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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
7
The Sikeston Herald lists Clint H. Denman as publisher and Ward Denman as assistant at 115 West Malone Avenue Sikeston Missouri with a yearly subscription rate of 32 dollars for elsewhere and 1.50 in state counties. Terms require advance payment and the paper is entered as second class matter March 9 1998 at Sikeston Missouri post office under the 1879 act.
The Sikeston community celebrates the dedication of a new church building led by Reverends George M. Ryan Thomas R Woods and J. J O Neill, with the Sikeston Woman's Club library commemorating years of effort. The Herald notes the pride of local clergy parishioners and women, and forecasts prosperity from strong cattle herds this winter.
In Sikeston, volunteers from multiple churches and neighbors have cared for a helpless woman over six months. They provided food, medical care, companionship, and daily needs for a person long deserted by relatives, displaying selfless acts of charity across denominations.
A reflection on those who are overlooked when they pass away, highlighting how essential a sense of local belonging and communal support can be. The piece honors individuals whose behind the scenes contributions kept the home community thriving.
Twenty years ago on Thanksgiving in Sikeston residents celebrated peace with a quiet joy as a high school football game yielded a 14 to 0 loss to Cape Girardeau Army Training Corps. Updates note a first snow, pastor resignations, and local civic notes from 1918 and nearby years.
A historical recount of Sikeston’s Catholic parish from 1855 when Rev Joseph A Connolly led initial services to 1936 when Rev John J O Neill led the campaign for a new church. It details early home services, a cyclone destruction in 1888, rebuilding efforts, and key pastors including Rev Conrad A Brockmeier, Rev J A Schultz, Rev W Moran, Rev George Ryan, and Rev Thos R Woods.
Mrs John Spalding longtime head of Scott County Poor Farm with her husband died at home near Benton after four years blindness and a recent pneumonia. Funeral at Catholic church in Benton with Rev H T Macke officiating. Interment in Benton cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Charley and Joe in Benton two sisters six grandchildren and other relatives. Attendees from Sikeston include Clay and Jennie Mitchell and H G Sharp.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Magdalena Mabery an aged Sikeston resident who died early today after a long illness will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Church of the Nazarene Rev C F Transue will officiate Interment in Memorial Park cemetery with Welsh service Mrs Mabrey who lived 26 years in Sikeston on Ruth street had been bedridden since last June Her husband is alive but they are separated She is survived by a brother Charles Thomas and numerous nephews and nieces of Cape Girardeau county
A long effort to establish a Sikeston library culminated in a $20,000 bond vote on May 18, 1937, funding a modern building on North Kingshighway. The project, driven by the Woman's Club and aided by WPA, grew from 500 volumes to over 3000, with Mrs Do A Cook as longtime librarian and Margaret Blair Law set to take over.
A local column praises business men as the town’s backbone, noting their risk, cash flow, and community support. It celebrates their perseverance during hard times, urges clearer self-advocacy, and ends with brief society notes on W. R. Brown and the Kings visiting over Thanksgiving.
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