New Books at New Madrid County Library
The Memorial Library at New Madrid lists Fulton Ousler's The Greatest Faith Ever Known finished posthumously by his daughter April and Ste ward Holbrook's The Age of Moguls. Both offer devout historical and business biographies with Ousler praised for reverent apostolic focus and Holbrook for accessible empire builder portraits.
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New Madrid County
Fulton Ousler
Ousler
April
Steward H. Holbrook
Vanderbilts
Carnegie
Rockafeller
Ford
Hill
Swift
Drew
Fisk
Stanford
Morgan
Guggenheims
Insull
Gould
Frick
Schwab
Flagler
DuPont
Hearst
Holbrook
United States
Memorial Library
New Madrid
Organ Recital by Rev Guttenfelder at Poplar Bluff Church
Rev Vernon Guttenfelder will present an organ recital during the dedication services for the new Baldwin organ at the Church of God in Poplar Bluff on Sunday afternoon October 18. He will also be guest speaker at the evening services.
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Vernon Guttenfelder
Baldwin
Church of God
Poplar Bluff
Guttenfelder
Tanner Street
Divorce action filed in Scott County Missouri
Pastors of Oldest and Newest Methodist Churches sued in the circuit court of Scott County Missouri for divorce. Plaintiff’s attorney is Robert A. Dempster Sikeston Missouri. Defendant must appear within 45 days after October 1 1953 or a default judgment will be entered. Copy to be published in Sikeston Herald. Seal of the circuit court dated September 23 1953.
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Robert A. Dempster
Sikeston
Missouri
Sikeston Herald
Scott
Arch S. Russell
Probate Court
Scott County
Corinna I
Russell
QO. L. Spencer
Missionary Meeting At Portageville Attended by Ladies Group
Members of the Ladies Missionary Society of the Tanner Street Church of God attend an all day meeting at Portageville today. Sikeston attendees include Mrs. O. C. Lewis Mrs. Albert Chandler Mrs. William Klutts Mrs. Will Lewis Mrs. Clark Mrs. Liza Inman Mrs. Roscoe Bennett Mrs. George Johnson and Mrs. Mack McGahey.
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Ladies Missionary Society of the
Tanner Street Church of
Tanner Street Church of God hosts ham burger fry
On Tuesday October 20 the Young Adult Class at Tanner Street Church of God hosts a ham burger fry in the church gymnasium. Taylor Noles leads the class.
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Tanner Street
Church of God
Church
Taylor Noles
Bids Sought for Matthews Avenue Concrete Pavement Sikeston MO
Notice from Sikeston City Clerk calls for bids by October 19 1953 at 5 00 pm for furnishing all materials equipment and labor including engineering for a 550 foot concrete pavement on Matthews Avenue from Maple Street to Elm Street. Proposals must accept special tax bills against abutting property. bids to be let as a whole. The city may reject all bids.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Matthews Avenue
Maple Street
Elm Street
Cty Hall
A.C
Gladys Street
Ownership Statement for Sikeston Herald 1953
The Sikeston Herald in Sikeston Missouri publishes weekly owners Clint H Denman editor managing editor and business manager. The owner is Clint H Denman with no other stockholders or security holders over 1 percent. Average copies distributed to paid subscribers in the prior year were 2807. Sworn September 19 1953 Mary Helen Johnson notary seal expires Oct 16 1953.
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Sikeston Herald
Sikeston
Missouri
Clint H. Denman
Mary Helen Johnson
Order for Publication in Horne Divorce Case
Circuit Court for Scott County Missouri grants publication service in an action for divorce between Betty Jo Horne and Basil Clair Horne. On September 23 1953 the court notes defendant cannot be personally served in state and orders publication notice as required by law.
