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Newspaper

Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1940

Page

9

Viewing Our Task and What Is Your Life Sermons at Sikeston Baptist

Rev E W Milner, pastor, will preach Sunday morning on Viewing Our Task and report on last week’s Southern Baptist Convention in Baltimore. Evening sermon titled What Is Your Life. Sunday school at 9 30 with W W Dr Hayden in charge. Fidelis class meets July 1 at Mrs Willard Sexton’s home Matthews Ave. Stevenson Circle hosts July 3 at 523 Moore Ave. Primary teachers led by Anna Jones held a Bow men school picnic south of Miner Tuesday night.

E. W. Milner Sikeston Baptist Church Milner Southern Baptist Convention Baltimore Hayden Walter Lankford Jr The Baptist Training Union Fidelis Baptist Church Willard Sexton Matthews Avenue Sylvia Page Wilma Johnson Sexton Anna Jones Bowman Miner

Baptist church selects delegate for Cape Girardeau meeting

Ralph Reid was chosen as the church's delegate to the annual Board of Control meeting of the Southeast Missouri Baptist Foundation in Cape Girardeau next Tuesday. Trustees for the institution will be elected at that session.

Ralph Reid Board of Control of The Southeast Missouri Baptist Foundation Cape Girardeau

St Francis Navier Catholic Church Notice

Rev J J ONeill pastor announces Sunday masses at 7 00 and 9 00 daily masses at 7 00 communion at 7 00 on first Fridays confessions Saturday eves of holidays and first Fridays 3 30 5 45 and 7 00 8 30 and any time on request baptisms after last Mass on Sunday

Church Service Schedule at West Kendall Street Church

Church notices list services led by Pastor E. R. Pulliam including Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 89 p m Prayer Service Tuesday and V L B at 7 30 Friday night location 17 West Kendall Street

Kendall Street

Baptist Women’s Circle Plans Tuesday Picnic

The Business Women's Circle of the Baptist Church will hold its regular meeting Tuesday night July 2 as a picnic at the Bowman schoolhouse south of Miner Switch. Miss Christine Cauthorn will host the group.

Business Women's Circle of the Baptist Church Bowman Miner Switch Christine Cauthorn

Meyer to Lead New Mc Kendree Church at Jackson

The Rev William L Meyer longtime pastor of Eastwood Memorial Methodist church Caruthersville will assume the pastorate of New Mc Kendree Methodist church Jackson on July 1 He will succeed Rev J C Montgomery transferred to the Charleston church after the death of Rev C P Thogmorton Meyer will conduct services at the Caruthersville church Sunday His successor has not yet been named.

William L. Meyer Eastwood Memorial Methodist Church Caruthersville New McKendree Methodist Church Jackson Meyer J. C. Montgomery Charleston C. P. Thogmorton

Christian Endeavorers To Arcadia Today

Four members of the Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian church depart this morning for Arcadia to attend the annual young people's conference. Sponsor Miss Opal Carrethers accompanies them. Traveling are Jane Loehr president Wanda Baker Bob Weber and Mary Ellen Bailey. They will return to Sikes ton Sunday night.

Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church Arcadia Opal Carrethers Jane Loehr Wanda Baker Bob Weber Mary Ellen Bailey Sikeston

Touch of Jesus sermon at Sikeston Lutheran Church

The sermon topic The Touch of Jesus will be delivered at 9:00 a.m. Sunday at Sikeston Lutheran Church by Rev. G. Schramm. Based on Matthew 8 1 3, it invites Lutherans and Evangelical leanies to Concordia Lutheran with Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and confirmation class Saturday afternoon.

Jesus Sikeston Lutheran Church G. Schramm Sikeston Concordia Lutheran

Rev Taylor Preaches On Peace Of Christ In Sikeston

The Sikeston Methodist church will host Rev John L Taylor as he preaches on The Peace of Christ during the morning service Sunday July 8 He will also lead church school at 945 am and Epworth League meetings at 645 pm There is no evening service at the church.

John L. Taylor Sikeston

Rev Transue to Preach at Nazarene Church

Regular services will be held at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev C F Transue officiating. This will be his first Sunday in the pulpit for two weeks after returning from Oklahoma City where he attended the General Assembly of the Churches of the Nazarene. Young people's and Sunday school services will be held as usual, with weekday meetings planned.

Church of the Nazarene Rev C. F. Transue Transue Oklahoma City Okla General Assembly of Churches of the Nazarene

Sunday Services at Sikeston Presbyterian Church

The Sikeston Presbyterian Church holds Sunday services May 30 in charge of Pastor Rev. D. D. MacAdams. Wednesday night prayer service features continued talks on The Psychology of the Christian Personality. Young people's services proceed as usual.

Sikeston Presbyterian Church D. D. MacAdams MacAdams

P T A Sponsors Passion Play Picture Golgotha

The Parent-Teacher Association sponsors the Passion Play Golgotha in a talking picture at Rex Theatre. A 2:30 matinee for children was held today, with 7:30 and 9:15 showings tonight. The film is described as the first talking motion picture of Christ life and crucifixion, featuring a cast of about a thousand.

