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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
3
A short congregational worship will be held Sunday at 9 to 9 30 am at the Presbyterian church followed by Sunday school until 10 50 am There will be no morning worship so the congregation may attend the high school baccalaureate sermon Rev D D Ellis pastor will lead the evening service at the church
The Baptist church will host Rev. E. W. Milner preaching on Christian Objectives for Sunday night at 7 45. Sunday school runs 9 30 to 10 30. No worship hour service because Milner has been chosen to deliver the high school baccalaureate sermon on The Possibilities of a Life.
The Church will be the subject for the evening services at the Methodist church Sunday evening. Services begin at 7 30. The church school will be held at the usual hour. There will be no morning worship to allow the congregation to attend the high school baccalaureate services.
Rev R S Rains will preach Sunday night on Fishers of Men at the Christian church. Baccalaureate services for seniors are set for Sunday morning in the high school gym with Rev E W Milner of the Baptist church delivering the sermon. Floyd Matthews to lead Christian Endeavor at 6:30 Sunday night and Mrs J L Sutterfield in charge of Junior Endeavorers.
The Church of the Nazarene schedules a Sunday night sermon titled How Can I Know That I Am a Christian by Rev. C. F. Transue. Morning worship is canceled. Sunday school remains at the usual hour and a prayer meeting led by Men's Quartet No. 2 will occur tonight. Daily Vacation Bible School starts May 30 under Mrs. C. FL Transue.
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Nine children will receive first communion at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church at 7 o clock Mass Sunday morning. The class includes Johnnie Waters Jack Mitchell Mary Elizabeth Frey Lloyd Shy Mary Lou Stroud Loretta Miles Charles Schaefer Tommy Marshall and Bobby Schaefer.
A Methodist church school program celebrated the 200th anniversary of John Wesley. The May 24 1738 Aldersgate moment was depicted in a playlet directed by Conly Purcell and Robt Mow Jr. The cast included Frank Miller Robi A Dempster Garwood Sharp Tom Logan Wilbur Ensor and Mrs R D Sorrells Roy Workman and James Hazel.
Members of the Baptist church Men's Bible Class will host a supper for the T E L Class and their husbands at 6:30 PM in the church basement. Mrs. Ernest Hedden leads the ladies class and James Bryant teaches the men's class.
The Ben-Jon Missionary Society of the Methodist church held a regular business and social meeting Monday night at Miss Emily Russell's home near Sikes ton with sixteen members present. Edith Elmore, society president, presided. Mrs. C. C. Cummins, a delegate from the Russell-Bradley Society, reported on the recent missionary conference in St. Louis.
Children’s Day will be observed at the Christian church on Sunday June 5. Rev R S Rains pastor announces the program will be led by a group of children and the superintendent of the Christian Orphans Home.
Members met Tuesday at Mrs. O N Watts home to set a rummage sale date for Saturday June 4 with location to be announced later. The group will pause meetings until fall, gathering May 31 at Mrs. E J Keith home for a social luncheon. President Mrs. Anna Winchester presided.
A 132 year old book titled Notes on the New Testament by John Wesley was found in 1916 by K. K. Baker of Sikeston. The 1806 volume, bound with sheepskin, lay water damaged in a corn bin on the Faris farm in the Wolf Island district, Mississippi county.
Dr. Ivan Lee Holt a Methodist bishop received a divine blessing from Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman before the Ark of the Covenant at Temple Israel in St. Louis The blessing is reserved for a Jewish child The Ark holds the five books of Moses and is opened at Friday and Saturday services Holt once pastored St Johns Methodist church for twenty years He spoke on The Effort for a Larger Fellowship and praised interfaith friendship as a path to lasting peace.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence near Matthews on May 12 for Harvey Clay Ward fourteen month old son of Mr and Mrs Ben F Ward who died early Wednesday after a short illness of colitis. Rev C F Transue of the Church of the Nazarene Sikeston led the services and interment was in the city cemetery. Survived by parents two brothers Chester and Donald and four sisters Effie Edith Violet and Kathleen.
More than a thousand pupils, parents and friends attended the Matthews district Community Day sealing the school year on Friday May 13. Extra bus trips brought rural pupils and parents to the program featuring songs readings and plays plus volleyball contests. Dinner on the grounds and twenty five gallons of ice cream were served per Supt. J. W. Huckstep. The event, an innovation, may become a regular feature of Matthews commencement activities.
In a May 22 1938 Sunday school discussion William Southern Jr connects Mark 12 13 17 29 34 to Roman era taxes and the temple graft. He notes Rome imposed multiple taxes including sales and property while Jewish leaders used tax leverage to trap Jesus and cites render unto Caesar and unto God as the core command about obligations and penalties for nonpayment.
A county home demonstration guide outlines how to store home canned foods to preserve quality. It covers heat light moisture effects on jars, shelving layouts, space calculations per jar size, adjustable shelves, and practical room use. It also notes farmers Reichert and Buchanan receiving federal loans to buy and improve farms in Pemiscot County.
County Clerk announces offices to be voted in general election on November 8, 1938 in Scott County Missouri. List includes U S Senator, Supreme Court Division No 1, State Superintendent, Representatives, county judges, public schools official, various county and township judges and constables, commissioners, treasurer, sheriff, clerk, revenue, recorder, and committee members with locales Benton and towns including Kelso Morley Moreland Richland Sylvania Tywappity Commerce Sikeston City. Date and official seal noted.
Adam H. Hoffman of Jackson former Cape Girardeau county sheriff was appointed by U S Marshal William Fahy as deputy marshal, succeeding Charles Macke who resigned earlier. Hoffman sworn in Monday in St. Louis and will remain living in Jackson. office pays $135 salary and per diem.
Twelve seniors will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises in the high school auditorium. Eight of the graduates are boys and four are girls.
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