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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
2
Rev. John J. O Neill pastor announces Sunday masses at 7 9 00 am daily 7 00 am first Fridays communion confessions Saturdays eves holidays and first Fridays 3 30 5 45 pm 7 00 8 30 pm or on request baptisms after the last Mass on Sunday
Church of God at 17 West Kerdall Street announces Sunday School at 9 50 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m prayer service 7 30 p m Tuesday V L B 7 30 Friday night pastor E R Pulliam邀
The revival continues with Rev. Gayle Jackson leading morning worship at 11, Sunday school at 10, and evening services at 7 30. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
Rev. Joseph P Read, Pastor, announces Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. with morning worship and communion at 10:45 a.m. Christian Endeavor for seniors and juniors meets at 6:30 p.m., followed by the evening sermon at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Herbert J Teske reports successful Christmas services despite bad weather. Children impressed with recitations on Love in Christ Jesus. Sermon highlighted God's love and humanity's kinship with God. Next week's topic. January 1 annual meeting. Services start 9 a.m. Visitors welcome.
The Christmas Eve candlelit service at the Methodist Church featured a pageant of the Christ Child story performed by white robed choirs from the church school and pastor Rev. John L Taylor with Frank Miller as reader. Three large silver bells and soft lighting framed the organ loft while white candles and tapers provided a gentle glow. Directors Miss Olga Matthews and Mrs. H E Reuber guided the program, with decorating by Mesdames C D Matthews Jr and Otto Hahs and performances from guest soloists Mrs Honora Bailey Fink and Dr Jean Ruff plus accompanist Kathryn Clark. The service left a lasting impression on attendees.
The Christian church featured a nativity play Sunday night that inspired all attendees. The birth of the Christ Child was presented engagingly with a soft choral reading in the background. Decorations by Mesdames Alvie Garner Claude Turner and John A Sutterfield enhanced the setting. Santa’s treat delighted the children afterward.
The morning sermon at the Methodist church will be on The Unending Quest. The Rev. John L Taylor delivers the message on December 3. Evening service at 7 30 features The Methodist Advance. Sunday school starts at 9 15 a.m.
Rev. E W Milner pastor at First Baptist to speak on Life's Yesterday at the morning service December 31, then deliver an evening sermon on My Bank Account. He plans a reflective message and a financial-themed conclusion for the day.
The Ebert Kready Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold its regular monthly business meeting at the church on Wednesday afternoon January 3 at 2 30 oclock. All members are requested to be present.
A 1939 Sunday school lesson narrates Herod Antipas's palace at Machaerus and the John the Baptist head scene, then shifts to Jesus returning to Nazareth. It emphasizes Jesus facing fate with steadfast faith, contrasted with Herod’s haunted guilt and the serene resolve of true believers.
A New Orleans beauty queen watches the arrival of 3,000,000 cotton towels to be distributed as premiums by a large Southern firm in cooperation with the National Cotton Council to boost domestic use of cotton products. Starting January 1, a force of 1,000 women will display the towels in major grocery stores across the Cotton Belt. Arrangements for distribution by Wm. B. Reily and Son, New Orleans coffee manufacturers, were finalized as a test between the firm's leaders, the Cotton Council, and the New Orleans City-wide Cotton Committee.
Bible Study meets Sundays at 9 45 a m with song service at 10 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m. Midweek Bible Study is at 7 45 p m on Wednesday.
Mrs Emma Porter of Portageville died at St Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau yesterday morning at age 58. Her husband Charles C Porter survives. Also noting a Baptist population figure of about 10,192,403 in North America from the World total of 11,492,659.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a gross income of 1,613,985 for January 3, 1938, to September 30, 1939. Sponsored by President Roosevelt, it aims to discover, coordinate and disseminate knowledge to prevent and mitigate infantile paralysis, funded mainly by President's birthday committee events. Net income after expenses and grants totaled 1,088,744.
More than five thousand men in ragged jackets received meals at the twenty-ninth annual Pendergast Christmas dinner held at a North Side restaurant. In prior years T. J. Pendergast paid the bill in memory of his brother Jim, but this year supporters and friends of the imprisoned political boss supplied the food.
Directory style entry for Dr Merlin G Anderson a physician and surgeon based in Sikeston Missouri with Derris Malcolm Building contact numbers Office 830 Residence 831 hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 6 by appointment 7 to 8 Daily day and night phones listed on Front Street and Day Phone 135 Night Phone 135.
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