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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
5
Sunday masses are at 7 and 9 o clock with daily masses at 7. Communions at 7 a m on first Fridays. Confessions Saturday eves of holidays and first Fridays 3 30 to 5 45 p m and 7 to 8 50 p m and anytime on request. Baptisms after the last Mass on Sunday.
The Church of God at 17 West Kendall Street lists services with E. R. Pulliam as pastor. Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 31 p m Prayer Service 7 30 p m Tuesday V U L B 7 30 Friday night.
The Sikeston Presbyterian Church will suspend preaching services until Sunday, July 21, announced by Rev. D. D. MacAdams. Sunday school continues with Calvin Carter in charge, and Christian Endeavor meetings are led by Mrs. Elmer Poage and Miss Colleen Williams. Wednesday prayer service is also discontinued until the pastor's return from vacation.
Open air revival on the south grade school grounds runs Friday night through Sunday July 21 led by Rev C F Transue pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. Preacher will be Rev M Kennery of Oklahoma City and Rev G C Bohannon of Sikeston will direct singing with special music by the Four-State Quartet. Services start each evening at 7 30.
Rev E W Milner of Sikeston Baptist Church will preach on Sunday July 7 with the sermon topic Enlarging Our Tents. Evening service features Youth and Yokes. Baptist Training Union led by Walter Lankford Jr. Superintendent W D Hayden to oversee Sunday School at 9 30 AM.
The Pre eminence of Christ will be the subject for the sermon at the Methodist church Sunday morning with Rev John L Taylor delivering the sermon. Epworth League services will be conducted at the usual hour Sunday evening. During July and August there will be no evening services at the church.
Rev. Transue, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, announced his acceptance to the congregation on Sunday June 30. It marks his eighth year guiding the local church which has grown greatly under his leadership. Remodeling and enlarging the church were also completed due to his efforts. George Porter was elected to a thirteenth year as Sunday school superintendent.
Members of the Methodist church Men s Bible Class enjoyed a hot dog supper in the church dining room. Rev J C Montgomery of Charleston spoke briefly on The Money Value of Religion. Attending were Atty J M Haw Robert Fowlkes and A L Jenks. W E Hollingsworth led the program with a violin number by Doris Jean and Judith Louise Baker. Red Kirby led refreshments.
Rev C F Transue pastor of the Church of the Nazarene and delegates from the local church attend the Missouri District Nazarene Young People’s Society session at Christ Evangelical church in Cape Girardeau. Dr Basil Miller of Pasadena Calif will be the principal speaker during the three day convention. Delegates include Mrs Maudie Walker Mrs Walter Givans Mass Vivian Johnson and Owen Dillender.
The King's Daughters Sunday school class at the Presbyterian church held a Tuesday evening party at Mrs. Elmer Poage's home on Kathleen Avenue. Christian Endeavor Society members from the Christian church and others returned Sunday from the Young People's Conference at Arcadia, with many named participants and accompanying family members listed.
Churches built on Crown land in English history were barred from ringing bells after the Reformation, reflecting shifts in church rights and royal authority that limited ecclesiastical practices and property use during that period.
A Sunday school lesson for July 7, 1940 discusses Job chapters 1 and 2. The lecture outlines the heavenly council scene with God, the Sons of God, and Satan, and the trial of Job. It notes Job as a model of piety, Satan's challenge, Job’s boils and suffering, and the friends’ blame on sin. The piece reflects on ancient views of God, suffering, and sin before Christ’s incarnation.
Aetna Life Insurance cites bizarre paid claims from safety mishaps and odd injuries. Stories include a man lighting his feet in spats, a tennis player biting his throat plate, a husband spraining his wife’s jaw, a car in a ditch and a cow attack, a feather-in-eye infection, and sleeping injuries such as dislocated shoulders and a vanished nightmare.
One hundred forty-two residents of Gideon and nearby towns celebrated the arrival of a new newspaper with a banquet at the high school gym. Publisher G. R. Derby, also of the Puxico Press, received honors as the paper's leader. The Gideon News edition ran 16 pages and drew shoppers and merchants.
Nine children have read and reported on ten books since the close of school. Miss Beatrice Dobbins, Sikeston librarian and sponsor of the Vacation Reading Club, lists members completing this requirement for membership: Irene Anderson, Jackie Brown, Doris Cunningham, Vera Foust, Joel Henley, Jimmy Henley, Alva Holden, Lawana Wallace, and Billy Woehlecke. Among the reports read during the past week were two notable submissions.
A survey finds about half of US cities with parking meters have populations under 30,000. Researchers note density and funding shape meter deployment, with smaller towns using meters for revenue and curb management. Local officials cite growth challenges and budget pressures.
The Sikeston Auction Company Inc. will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the firm office on Highway 60 West in Sikeston Missouri on Thursday July 11 1940 at 730 p m R A McCord president and Jean Hirschberg secretary attest.
A Polish boy Stefan Ostrovski seeks a pumpkin from a reluctant seller. He offers gold weight, draws his sword, and is overmatched as the seller grips his wrist and the sword falls. Ostrovski flees on his horse, while the tale mentions a fictional Great Tartar Crystal inside the pumpkin.
The adventures of Chatter the red squirrel unfold in a green forest setting. It follows his escapes from forest enemies and explains how he stores food for winter while farmer Brown's boy befriends forest animals and helps save them.
Eugene M. Munger, Chaffee attorney, announced Monday his withdrawal from the Democratic race for prosecuting attorney of Scott County. His exit leaves David Blanton of Sikeston as the Democratic incumbent seeking a second term.
American families numbering about twenty million own pets and collectively spend roughly one million dollars each day on feeding and care. The statistic highlights large household commitment to companion animals and growing pet ownership.
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