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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
2
Sunday masses at 7 30 and 11 50 a m daily masses 7 50 a m Bible study 9 45 a m song service 7 45 p m preaching 12 m each Sunday Bible Study 7 45 Wednesday Miss Jewell Bishop leads Young People Council plans for April services.
Dr. D S Corlett of Kansas City editor of the denominational paper will lead evangelistic services at the Church of the Nazarene here from April to 16, announced by Pastor Rev C F Transue. Further details will follow. Rev R S Rains returned home from St Louis after attending the annual meeting of the Woman's National Benevolence Association.
Rev C F Transue pastor of the Church of the Nazarene will preach Sunday morning March 19 on Bearing the Cross and in the evening on Why Men Do Not Want Chast. Sunday school and young peoples services will be held as usual. The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society will lead a special missionary program and the public is invited tonight.
At the Baptist church on March 19 Rev. FE W Mulner will preach in the morning on The Valley of Dry Bones and in the evening on Lest We Forget. The services target remembrance and reflection.
Sikeston Methodist pastor Rev John L Taylor will preach Sunday morning March 19 the fourth Sunday in Lent. In the evening his topic will be Gates to the City of God. Epworth League and Sunday school services will be held as usual.
Regular preaching and communion will be held at 10 45 Sunday morning at the Christian church. On March 19 the pastor Rev P R S Rains announced. Bible school is at 9 45 and evening evangelistic services at 7 30. Friends and members are invited to attend.
Members of the Women's Society of Sikeston Christian church attended an all day tri county women s council at East Prairie with church representatives from Scott Cape Girardeau and Mississippi counties present Rev and Mrs R S Rains led part of the program Those from Sikeston included Rev and Mrs R S Rains Mr and Mrs Cecil Link Mrs J A Sutterfield Mrs Glenn Matthews Mrs Gen Carrell Mrs Edith Swinner Mrs J L Sutterfield Mrs E F Mouser Mrs S E F Reed Miss Claude Turner Mrs J T Singleton Mrs E F A Lawrence and Mrs Shirley Bloomfield
The Scott missionary zone meet of Methodist churches will be held next Tuesday March 21 at the church in Morley. A one day session will feature music and devotionals led by Mrs W E Hollingsworth of Sikeston. Lunch will be served at noon by the church ladies. Attending groups include Ewert Kready Russell Bradley and Ben Jon Missionary societies from Sikeston Methodist church.
Rev A J Schultz former second pastor of St Francis Xavier Catholic church died in St Louis at age 78. He served 51 years in church work and led the local parish from 1911 to 1916 after succeeding Rev Conrad A Brockmeier. He also pastored Ste Genevieve parish.
Mrs R D Sorrells was elected delegate to attend the St Louis Conference annual missionary meeting in Farmington from April 11 to 14. The Russell Bradley Missionary Society chose her at its regular Tuesday meeting at the Hess home. Miss Caroline Hess was named alternate. Thirty nine members and friends attended with guests Fred Harris Leo Beckett M C Mills and Mary Lou Giessel.
Loyalty Day at the Presbyterian Church includes reception of members and baptisms. The annual congregational meeting will elect elders and deacons, adopt a budget, and plan the new church year starting April 1. Rev. D D Ellis will preach on Abiding in Christ and Doing His Will.
Co-Workers Society of the Methodist church to meet Tuesday afternoon at Mrs C H Denman home with Mrs Ray V Ellise, president, in charge. Plans to be set for a March 28 library auditorium book review at 7 45 p m when Mrs Hans Baasch will review This and Heaven Too by Rachel Field. Baasch is Norwegian born and naturalized, a University of Oslo graduate and author. She has worked in Norway's state archives and Oslo public library, and served as reference librarian at Washington University in St Louis.
Concordia Lutheran Church on Wakefield Avenue invites all to divine worship at 9 o'clock each Sunday with Sunday school at 10 led by Pastor Rev. Martin L. Cook. A cordial invitation to attend is extended.
E R Pulliam Pastor. Sunday School 9 30 am. Preaching 11 am and 7 50 pm. Church service 7 30 pm Sunday. Tuesday and Friday night services 7 50 pm.
William M. Ramsey aged 66, famed composer of more than 1,000 gospel hymns, died Monday at his home in Little Rock Arkansas.
The Ebert Kready Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold a bake sale on Saturday March 18 in the Young Building on Center Street. Contributors are asked to call 479 to offer cakes or pastries. Baptist Training Union members are studying a March course with three classes for adults and young people intermediates and juniors.
Writings from Wm. Southern Jr on I Peter focus on Christian conduct under persecution. The speaker urges living as true Christians, noting that church members are not perfect yet aim to improve via association. Saints endure suffering for good, trust divine deliverance, and invite strangers to identify true Christians by actions.
Representatives of Phillips Petroleum Company in Southeast Missouri attended a sales meeting at Cape Girardeau on March 9 to discuss sales problems. The event, ending with a luncheon at Ho tel Marquette, was led by R H Dangerfield W R Johnson and W G Sullens. Local distributor H M Holmes attended.
The city of Sikeston Missouri will hold a regular city election on Tuesday April 4 1939. Polls open 6 am to 7 pm in four wards at City Hall Mitchell Sharp Chevrolet J W Foley Motor and Sikeston Lumber Co office. Four ward council seats compete. The school election in the same district April 4 1939 votes include two school directors for three years and tax levies for school and building funds. R E Bailey, secretary, Board of Education.
Seventeen members of Troop 42 of the Sikeston Boy Scouts attended the weekly meeting at the Scout cabin Monday evening. Guests included Mrs Harry Lewis and daughters. Mrs Lee Bowman donated a library table a Victrola and several games for troop use. Plans are under way for a tenderfoot investiture service at Vandyser for a new troop. Leonard Kindred named as the troop's newly appointed reporter.
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