the church later, and a Ladies Friendship Circle meeting with a Mother’s Day program next Tuesday at 2. Also an auction at 8 tomorrow night at 416 Hast Center street by the Friendship Circle.
The Sikeston Christian Church sermon Sunday morning centers on The Gospel, the Power of God Unto Salvation. Rev R M Talbert will also speak at the evening service on Striving for Masteries. Sunday school at 9 45 with Harley Propst supervising. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m discusses Planning a Worthwhile Summer led by Jean Chloe Goolsby.
The Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church will hold its May meeting led by Mrs P B Bartmess on Wednesday May 3. A covered dish lunch at 12 30 will precede a worship service led by Mrs T C Dye and the education segment on "Infant Voices" following lunch.
Two guest speakers will lead Sikeston Methodist Church services next Sunday in the pastor’s absence. Dr. R. C. Holliday will speak at 10:45 AM, and Dr. W. W. Parker will address the 7:30 PM service. Special music featured with choir, soloist Mrs. Seaman.
Congregation hears "Victory Through Christ" as the Sunday sermon theme with Rev. G C Schramm preaching at 11 o'clock. Sunday school and Bible classes led by Mrs. Fred Atchison start at 10. Public invited to attend.
Details mass times daily and on holy days at St Francis Xavier Church with pastor names J J O Neill and A H Hoormann. Includes confession schedule twice weekly and before Masses, first Friday communion at 6 am, Holy Hour and Perpetual Help devotions, rectory contact at 106 Stoddard Street. Parish notes emphasize arriving 30 minutes before Mass and calling priests for urgent needs.
Miss Laura C Wood sister of Rev Thos R Wood former parish priest at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church died in St Louis Sunday Funeral services were held at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church St Louis with burial in a local cemetery She had resided in Sikeston with her brother for a few years and was known to many friends here
The Church of the Nazarene schedules morning worship at 10 45 with Rev J W Hoffert speaking on Reasonableness of Jesus The evening service at 7 30 features Two Road to Eternity Sunday school at 9 30 with Wm Thompson in charge Young People meet at 6 30 Zone Rally at 7 30 tonight and Christian Service Training at 7 30 Friday night
Rev. E. W. Bartley, pastor of the Methodist Church, traveled to Kansas City to attend the quadrennial general conference. Bishop John C Bloomfield drafted the message. the council will approve. Deliberations include women’s preaching rights and postwar planning for a new world order. About 750 delegates were expected.
Thirty new members were baptized at Sikeston Baptist Church during a revival conducted by Rev. D. Owen. The service, joined by 13 others, followed two weeks of meetings with assistance from L G Kee of Poplar Bluff.
Sunday school at 10 am under W L Thrower superintendent. Morning worship at 11. Senior Christ Ambassador meeting at 7:30 Tuesday led by Mrs Gayle Jackson. Prayer meeting 7:30 Friday. Evangelistic meeting Sundays at 7:30 with the Pastor speaking. All welcome.
The essay argues Jesus began public ministry in the synagogue after thirty years of preparation and made worship central to his life. It urges a fixed habit of at least one hour of Sunday worship for all church members and recommends attending Sunday school and church next Sunday to reap spiritual rewards.
The lesson recalls Gentile salvation without circumcision facing Jerusalem Jewish leaders. Peter’s conversion of Cornelius and the Spirit’s outpouring affirmed Gentile equality. Paul and Barnabas argued against Judaizing demands, leading to a Jerusalem conference, a letter of moral standards, and James’s leadership confirmation.
At Como Mississippi Methodist Church at 2 30 pm Monday funeral services were held for E P Coleman retired planter who died in a New Orleans hospital Friday from a paralytic stroke after pneumonia Rev W H Mounger officiated and burial was in Como cemetery Coleman longtime Panola and Lafayette county resident and large Sardis Reservoir landowner who sold 8900 acres to the government for flood control. Surviving are two sons E P Coleman Jr Sikeston and C A Coleman Winchester Ky and three daughters Ruth Coleman Gay Winchester FitzGerald New Orleans and Swango Sardis. Sikeston attendees included Dr and Mrs T C McClure and several others.
The text argues Jews who accepted Christ were freed from Moses law, noting Pharisees in the Church, Paul’s stance, and a Jerusalem conference that affirmed Gentile freedom from the law. It discusses the Church’s relation to Abraham and Sinai, Christ’s supreme authority, and references the Transfiguration and Peter’s Caesarea Philippi remark before noting three U.S. presidents died on July 4.
Henry Meldrum Post 114 will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday May 2 at the Armory. Post Commander Bill Henington will lead the session which starts at 7 45 o clock, as announced by adjutant C F Mathis.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 PM on Tuesday night May 2 at the Palace Cafe on North Kingshighway with president Mrs C C Cummings presiding. Hostesses will be Mrs C B Galladay Mrs Ethel Armstrong and Mrs Ida Bone.
Members of the Woman's Civic Club will hold the last spring meeting at the Dunn Hotel on Tuesday May 2. After lunch they will host a bridge party at the home of president Mrs L M Standley with assistant hostesses Mrs B J Murback and Mrs E H Berry.
Joseph Leslie was welcomed as a new member at the Sikeston Lions Club noon meeting held at the Dunn Hotel. Twenty three members attended. A Cuban Lions speaker, Dr. Ramiro Colosso, will address a mass Lions meeting in St Louis on May 9. The Memorial Day dance to aid underprivileged children is set for May 29 at the Sikeston Armory.
A joint meeting at the Sikeston Armory installed new officers for both the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary. Dr J McGuerty of Cape Girardeau district commander installed the veterans with Roy Wagner as commander. Mrs McGuerty led the Auxiliary installation with Mrs Roy Wagner becoming president. A covered dish supper preceded the ceremony. Membership in both organizations is growing rapidly.
Mrs Edna Johnson a devoted Red Cross worker completed the one hundredth sweater for the Red Cross this past week She also knitted 53 beanies and 14 pairs of mittens her work and enthusiasm inspire local women in Sikeston and surrounding community to contribute to the cause.
I G Lewis Charles Stearns M P Bugbee W L Hutcheson Jr Louis Graber and A T Freeman attend the Scottish Rite Masonic meeting in St Louis which began yesterday and runs to Saturday evening. Others from Sikeston join Marvin Carrol A C Bennett Lynn Smith A A Harrison Harry L Harry and Dr H M Kendig with Mrs Kendig and sons John and Tom as guests of relatives until Sunday.
A regional article reports that metal telephone poles are used instead of wooden poles in South Africa due to white ants destroying wooden structures. The shift aims to improve line reliability and reduce maintenance costs amid termite pressure.
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