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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
5
Rev Gayle Jackson leads Sunday School at 10 00 and morning worship at 11 00 each Sunday with Evangelistic sermon at 730 pm Prayer meetings on Tuesday and Friday at 730 pm welcomed by all Church of God offers 930 am Sunday School 1100 am preaching and 730 pm service Prayer 730 pm Tuesday Victory Leaders Band meets 630 pm Sundays
St Francis Xavier Church at Front and Stoddard Streets lists Rev J J ONeill as pastor and Rev A H Hoormann as assistant. Mass times vary by season with summer 7 00 a m and 9 00 a m, winter 7 30 a m and 9 30 a m, Holy Days 5 45 a m and 8 00 a m, weekday masses 7 00 a m and 8 00 a m, Saturday 8 00 a m in the Convent. baptisms after the last Sunday Mass.
Rev Joseph P Read pastor of the Christian Church will use as his sermon subject next Sunday morning Different Gifts Sunday school at 945 morning worship at 1045 Evangelistic services Sunday evening with the pastor in charge Christian Endeavor at 630 and the evening worship at 730时间
Rev. D. D. MacAdams will preach Sunday morning on The Widow's Mite at Sikeston Presbyterian Church. Sunday school meets at the usual hour and other services follow the schedule. An invitation is extended by the pastor and church membership.
Rev. E. D. Owen, pastor, will preach Sunday morning on The Vision That Sustains at 9:30 and 10:45 worship. Evening service topic is Tuning in on the Past. Baptist Training Union starts at 6:30 with a 7:45 service.
Rev G C Schramm pastor of Sikeston Lutheran Church will preach Sunday morning September 7 on the sermon Excuses that Weary based on Luke 14 18 Services begin at 9 oclock with Sunday school at 10 oclock Beginning Saturday afternoon September 6 the children's Bible instruction class will be held each week at two oclock on Saturdays
Rev. John L. Taylor announces a Board of Stewards meeting of the Methodist Church to be held at the church on Monday night September 8.
Reverend Morris Finger of New Castle Indiana, assisted by Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson of Springfield Illinois, leads nightly revival at the Church of Nazarene through September 14. Johnsons radio and recording artists perform with vibra harp accordion saxophone and violin each evening. Special features include an accordion duet and a piano contest offering five dollars to a lucky attendee.
Rev John L Taylor pastor will preach Sunday morning September 7 on The World Upside Down at Malone Theatre while the Sikeston church auditorium is redecorated. Church school meets as usual at 9 45 in the church building.
Regular services will be held during the weekend at the Methodist Mission in Smith addition with Rev. H. H. Harper in charge. The schedule includes prayer service tonight Sunday school and preaching Sunday morning and Sunday night. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings.
Southeast Missouri Baptist ministers will convene at 10 30 Friday morning for the Southeast Missouri Ministers Conference. Rev E D Owen of Sikeston Baptist church hosts the gathering with Rev W C Broderson of Charleston Baptist church presiding. Wives of visiting pastors are expected to attend.
Members of the Fidelis Class of the Baptist Church will hold their regular monthly business and social gathering on Monday night September 8 at 611 East Gladys Street. Class president Mrs Archie Hayden will preside with Mrs Clyde Healy Mrs Ernest Cox and Mrs Essie Lepchenski assisting in entertaining. Election of officers is on the agenda.
Co D and J E Butler and James Martin and Charles Rafferty were honored Wednesday night when members of the Christian Endeavor Society at the Presbyterian church hosted a supper in the basement. About twenty five young people attended the cheerful gathering. The four young men will depart for college this weekend.
The International Sunday School Lesson for September 7 1941 notes Jesus appearance to John on Patmos and messages to seven churches. It focuses on Ephesus first letter urging repentance and retention of first love, then Smyrna detailing tribulation and poverty with spiritual riches. Mentions Pauls work in Ephesus, Timothy, and Polycarp as martyr.
William H. Watkins 77, farmer near Sikeston, died Sunday night at St Francis Hospital after illness. Rev A C Sullivant led funeral rites Tuesday afternoon, with interment in Carpenter Cemetery. Survived by widow Hulda Pane Watkins, son Wm H Watkins Jr of Sikeston, two daughters Mrs John Edwards and Mrs George Davis, brother John M Watkins, sisters Mrs Ida Caldwell and Mrs Lou Schaefer, and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Church of the Nazarene for Mrs Mary E Willoughby who died Tuesday at her daughter's home on West Malone avenue after a stroke. Rev J W Hoffert led the service with interment in Memorial Park. She was born October 2 1866 in Mississippi and had lived in Sikeston since age eight. Survived by daughters Evelyn Waters Lily Mae Tanner and sons Jeff Bodi and Charles Bodi along with twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Warren K Keen Jr aged 19 of Wyatt died from pelvic and internal injuries after a car overturned near Paducah Kentucky. He had worked in Detroit and is survived by his father stepmother three sisters two brothers and three half sisters. Funeral services were held in Wyatt with Rev J C Reid presiding and burial at I O O F cemetery in Charleston.
A quoted passage warns against those claiming Jewish identity, labeling them a Synagogue of Satan. It states believers will face tribulation and imprisonment for ten days, urging faithfulness unto death to receive the crown of life.
W. A. Myers local agent for the National Life Insurance Company has qualified for the Leaders Club after reaching 100000 paid for business since July 1 this year. He ranks fifth among 1200 agents and will attend a National Life convention in Virginia Beach with travels to Smoky Mountain National Park Washington Shenandoah and White Sulphur Springs. From Sept. 15 to Sept. 19 the Myers attend the National Association of Life Underwriters meeting in Cincinnati.
A reader asks about regular retirement income from Defense Savings Bonds. The answer explains that $37.50 monthly purchases mature in 10 years to $50 monthly, and that $75 monthly yields $100 after ten years. It also notes your funds support the government during the national emergency and provides where to buy or how to write for more information.
Members of Circle No 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church will hold a rummage sale in Rail road Park on Saturday September 6. Mrs. O N Watts is in charge of this circle.
Mr and Mrs J A Mcabee traveled by American Airlines from St. Louis to Los Angeles with a layover in Burbank arriving Sunday. They plan to spend a month visiting relatives in California. Mr and Mrs Sharon Pharris and son Jimmy accompanied them to the airport and returned that night.
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