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County of
Scott
State of
Missouri
Betty JO Horne
Basil Clair Horne
Sikeston City Council approves paving Mathews Avenue project
A 1953 Sikeston Missouri resolution declares the Mathews Avenue paving from Elm Street to Pine Street a necessary continuous improvement. The plan calls for removing the earth roadway and laying five inches of concrete with lip type curb and gutter, financed by a special assessment on benefiting property. The Sikeston Herald will publish the notice. Also noted is a local church chili supper fundraiser to buy a spinet piano for the junior department.
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Matthews Avenue
Elm Street
Pine Street
Sikeston
Missouri
City OF Sikeston
State OF Missouri
City of
General Revenue Fund
New World Shaped by Cars Planes and Faith
The article argues that tenets of modern life from automobiles to aviation transformed society since 1903, while communism and immorality threaten Christian faith. It asserts Christians must act to protect homes and public life, urging a mass effort to resist moral decay and defend the church.
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Clint H. Denman
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Wright Brothers
International Uniform Sunday School Lesson October 19 1953
Scripture references include Matthew 5 13 16 John 14 12 14 first Corinthians 3 6 15 II Corinthians 5 14 20 James 1 22 2 14 18 memory verse urges believers to let light shine before men so they may see good works and glorify God the Father in heaven
Those Christian Leaders Meet The Challenge Of The Devil
A devotional note urges pastors and laypeople to live honestly in wages and public service, citing scripture to urge integrity in work and in church as believers form “God's New Men” to meet and rule a new world. It emphasizes truth, Christlike leadership, and the church as the instrument of service.
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Jesus Christ
Savior
International Sunday School
Deacons Ordained at First Baptist Church
Seven deacons were ordained at First Baptist Church last Thursday evening. Attendees included pastors and laymen from the Charleston association and their wives. Ordained were Richard Lipscomb Noah Gray Melvin Gately Homer Stallings Carl Rodery Ray Ragsdale and Glenn Nicholson.
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First Baptist Church
Charleston Association
Richard Lipscomb
Noah Gray
Melvin Gately
Homer Stallings
Carl Rodery
Ray Ragsdale
Glenn Nicholson
Notice to Contractors Sikeston bid invites for street paving East Gladys Street
Notice is hereby given that bids October 19 1953 for furnishing all materials equipment pavement on East Gladys Street Maple Street to the East property line of Elm Street in Sikeston. Proposals must state contractors will accept special tax bills against abutting property. A C Barrett
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St. Louis
Scheneman Farm
Floyd Davis
N. Gore
St. Louis 19
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Ciircuit
Circuit Court
Lloyd G. Briggs
Elbert E. Cole
Parkwood Community Methodist Church
San Francisco
Calif
Albert W. Cliffe
St. George’s Methodist Church
Philadelphia
St. George’s Church
America
Parkwood Community Church
Cole
Fred Cole
California
Portageville
Sikeston Steel Building Company
Hiway
Sikeston, Mo
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
A. C. Barrett
East Center Street
Cwspapernashiye
Little Zoners
Pio the Bible
Harold Hill
U. S. Highway 61
East Central Missouri Hereford Association
Farmington
Rumburg
Sec.Treas
Farmington, Mo
The
Sikeston Memorial Park
Central Front
C. H. Denman
Ferrell Oil Company
East Malone Avenue
Lair’s
Dodgerton
Lewis Sales Co
Holland, Mo
Black Top
Black Sales Company
Cape Girardeau, Mio
Ford Tractor and
Carl Davis
Oran, Mo
Blanton & Blanton Attorneys-at-Law
Derris Building
F. L. Sisson
Kraft System
General Tire
Nicholson’s Tire Service
Hes
Sikeston Feed and Poultry Market
Carson W. Smith Dexter
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Dexter, Mo
Lair’'S
Hogan
Texaco Service
Optometry
Clarence F. Eisenbach
N. Kingshighway Sikeston
Crown Finance
Buckner-Ragedale Building
Chas. H. Butlers
Realtors
East Kathleen
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Dead Animal Disposal Co
Neowick
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