Church Mass Schedule Announced By Rev ONeill
Rev John J ONeill released church mass times with Sunday services at 7 30 and 9 50 am and daily masses at 7 30 am noting routine worship schedule for the parish.
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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
2
Rev John J ONeill released church mass times with Sunday services at 7 30 and 9 50 am and daily masses at 7 30 am noting routine worship schedule for the parish.
The Church of Christ offers Bible study at 9 45 a m and a preaching service at 11 00 a m on Sundays followed by a song service at 10 45 a m The bulletin also notes a Bible study at 7 45 p m on Wednesdays and a midweek service.
Rev H E Wheeler pastor. Regular services every Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Sunday at 7 30 p m and Sunday morning at 9 50.
Church of God at West Kendall Street posts Sunday school at 9 00 am preaching 11 00 am with prayer service 7 20 pm Tuesday midweek service 7 50 pm Friday night program led by Pastor E R Pulham with details ambiguous in OCR.
Rev. R. S. Rains, pastor, will preach Sunday morning on Building a Christian Community and in the evening on The Purpose of the Gospel. Midweek prayer is Wednesday night. The Hargraves Family from Anna will sing. Members and friends are invited to all services.
Rev John L. Taylor, pastor of the Methodist church, will preach Sunday morning on Our Family Tree. Sunday school services are held as usual at 9 45 o'clock. There will be no evening service.
Reverend D D Ellis of the Presbyterian church will preach Sunday morning on the topic More Than Silver and Gold and in the evening on After Christ. What. Sunday school meets at ten o clock and the young people gather at 6 30 in the afternoon.
Rev Frank Q. Crockett, pastor of Farmington First Baptist, will preach at both Sunday services in Farmington. With Rev E W Milner away conducting a revival, Crockett outlines morning sermon The Badge of a Christian and evening topic The Inclined Ear. Milner is expected back in Sikeston on July 10.
The congregation of St Francis X Mavier parish will hold a picnic on church grounds in Sikestar on Saturday July 30. A chicken dinner will be served from 12 to 2 pm and supper from 5 30 to 7 30 pm. All members and friends are asked to mark the date and attend.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the Christan church will hold a picnic Friday evening July 5 at the home of Mary Ellen and Leii Paver on West Gladys Street from 5 until 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
The Russell Bradley Society will hold its regular study program next Tuesday night at the Methodist church with President Mrs L R Burns presiding.
Three Catholic priests from St Vincent's College Cape Girardeau and from St Louis will lecture in Sikeston on Catholic Beliefs and Practices. They say the free open air talks have reached over 100 Missouri towns with goodwill and tolerance. Lectures run Tuesday July 12 to Saturday July 16 at 7 p.m. in Railroad Park.
Rev A B Cooper of Charleston Baptist church preached at the local Baptist church Sunday morning in the pastor’s absence Rev W Milner on a revival campaign at Farmuireton church In the evening Rev Lem Council of Fairview church filled the pulpit suggesting a courteous, steady rotation of ministers for services downtown
A joint commission on interdenominational relations and church union appointed 151 clergy and lay leaders to draft plans for merging the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, and Methodist Episcopal Church South. Unification proposals target presentation at the April 26, 1939 conference with October 1 as the venue selection deadline. Eight committees will examine worship, boundaries, funds, membership, missions, hospitals and evangelism.
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church plan a covered dish luncheon in the basement on Thursday July 11. An all-day meeting will follow with Mrs R S Rains in charge of the devotional program and Mrs J L Sutterfield presiding as society president.
Pastor Lela Filey announces Sunday school at 9:45 and preaching at 11. Rev Earl Aldndge to lead the evening service at 5. The public is invited to attend these services.
Members of the Christian Frontier group at Sikeston Christian church held a July 4 picnic for a visiting guest Miss Marian Schaeffer, a student abroad. Her parents are missionaries in India. Rev. D. D. Ellis of the Presbyterian church attending a Potosi Presbytery meeting in Cape Girardeau.
