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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
5
Rev. E W Milner, pastor, will preach Sunday morning May 5 on A Thrilling Discovery and at the evening service on The Gospel of Jesus. Sunday school and Baptist Training Union meet as usual.
Rev J J O Neal pastor announces Sunday masses at 7 00 and 9 00 daily masses at 7 00 communion on first Fridays at 9 00 ta m confessions on Saturdays eves of holidays and first Fridays 3 30 to 5 45 7 00 to 8 30 p m and any time on request baptisms after the last Mass on Sunday.
Rev Joseph P Read of the Christian church will preach Sunday morning May 5 on The Historical Church. The evening sermon topic will be Pentecost in Vain. Friends and members are invited to attend these services.
The Church of God at 17 West Kendall Street, with Pastor E. R. Pulliam, lists Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. V. L. B. at 7:30 Friday night.
Rev G C Schramm pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church will preach Sunday May 5 in celebration of Ascension Day at 9 o'clock with Sunday school at 10 o'clock The pastor also serves Parma and plans to move to Sikeston when a parsonage is found
Reverend John L Taylor of Sikeston Methodist Church will preach on Sunday morning May 5 on A Cure for Pessimism. An evening forum follows under Rev Taylor's supervision. Sunday school is at the usual time with L M Standley as superintendent. Miss Edna Arnett leads the Epworth League program.
Revival services led by Dr W T Willingham former Olivet College president continue at the Church of the Nazarene through Sunday May 12. C F Transue is pastor and Miss Marjone Granger of St. Louis directs songs. Services begin each night at 7 30. The public is invited.
Rev D. D. MacAdams, pastor, announces Sunday services at 10:45 with the sermon "Man and the Moral Law" and 7:30 p.m. "Constancy." Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m., Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p.m. The MacAdamses have moved from 115 Dorothy to 234 Dorothy Street.
Catholic Youth of the Cape Girardeau Deanery will hold a Sunday rally at New Hamburg on May 5 with about 1200 youths from Cape Girardeau Scott Mississippi New Madrid Pemiscot Dunklin Butler Ripley Carter Wayne Bollinger and Stoddard counties. The event features Rev Theon Schoen preaching the sermon and includes a full program from registration to mass and social with talks on credit unions and controlling salacious literature.
Jane Loehr was elected president of the Junior Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian church Sunday night April 28. Officers include Mary Ellen Bailey vice-president Martha Jane Lewis secretary Ruth Satterfield treasurer with Mary Ellen Bailey pianist and Bob Webber reporter. Committee chairs: lookout Charles Mc Campbell devotional Roger Bailey missionary Clara Dale Auten recreation Peggy Malcolm song leader Patricia Loehr good order Billy Gene Pierce. Box supper planned for Friday night May 10.
Dr R G Lee pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church Memphis Tenn will be guest speaker at a meeting of the Baptist Brother hoods of Southeast Missouri Tuesday night May 7 at First Baptist church Cape Girardeau. More than four hundred men expected to attend the banquet which will precede the program session. Public invited. A large delegation from Sikeston church is expected.
P A Tate of the Anti Saloon League reports Missouri’s repeal outcomes show no temperance gains or budget relief. Prison population rose from 4311 to 5041 in six years, with Jefferson City Penitentiary at 4714 inmates last week. Insane asylum counts up 13880 since 1935 and regulatory enforcement costs now 238190 annually. Per capita alcohol use last year exceeded 14 gallons.
Bartley R. Schwegler district manager State Farm Insurance Companies Bloomington Illinois traveled to Columbia Missouri Tuesday to attend a sales training course at Hotel Tiger. He was joined by E P Masters Laurence McLain and Paul D Wilson of Cape Girardeau. He plans to return home tonight.
Attorney James E. Burke paid a $10,000 fine for Tom Pendergast after he pleaded guilty to dodging federal income taxes on $443,550. Pendergast was sentenced to 15 months in prison and is scheduled for release from Leavenworth on May 30.
The Co-Workers Society of the Methodist church will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon May 7 with Mrs Calvin Greer presiding. Mrs Roy V Ellise leads the business session and plans for a Doll Festival on May 8 will be set. The festival runs 3 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM with a 25 cent admission and a bake sale to fund the carpet fund.
The Fidelis class of the Baptist church will gather at Mrs Herman Ray’s East Gladys street home on Monday night May 6 at 7 30 o’clock with Mrs Wm Hayden and Gusta Thornton assisting as hostesses.
The Stevenson Circle of the Baptist church will meet at the home of Mrs Melford Taylor at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, May 5.
In a May 5 1940 Sunday School lesson Wm Southern Jr argues that after Judah fell and Babylon rose, Jews adapted to trade and governance, becoming among the world’s shrewdest merchants and moneylenders. He ties this change to captivity, ritual persistence, and prophetic calls to return to God, using Isaiah’s water motif to urge spiritual thirst.
Beatrice Dobbins invites Sikeston residents to use the tax supported library for free books and information services. Non residents pay 25 cents for three months or $1 for a year. standard loans run two weeks with renewals, two cents per day late. Reader advisory, interlibrary loans, and telephone reference aid are available.
A lighthearted note claims Sweden’s favorite indoor sport is eating with five meals served daily, framing a humorous cultural quip about Swedish dining habits.
Acting pastor Herman McNew says revival services on North Street continue nightly at 7 45. Public invited with good attendance and interest reported. A string band will perform several numbers at tonight's meeting.
The Herald presents a concise wrap of today’s prominent items across politics, economy, and society. It highlights key actions by government agencies, major corporate moves, and notable local events with emphasis on names, places, and dates as reported.
In celebration of This Work Pays Your Community week, open house will be held at the WPA weaving room on the second floor of the city hall. Mrs. Willa Pierce, supervisor, has announced the public is invited to visit the rooms and see the exhibits of the work done. In the weaving room 27 women are employed making coverlets drapes and rugs from reconditioned burlap The weaving room is open today but will not be open again until Monday.
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