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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
9
Rev. E D Owen of Sikeston Baptist Church will preach on The Glories of the Cross Sunday morning July 27. Evening sermon topic will be The Mission of the Master. Sunday school and BaptistRain ing Union services will be held as usual.
Regular worship services for the Methodist church will be held in the Malone Theater Sunday morning July 27. Sunday school and other services will be held in the church building, announced by the pastor Rev. John L. Taylor.
Reverend Joseph P Read of Sikeston Christian Church preaches The Parable of the Elder Son at Sunday morning worship. Communion observed, Sunday school at 945, morning service 1045. No evening service at church. revival begins 800 Sunday at Pharris Ridge.
Rev J W Hoffert, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, will use Reminded as the Sunday morning sermon topic. Communion will be observed. Sunday school starts at 9:30, morning worship at 10:45. Young people meet at 6:30. Evening worship at 7:45 features Shattered Romance.
An all-day mission rally will be held tomorrow July 25 at the Church of the Nazarene with Mrs Marion Instone of St Louis, Missouri district president, in charge. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. A noon recess lasts one hour and the program continues through the evening.
Sikeston Lutheran Church pastor Rev G C Schramm will preach Holding Fast the Faith at Sunday morning worship starting 9:00. Sunday school follows at 10:00 in Sikeston.
Rev. D D Mac Adams will preach Sunday morning July 27 on Behind the Veil at Sikeston Presbyterian Church. Regular services follow in the evening with Sunday school and Christian Endeavor as usual and a cordial invitation to attend all church services.
The McDonald Stamps Baxter quartet from Cape Girardeau is expected to perform at the regular prayer service tonight at the Methodist Mission in Smith Addition. Rev. H. H. Harper, the pastor, announces the event along with the church's scheduled services: Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11 with preaching, and evening worship at 11. The public is invited to attend all services.
The Walther Leagues of zone seven will hold their annual outing at Ellise Park in Cape Girardeau at 2 30 Sunday afternoon with a sunset service planned for the evening.
About twenty five boys and girls from the Baptist church Royal Ambassadors and Girls Auxiliary will travel Tuesday to Camp Rotary, 17 miles from Lutesville Missouri, remaining until Thursday afternoon. They will be joined by Chaffee youths and accompanied by pastors Rev E D Owens and Rev Bowers with Mrs Clippard and others assisting in study periods and mission work.
The speaker recalls the biblical reply Go tell John to observe the works around him. In Christian lands are schools hospitals lodges and societies aiding the poor with equal care and humane laws. Sunday School and Church are urged next Sunday as evidence of Christian prosperity.
Rev Gayle Jackson pastors the church with Sunday School at 10 and morning worship at 11. An evangelistic sermon is preached at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting occurs Tuesday and Friday at 7 30. Everyone is welcome.
The parish of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church on Front and Stoddard Streets lists Rev J J O Neill as Pastor and Rev A H Hoormann as Assistant. Summer mass times are 7:00 and 9:00 a m from June to September, winter times 7:30 and 9:30 a m from October to May. Holy Day masses are 5:45 and 8:00 a m. Weekday masses are 7:00 and 8:00 a m, with 8:00 a m mass moved to the Convent on Saturdays. Baptisms occur after the last Sunday Mass.
Pastor Nathan Nelson leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer service 7 30 p m Tuesday Victory Leaders Band meets at 6 30 each Sunday evening Cached church notices indicate regular worship and youth group activity at the Church of God.
Rev E D Owen quoted a popular poem during his first Sikeston Baptist church sermon. The verse speaks of a hidden inner house where one heals pride and shame, finds strength through prayer, and returns outside to sing a new, hopeful song. The author is unidentified.
Circle four of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs Gene Potashnick with Mrs V M Montgomery assisting. Mrs Tanner C Dye led the business session and Mrs W S Smith led a program on Women of the Bible.
Gilbert O Nations argues that divine inspiration distinguishes the Bible from all human literature. He cites Peter, Paul, and Jude to claim prophecy and gospel came from God through the Holy Spirit, guiding New Testament writers. Salvation hinges on this truth of inspired scripture.
Yale psychology professor Dr. Carl J. Hovland testified in a government antitrust case that a blindfold test with 285 smokers failed to show that most smokers can identify or distinguish brands. Madeline Ross of Consumers' Union echoed the finding that most people cannot identify brands. Ayer quote follows unrelated to the trial.
A terse musing about the paradox of financial behavior. The speaker contrasts spending quickly with saving slowly, implying a wish for spending to mirror the patience of saving.
H. R. Newton father of Miss Eva Newton and Mrs. T A Roberts of Sikeston died Tuesday in Phoenix Arizona after a yearlong illness. Funeral services were held at 9:30 this morning in Phoenix with interment there.
Funeral services were held Saturday after noon at Welsh funeral rooms Sikeston for Joseph Schaefer 30 a shipping clerk who died after attempting to rescue neighbor Mrs Roger Carver in the Mississippi River near St Louis The Carvers also live nearby Her body was found Thursday Schaefer is survived by widow Virginia Pratt Gerry Joe 7 Janice 4.
The Loyal Adult Women of the Christian church will hold a regular session Tuesday night July 29 at the home of Mrs Ray Duncan with Mrs Ben Carroll and Mrs Alta Fowler assisting. Mrs J T Singleton Sr will lead the program.
Funeral services were held at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church for T A Tickell who died Monday morning at his Morehouse home after an extended illness. Tickell, born September 29 1850 in New Madrid County, lived there most of his life and moved to Morehouse forty one years ago. He is survived by his wife and five children including T A Tickell Jr and Mrs Fida Girder and Mrs Leila Pinnell of Morehouse.
Evangelist Arthur Freeman will lead a series of revival meetings at Canalou Church of Christ starting Sunday night July 27 with the sermon Why Does Not God Stop Hitler. Daily Vacation Bible Study runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m with Freeman teaching a youth class. Mrs. Freeman will assist.
Wilson of Sikeston and Mrs Hil lery Boone of Jefferson City are named survivors. He is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and 10 great grand children. Interment was made in the Sikeston City cemetery with National Funeral Home service.
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