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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
9
Rev. J. J. ONeill presides over services with Sunday masses at 7:30 and 9:30 am and weekday 7:30 am services. Communion at 7 am on first Fridays. Confessions on Saturdays and eves of holidays and first Fridays 3:30 to 5:45 pm and 7 to 8:30 pm, or anytime on request. Baptisms after the last mass on Sundays.
Church of God at 17 West Kendall Street lists Pastor E R Pulliam. Sunday School at 9 30. Preaching at 11 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening. Prayer service at 7 30. Tuesday V L B at 7 30. Friday night service follows.
A church outlines weekly services with Bible Study at 9 45 a m and 745 p m on Wednesday plus song service at 1045 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m each Sunday.
Regular services will be conducted at the Christian church Sunday during morning and evening worship. Rev. Joseph P. Read will officiate. Sunday school is at 9 to 10 o clock led by superintendent R. A. McCord. Young people's services follow at 6:30 o'clock.
The Baptist church will hold morning services with Rev. E W Milner presenting The Longest Way Round. Evening services at 7 30 feature What to Say by Rev Milner. The Junior Matron's Circle hosted a turkey dinner for sixteen couples at Ernest Hedden's Rath Street home.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will hold its regular meeting at 2 o clock on Thursday afternoon December 1 with Mrs J L Sutterfield in charge as president.
The T FEL Class of the Baptist church plans a December 21 dinner in the church dining room. After dinner a Christmas tree and gift exchange will follow. Mrs Ernest Hedden teaches the class with Mrs C M Harms serving as president.
Kiwanis members pose the pancake question and invite the public to breakfast at Hotel Marshall on Saturday morning December 16. Flapjacks will be served starting at 7 o clock for 25 cents, with Kiwanians flipping in action.
White's Cream Vermifuge has long been used to expell ing ground worms in children. Price 35c. All Druggists.
The Nazarene revival at the church drew strong attendance and interest. Earl Phillips of St Louis will speak at 9 50 Sunday school and at 6 30 Sunday evening for the youth. The Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society and the Triple M group meet Friday at 7. A large local delegation will attend a missionary meeting at Charleston Church with Miss Mamie Bauey as principal speaker.
The Assemblies of God tabernacle on South New Madrid and Trotter streets hosts a revival begun Tuesday night led by Evangelist Gayle Jackson of Memphis. The party includes Mrs Jackson, soloist, Bruce Bachman, musician, and Miss Louise Copeland, youth director. The public is invited to all services attracting people from Sikeston and surrounding towns.
Rex Herbert J Teske pastor of the Sikeston Lutheran church invites the people of Sikeston to attend services on December 10 with Missionary Gebhardt leading, starting at 9 o clock. The minister urges attendance as a standing invitation to every Sunday at 9, speaking in a spirit of love and outreach.
The Methodist church will hold Sunday services with Rev John L Taylor presenting The Conflict of Christmas in the morning and He That Hath Ears in the evening led by Rex Taylor. The Gleaners Class sent a Christmas box of canned vegetables to the Methodist Orphanage in St Louis under Mrs Johnny Hitt’s supervision.
Reverend John L Taylor will depart Sunday night for Jefferson City to join a state committee meeting for Central College. He will then travel to Nashville Tennessee to participate in a meeting of deans of Methodist pastors schools on Tuesday and Wednesday. He plans to return to Sikeston on Thursday.
The readable fragment quotes Axel Munthe and notes a maxim about laughter under pressure, without a clear event, date, or names to anchor a news item.
A December 10 1939 lesson explores Matthew 11 and 12. It contrasts Jesus and John the Baptist with critics, notes Sabbath rulings by rabbis, and reflects on city decay and the freeing yoke of Christ as gentle guidance rather than heavy burden.
A prayer service will be held Tuesday night December 12 at 618 West Daniel Street starting at 7 o'clock. Rev H H Harper and his wife invite the public to attend and he will deliver a short sermon after the service.
The Werald provides engraved and printed wedding announcements for couples seeking elegant, durable keepsakes. Featuring custom typography, wax-seal options, and tailored layouts, these announcements aim to capture the couple’s special day with lasting quality.
In Chicago forty boys facing arraignment had died in disconsolate groups outside the juvenile court as forty fathers listened to Judge Frank Bicek. He blamed parental neglect for about ninety percent of Cook County juvenile delinquency and urged fathers to know, guide, accept, and love their sons full time.
Poem about friends as small lamps that brighten a dark path. The speaker vows to keep them bright with faith and avoid doubt, noting that every time a friend is lost a light goes out.
Fayet te Missouri Ruth Hollingsworth daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Hollingsworth Sikeston was cast as Elsa in Auf Wiedersehn a Cowan play about Jews in Germany. The Central Players offered two one act plays as a Saturday matinee feature with Hollingsworth a Central freshman.
A succinct reflection quotes Seneca on kindness, noting that the giver remains silent while the recipient speaks of the aid received. The saying contrasts restraint with gratitude, underscoring decorum in acknowledging acts of kindness.
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