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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
5
Rev. John J. O’Neill, Pastor, announces Sunday masses at 7 and 9 o’clock. Daily masses at 7. Communion at 7 a.m. on first Fridays. Confessions Saturday eves of holidays and first Fridays 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. and any time on request. Baptisms after the last Mass on Sunday.
The Church of God at 17 West Kendall Street is led by Pastor BE Pulliam. Sunday School starts 9:30 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer service is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. V. L. B. meets at 7:30 Friday night.
Bible Study at 9 45 a m and 7 45 p m mark weekly sessions. Song service at 10 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m occur every Sunday morning.
Rev. Gayle Jackson pastor leads Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11 and regular services each evening at 7 30.
Rev. John L. Taylor selects The Old Paths and the Good Way for Sunday morning sermon. Church choir, directed by Mrs. H. E. Reuber, prepares special music after Sunday school at 9:45 led by L. M. Standley. Evening service at 7:30 features The Unfaithful Steward. Board of stewards meets Monday, January 8 at 7:30 with C. C. Scott presiding.
The Christian church plans a Sunday worship on the theme Broken Resolutions with Rev. Joseph P. Read preaching. Sunday school at 9 45 led by superintendent R A McCord. Evening service features the first in a nine sermon series on the Be attitudes and monthly youth participation. Church board meeting follows next Sunday service.
The morning worship at the Church of the Nazarene will feature Rev. C F Transue delivering The Fundamental Task of the Church at 7 30. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets Friday at 1 20 with Mrs C F Transue directing and Mrs Haskel Palmer guiding the study. Evening service discusses Cape Verde Islands. Mrs Albert Irvin leads Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society at 7 30 Friday with the Triple M group meeting with Alva Holden in charge.
Rev. E. W. Milner, pastor, will preach Sunday morning on Paul's New Year Program at 10:30. Prayer and Bible teaching begin at 9:30, with young people's service at 6:30. Evening service at 7:30 features Christ of the Centuries.
Regular services will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday January 7. The morning worship hour begins at 9 o'clock with Sunday school at 10 o'clock led by E. B. Poage. The young people meet at 6 30. There will be no evening services.
The Church of the Nazarene launches a twelve week Forward Program from New Year to Easter to recruit 25,000 new Sunday school members. January is Enlistment, February Advancement, March Evangelization. Sikeston church held Workers Conference with George Porter leading and appointed town canvassing secretaries by ward.
The Christian church congregation elected officers and teachers for the Sunday school and named new elders deacons and deaconesses for the coming year. Officials include superintendent R A McCord and assistant Harley Propst Sr. teachers and officers span several listed members including Cecil Link and Ray B. Duncan.
The T E L class of the Baptist church held their regular monthly business meeting on Tuesday evening followed by a social hour at Mrs J W Marshall's home. Hosts assisting Mrs Marshall included Mesdames G L Farris Alva Vaughn P H Stevenson and Miss Rebecca Pierce. Mrs C M Harris is class president and Mrs Ernest Hedden the teacher.
The Co-Workers class of the Methodist church met with Mrs A C Sikes Tuesday afternoon at her home on South Kingshighway. Routine business was discussed and a social hour followed.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian Church will meet in the basement on Thursday January 11. It will be an all day gathering with a covered dish luncheon at noon. All members are urged to attend.
Miss Madeline Scillion will entertain her Sunday school class The Companions at her home on Kathleen avenue tonight. Miss Magdalene Moser teaches this class.
Wm Southern Jr discusses Peter’s public confession of Jesus as Christ and the danger of proclaiming Christianity in ancient lands. He contrasts early persecution with modern U.S. safety and asks what future generations will face for upholding Christian teachings. The lesson cites Matthew 16 13 28 and reflects on living as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Missouri Governor urges nationwide unity and a 1940 stay out of war. He calls on churches for guidance, echoes Roosevelt, and asks Missourians to renew religious ties while setting an example for nations bearing the burden of conflict.
American made bombing planes trucks and trench diggers plus corned beef worth about 18.5 million dollars are stored in the New York foreign trade zone on Staten Island awaiting shipment to Great Britain and France in British ships. Included are 60 Lockheed bombers of an order for Britain, 2500 trucks and 13 trench diggers costing 3000 dollars each. France will take many more, and 20 Sikorsky bombers are bound for Finland.
A concise theological reflection asserts that Christianity endures beyond Peter's era and its adherents. It argues that followers, including businesspeople, preachers, politicians, and statesmen, remain aligned with God's enduring plan despite the abuses of figures like Hitler or Stalin. The message emphasizes eternal purpose unaffected by tyrants.
Funeral services were held for Alvah Daily at Schrader Funeral Home Arcola Illinois with a prior service at Albritton Funeral Home Sikeston conducted by Rev. John L Taylor. Daily born August 2 1871 spent 19 years farming in Illinois and later ran Sikeston seed store recently acquired by C H Butler. Survived by widow Minnie Daily sister in law Mrs G W Clark brother Talbart Danly and sister Miss Addie Daily.
Samuel David Boyette 83 retired Crowder area farmer died December 29 at Cape Girardeau hospital. Funeral at family home in Crowder with Dempster service. interment Mainard cemetery near Diehlstadt. Survived by widow Kate Faust and four children Elmer and Cecil Boyette, Mrs Ernest Lee, Mrs Clara Medcalf, plus great niece Mrs R H Bailey Jr. of Sikeston.
Mrs. Calvin Greer completed a two week stay at Excelsior Springs Missouri for health reasons and arrived home today.
William Jess Pfifer, deputy constable of Big Prairie township, died last Saturday at his brother Charles Pfifer’s home after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at Nazarene church in Mathews with Rev. Gilbert Hardin officiating. Interment at Memorial Park cemetery in Sikeston with Welsh service. Born August 27, 1885 in Posey county Indiana, he had lived with his brother seven years. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Bertha Evans of Ridgeway.
Conly Purcell the dance manager told Junior Chamber of Commerce members that about 550 couples attended the Tuesday night event at Hudson's Cafe and the net dance profit was estimated at 525 dollars.
Several hundred friends gathered at the Methodist church in Morehouse for the Sunday service honoring John Austin Spence Sr. who died December 28 at St. Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau after a long illness of carcinoma. He was 77, a Sikeston native, longtime employee of Himm elberger Harrison Manufacturing. Survived by widow Nora Effie Hurt, two sons John A. Spence Jr. and Marshall D. Spence, and daughter Mrs. 8S. T. Clayton.
J S Wallace will build a new two apartment dwelling on West Gladys street on the north side and west of the R A Mc Cord residence. Sikeston Lumber Company has the contract. The building will be two stories high with five rooms in each apartment.
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