Parent-Teacher Association Golgotha Rex Theatre

Card of Thanks for Pete Whitt Death

The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during Pete Whitt s illness and death. Special thanks to Rev Luther Moore floral tributes choir pianist pallbearers and Welsh Funeral Service. Such kindness will not be forgotten. The Family. Shakespeare spelling note ends.

Pete Whitt Luther Moore

Universal peace through Jonah in ancient Nineveh

Southern Jr discusses the Book of Jonah, noting Nineveh as a once wicked city, Jonah’s reluctant evangelism, and God’s mercy. He highlights the early Hebrew nationalism versus the later idea of a universal God who loves all peoples, contrasting with contemporary intolerance and linking to broader peaceable ethics.

Jonah Jeroboam Iti Nineveh Assyria Judah Israel God Hitler

Book Club grows at Sikeston library during summer

Interest in the Book Club organized at the Sikeston library by Miss Beatrice Dobbins, librarian, continues to grow as members work toward their goal of ten books read during the summer vacation months. Among the book reviews received by Miss Dobbins during the past week are the following.

Sikeston Library Beatrice Dobbins

Courage of a Boy Fulfilling Promise to Grandmother

By Virginia Elsperman age 9 the reader praises a book for its engaging story of a boy who keeps his promise to find his grandmother's bonnet box. It raises curiosity about what happens next and notes characters Grandmother Mother Father Mable Charley and Little Teddy.

Virginia Elsperman Mable Charley Teddy

The Little Swiss Wood Carver

Gwendlyn Gary, aged 9, narrates a tale about Seppi the Swiss carver whose life is brightened by an American visitor who promises a carving school. He must leave his homeland yet carries his father's carvings as a cherished link to hearth, mountains, and roots.

Gwendlyn Gary Seppi

The Apple of Contentment

Marylin Mayfield age eight recounts a tale of a mother and three daughters. The third daughter finds a magical cap on a hillside, speaks with a hillman, plants a heart that grows into a tree bearing golden apples. She shares an apple with a king who falls in love and asks for marriage.

Marylin Mayfield Hillman

Mrs George Presnell Leads Sikeston Story Hour

Mrs George Presnell will lead the story hour at Sikeston library at ten o clock Saturday morning June 28. Librarian Miss Beatrice Dobbins announced the weekly sessions are open to Sikeston children who are invited to attend.

George Presnell Sikeston Beatrice Dobbins

Suggested changes in Missouri liquor laws discussed

Melvin Englehart, Madison County prosecuting attorney, urged separating dance halls from beer taverns and criticized 5 percent beer on premises sales. He proposed state supervision of liquor control to avoid political influence, praised Highway Patrol enforcement, and urged local option and county control with public input while stressing democratic participation by citizens and law enforcement.

Melvin Englehart Madison County Missouri Englehart Sikeston Methodist Church Cape Girardeau State Highway Patrol A. F. Deneke O. A. Cook Portageville J. M. Haw Charleston

Gone with the Wind film claims million man hours

The Dillon Theatre in Morehouse opens Gone with the Wind, a Margaret Mitchell adaptation. Production boss Raymond A. Kline notes one million man hours across 256000 in prep and 750000 in production, with stars Clark Gable Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland among nearly 5000 workers.

Margaret Mitchell Dillon Theatre Morehouse David QC Selznick Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Victor Fleming Raymond A. Kline United States

Voters urged to uphold law and revoke drunken driving licenses

The call stresses strict enforcement of alcohol laws and prompt license revocation for drinking drivers. It asks courts to review officers enforcing the law, and warns voters to scrutinize candidates who violate the Corrupt Practices Law by buying votes or spending undue sums to win office.

Campbell Woman Elizabeth Hughes Dies at 90 in Campbell

Elizabeth Jane Hughes Campbell aged 90 died at home of her daughter-in-law Mrs Albert McBride Tuesday night. Survivors include son Owen McBride and sister Mrs Mattie McCutcheon both of Campbell.

Campbell Elizabeth Jane Hughes Albert McBride Owen McBride Mattie McCutcheon

Littell's Liquid A Calcium Sulphurate Solution

A local notice item advertising Littell's Liquid A as a calcium sulphurate solution to ease itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat and non poisonous insect bites. It also helps with eczema and is priced at 50 cents per bottle sold by all druggists.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rev. Milner ST. Francis Navier Catholic Church J. J. O’neil Church OF God E. R. Pulliam Baptist Jackson Church Christian Endeavorers Rev. Taylor Nazarene Church Presbyterian Church Moore-Harris Abstract Co Benton, Missouri O. L. Spencer P.T. A Passion Play Picture Shakespeare Southern Wm. Southern Jr Peter Paul Littell Woehlecke Telephone 501 Sikeston, MO G. W. H. Presnell City OF Ine Arorui
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