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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
5
Mass schedules listed for 766 Guia and Detiv, with details unclear. Local church notices mention times, locations, and a pastor, but text is garbled and incomplete. Obscure names and addresses prevent precise dates or events from being confirmed.
The notice lists schedule times for 17 West Reneall Street. ER Pulham pastor leads Sunday School at 9 20 am and worship at 7 20 pm. Prayer service 7 00 pm. Tuesday evening VLEB V L EB and Friday night 7 20.
Bible Study at 9 45 am and 7 45 pm Wednesday nights. Service times at 10 45 am and 11 am each Sunday with a preaching service and song service.
Rev Herbert J. Teske leads Sunday morning worship at the Lutheran church. The pastor invites friends and members to attend the service at the usual time.
Rev A B Cooper of Charleston Baptist Church will preach at the local church Sunday morning July 25. Rev F W Milner announced. Rev TE Tavior of Cape Girardeau District Missionary of the Charleston Association is tentatively scheduled for the evening service. Rev Mother plans to attend the Baptist World Alliance meeting in Atlanta, Ga, which occurs every five years.
Rev John L. Taylor of the Methodist church will preach Sunday morning on Our Christian Resources. There will be no evening services at the church during July and August.
The article notes Rev C F Transue of the Church of the Nazarene will preach on Sunday July 23 with Bring Your Neighbor Day for Sunday school. Evangelistic services are to be arranged by the pastor. It also covers the United Singing Society gathering at Sikeston High School gym, a Night Club revival near Havaiti led by Rev E J Morgan, and a Cape Girardeau skating party linked to Christian Endeavor events.
Miss Blair Law reports upcoming story hour for children aged 4 to 10 on Saturday July 22 at 9:00 a.m. in the library auditorium. A list of newly purchased books includes works by Beard, Johnson, Strachey, Cooper, and many others, with diverse topics from American history to fiction and science.
Missouri Baptists this month enact a ministerial retirement fund for pastors reaching 65. The executive board of the Missouri Baptist General Assembly in Kansas City finalized details. Participating pastors contribute 3 percent of salary monthly while churches contribute 3 percent and the State organization 2 percent, totaling 8 percent. A pastor earning 100 dollars monthly would contribute 5 dollars and receive a state pension of 2 dollars after retirement, based on the average of the last twenty five years of service. Full benefits are expected after six to eight years as the fund builds. The plan seeks to distribute funding burden more evenly among pastors and churches according to ability to pay.
Rev Ralph Dodson pastor announces two weeks of special services at Richwood Methodist Church near McMullin starting tomorrow night. Dodson will lead each evening and invites the public to attend.
Joseph Lind nephew of Cairo City Commissioner Harry Lind appears in the new comedy as Peter Hayes. Hollywood labels him filmland's latest juvenile comic after his Cairo high school days in amateur theatricals.
Mrs Ruth Crews Woodruff, the first woman to seek a Missouri Supreme Court seat, announced a gubernatorial bid with a radio address between August 5 and 19. She practices law with husband George Woodruff in Trenton and had been a Democratic Supreme Court nominee finalist. She also wired President Roosevelt urging a third term.
St Louis July 20 The Bartered Bride returns to the Municipal Opera July 24 with a costly Met roster led by Muriel Dickson and George Krasely. The final performance is July 30 with the original English translation and a strong cast including Myron Taylor and Eugene Loewenthal. Rosely and Anna mary Dickey also appear in key roles.
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