F D Lair proprietor of Lair Furniture Company and his son Wesley left Monday for Chicago to attend the annual Furniture Mart. They were joined by Buil Van Horne and Elwood Taylor who will sightsee in the city. The party plans to return late week. Carnwell Merl Martin, 28, was killed when a tree fell on him while cutting near the Missouri Arkansas line Thursday afternoon. Surviving are his widow, a son and a daughter.
The lesson for July 10 1938 centers on Caleb as a steadfast scout who urged action against giants, backed by Joshua. It recalls his forty year journey, unwavering faith, and insistence that God promised him Hebron. The piece argues against ageist retirement myths, highlighting Caleb at eighty five as strong and capable.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Venable 65 were held July 3 at her Scott Street home with Rev. Rochta of Kennett officiating. Interment in Memorial Park. Born April 6 1872 she lived in Sikeston years and died in a St. Louis hospital Friday July 1 after a battle with carcinoma. Surviving: husband James Venable ill in St. Louis two sons James L Venable Sikeston and Fenton Venable Jackson a daughter in Fredericktown and sister Mrs F E Korosso of St. Louis.
Funeral rites were held at the home of her sister Mrs Pearl Weekley in Morehouse with Rev A C Sullivant officiating. Interment followed at Memorial Park cemetery. Mrs Snyder died Friday July 1 at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau from complications after a illness, survived by husband Aaroh E Snyder and six sisters in Missouri and Illinois.
Carter F DeWint aged 16 at his daughter Mrs H M Zarkor's home in Commerce after a heart attack at his drug store. He came to Commerce in 1865 with his father Dr F DeWint formerly of Kansas City. Survived by wife, son Harry in Hollywood and three daughters in St Louis and Commerce, four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday.
Funeral services for Claude Thomas Holt Jr. seven day old son of Mr and Mrs Chester Holt of near Bell City were conducted Monday afternoon at the family residence with Rev Carroll Nazarene minister of Bell City officiating. Interment followed at Carpenter cemetery with Welsh service. The infant born June 26 died Sunday at the parental home and is survived by his parents two grandparents and two sets of grandparents from Bell City and St Louis plus three brothers and two sisters.
Mrs John Moll was honored Sunday with a surprise dinner at Hotel Jackson celebrating her 80th birth anniversary. Attendees from Sikeston included Stella Moll and son Roland, John Edgar Moll, Billy Jean, Jofkin A Moll family, Lacy Allach, A B Moll, Birch Moll and others from the area.
Miss Strandie Engram daughter of Mr and Mrs B B Engram and Cecil H French assistant manager of The Sterling Store were married Friday night July 1 at Rev C McDonald Methodist pastor Cape Girardeau. Attending were Mr and Mrs Woodrow Hardin of Sikeston. Mrs French a Sikeston native and 1932 Sikeston High School graduate works at Cut Rate Department Store. French came from Jonesboro Arkansas. They reside with Dr W Sidwell on South Kingshighway.
Gov Lloyd C Stark in Jefferson City granted paroles to 45 state convicts in the largest single day probation action in months. Names include Jute Forbis jailed for grand larceny in New Madrid county, Vernon Be Wilkins for grand larceny in Dunklin county, Jim Redman for assault, and Beck Gibson for incest in Pemiscot county. Also report of two Kennett men catching a 57 pound catfish on the Mississippi near Portageville, largest local catch.
Cape Girardeau attorney Gram Frye told the Sikeston Kiwanis Club last Friday that taxes take about one fourth of American income. He cited 67.6 billion national income and 16 billion in taxes, urged consolidation of boards and bureaus to cut costs, and said lawmakers create jobs rather than reduce taxes.
A grass fire at the C. R Auten home spread briefly before the fire department contained it. The Auten family resides in the Harry Blanton home on North Ramney Street. Ehrennett Carl Curtis Walker, who says he deserted the U S Army in March 1938, surrendered to Officer Bob Johnson and was jailed. He carried a piece of reinforcing iron.
October 11 and 12 have been chosen for the Southeast Missouri Medical Association annual meet to be held in Poplar Bluff. Local doctors plan to attend the gathering, with physicians from the region expected to be present.
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