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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
2
The Brive of the Church is the sermon subject as Rev. E. W. Milner pastor of the Baptist church will preach Sunday morning January 15 The evening sermon will focus on The Sin-Sick Heart The Sunday school and Baptist Training Union services will be held as usual.
Revival services at the Christian church draw large crowds with delegations from Matthews Charleston Dexter Cave Girardeau and Poplar Bluff Cherieston expected soon Rev Sam P Jones leads the effort praised as a forceful speaker nicknamed a Walking Bible by Rev Rains Saturday services planned and a Booster Chorus keeps up nightly musical numbers inviting all local ministers to attend.
John I. Taylor pastor of the Methodist church will preach Sunday morning on Indifference to Religion. At the evening service he will discuss Underlying Qualities of Greatness. Sonny Waeggenerator will lead Epworth League at 6 30 p m.
The Lord's Supper will be observed at the Church of the Nazarene Sunday morning as Rev. C. F. Transue preaches on The Cleansing Blood. Evangelistic services will be held by the pastor at the evening hour.
Rev. John J ONeill pastor directs Sunday masses at 7:30 and 9:50 a m with daily masses at 1:30 a m at St Francis Xavier Church.
Church of Christ holds Bible Study at 9 45 a m every Sunday with song service at 10 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m. A Bible Study is also held Wednesday night at 7 45.
Concordia Lutheran Church on Wakefield Avenue invites attendance at divine worship Sundays at 9 o'clock and Sunday school at 10. Pastor Martin L. Cook extends cordial invitation to all.
Church of God announces services at 17 West Kendall Street with Pastor E R Pulliam. Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer service at 7 30 p m Tuesday V L B 7 50 Friday night
The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church held its regular all-day monthly gathering at the church with president Mrs J L Sutterfield in charge. A noon covered dish luncheon was served and Rev Sam P Jones, revival evangelist, attended as a guest.
Rev D D Ellis pastor of the Presbyterian church will preach the second in a series of biblical doctrinal sermons at 9 oclock next Sunday morning. The subject is The New Testament Doctrine of Holiness. Sunday school classes follow at 10 oclock. Evening worship will present The Mission of the Church. The young peoples meeting is at 6 30 oclock.
The Ebert-Kready missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday January 19 at the home of Mrs John L Tay lor on North street. Associate hostesses will be Mrs N Watts and Mrs Grover Baner Mrs J N Ross will be the program leader for the meeting and the devotional will be presented by Rev Taylor.
Rev and Mrs K Holly Jackson former India and Central America missionaries will lead a four day evangelistic and missionary convention at the Church of the Nazarene January 26 to 29. Pastor Rev C EF Transite announced this week. Seven nearby churches will send delegates. Additional meeting details planned. Mrs E W Milner Mrs M Tomerlin and Mrs James Mccabee attended the Charleston Association Woman's Missionary Society meeting in Farmfest Tuesday.
Southern's January 15 Sunday School lesson examines the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Hermon as a turning point for Peter and the disciples. It links the vision to everyday life, urging believers to live for compassion, healing, and service in the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
A speaker argues education should teach living with others and improving lives, not merely earning wealth. True education aims to help young people live better and happier, so that when we die, the world can be a better place because we lived in it.
Mrs Roy V Ellise was selected president of the Co-Workers Society at the Methodist church during a regular meeting at Mrs Ben Sells home. She succeeds Anna Winchester after three years. New officers: vice president T F Henry secretary L F Hatfield treasurer J Goetz. Entertainment was voted for the Needlework group, winners in a recent fund raising contest. The next meeting will be at the new president's home.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr’s five month old son was christened Saturday in the White House with President and Mrs Roosevelt present. Bishop Julius Atwood, aged 82, officiated in an upstairs sitting room once used as a Cabinet room. A separate note reports a hot dog supper hosted by the Methodist Men’s Bible Class, about 100 attendees, with W. F E Hollingsworth as president in charge. The Methodist Church Board of Stewards will meet Tuesday night January 17 at the church, announced by Pastor Rev. John L. Taylor.
Fifteen members of the Southeast Missouri Reserve Officers Association gathered Sunday at president C. L. Malone's office on South New Madrid Street. Capt J. L. Lindsay Poplar Bluff spoke on Practical Aspects of Reserve Officers Interest and Training. Capt Hal Irwin Delta CCC camp and Capt J. C. Frame Dexter attended. Next meeting set for February 19 in this city.
Charles Holman of St. Louis Kiwanis International trustee will speak at Sikeston Kiwanis Club tonight at the Marshall Hotel. He will stop over en route to St. Louis from Helena Arkansas where he spoke at noon. Delegations from Poplar Bluff Dexter and Charleston are expected as the club changes its weekly meeting to hear him. The club marks Kiwanis International's twenty fourth birthday with a special program and a guest speaker on Friday January 20.
At a Monday evening meeting J E Robinson was chosen chairman of the Sikeston district for the coming year succeeding Wilbur Ensor. Other leaders named include Tharon Stallings district commissioner R A Harper leadership and training Robert Dempster organization Dr C W Limbaugh health and safety Frank Muller finance C H Butler activities and camp Harry Young advancement. Attending were Geo W Kirk Sikeston council president and Frank Chase Cape Girardeau Boy Scout executive.
Hyde Park village clerk J Edwin Russell and library board chair announced that the Long Island community banned Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Listen the Wind from the public library. The 13 2 vote cited Col Lindbergh’s German decoration as motivation and warned of anti Americanism from Nazis and Communists.
Hungary reports that five women serve in its 250 member parliament. The disclosure highlights gender representation in the national legislature and reflects ongoing debates about female political participation in the country.
Nineteen five year olds from State College kindergarten Cape Girardeau visited Bailey school Sikeston on a train ride Tuesday afternoon accompanied by Miss Louise Gross and Dr. Robert Hill. Superintendent R. A. Harper guided a tour of the building and the group posed for photographs in front of Sikeston's new school before returning by college bus.
Miss Mary Mc Cray, music teacher for the lower grades, starts junior choirs at the South Grade School and Bailey School. The fifth and sixth grade pupils will sing, while rhythm bands are formed for first grade pupils.
Reginald and Gladys Laubin, renowned on Indian lore, will present their program Old Buffalo Day at the high school auditorium tomorrow as part of scheduled assembly programs. Indian dances in costume and folk melodies on authentic instruments will be performed.
Sikeston high school debate team will compete Saturday in Jackson. Coach Garland Parker says the squad, wearing red and black, includes Gwendolyn Kirk, Mary Louise Montgomery, Flwood Taylor, Eddie Crear, Mary Emma Donnell, Ruth Hollingsworth, Betty Lou Barger, and Martha Haw. The topic: Resolved that the United States Should Enter into an Alliance with Great Britain.
Prospective Sikeston High School graduates were measured for caps and gowns. The average girl graduate stands five feet four inches and weighs 124 pounds with a head size of six and seven eighths. The average boy is five feet eight inches, weighs 146 pounds, head size seven one eighth. The tallest senior is a boy at six feet two inches, the shortest a girl at five feet, with weights from 102 to 192 pounds.
The seventh and eighth grade library of Sikeston public schools totaling about 200 books has been consolidated with the high school library. Seventh and eighth graders will use the high school reading room and may check out the junior books after school hours.
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