The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-12

bridegroom. who is nearing her nine
ty-third year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephenson have left
for the Memorial fund as they are now
due, and persons who cannot be pres
ent have been asked to send the
amount which they are to give.
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Two former Topeka girls and their
mother who are visiting here are Miss
Alberta and Miss Loren Davis and
their mother, Mrs J. Albert Davis of
of Miss A. E. Conkling and sisters at
their home in West Seventh street.
The visitors who with their parents
formerly made their home at 1908
Western avenue are in concert work.
They took an important part in the
the south and the west as the Sam
my's Sisters They play a number
of instruments which women do not
usually attempt, the fluegel horn,
euphontum, trumpet and the mello-
phone. The sisters acted as instruc
tors in the camps for the buglers
whom Uncle Sam trained during the
early part of the war and all thru
1917 and 1918. Their mother, Mrs.
Davis, accompanied them all thru
their work. Mrs. Davis and her
daughters have made their home in
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Four generations of the McClintock
family, from all parts of the country,
even from as far away as England
and China, took part in private
thanksgiving reunion conducted last
Sunday by Bishop James Wise. assist
ed by Dean Kaye. at McClintock chap
ell. built by the McClintocks in Grace
cathedral.
Every living member of the four
generations attended the service.
Some have been living in foreign lands.
A number have been seriously i'll and
have recovered health again. To a
world that has only recently been i'm
pressed with the tremendous part re-
ligion is to play in this reconstruction
period, the reunion has a special sig
nificance.
cathedral, is dedicated to the memory
of DIR. John McClintock and Harriet
McClintock. the father and mother of
DIR. John c. McClintock. When plans
were being made for the building of
Grace Cathedral, DR.. John c. McClin-
took requested the privilege of fur
nishing the chapel in memory of his
father and mother. The permission
was granted by the vestry. tablet
is being prepared and will be installed
in the chapel as soon as completed,
which will read:
| The McC1ntOck Chapel
Giving God the Glory
| in Memory of
DR.. John McClintock
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| An Eminent Family Physician
A Loyal Citizen and Soldier
A Friend of the Poor and Helpless
and
Also in Memory of His Wife
| Harriet (Shipleyl McClintock
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Her children arise up and call her blessed.
A daughter, Helen, while visiting
| her sister, Gertrude, last year in Lon
don was very i'll, and had to undergo
an operation. She returned home in
| better health than she had been in for
\ many years.
Their daughter, Frances, spent two
years in France, Germany and Italy,
singing for soldiers under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. c. A. until ordered by
| General PerShing to act on the enter
tainment committee of the SIND divi-
sion. with which division she remained
until called home on account of her
mothers illness.
| Last Sunday was the first time in
six years the McClintock family has all
been together. In addition to Doctor
McClintock's children and their hus-
| bands, this service was also attended
| by Frank Mohler, a brother of Jacob
Mohler. Frank Mohler is a mission
airy in Hong Kong, China. He and
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| tives in Topeka.
| Jacob Mohler, husband of Ruth, the
Oldest of the McClintock girls, is Sec
/ rotary of the state board of agricul-
| ture and is one of the best agricultu-
raj authorities in the country. Philip
! Wright Whitcomb, husband of Ger
| trude McClintock, has established and
| is maintaining large advertising Of
| fees in London and Manchester Eng
land, and is now establishing a branch
office in New York City. Robert J.
Shoemaker. the husband of Frances
! McClintock, for years was assistant en-
| gineer of tests on the Santa Fe, until
| he Joined the artillery to enter the war
with Germany. Since the war he has
| been in charge of the Ma gnus Brass
recently has invented a patented lead
coating for all kinds of metals. The
patented process is paying large roy
alties.
The only two representatives of
| Washburn college who have won
Rhodes scholarships, Philip Wright
Whitcomb and Frank Mohler, attended
| the service. Doctor McClintock s
mother, Mrs. Ruth Price, now e6 years
/ old. and the mother of Jacob and
| Frank Mohler, as well as the children
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Mohler. John
| NIcClintock, age Is; James Calhoun
| Mohler, age IL, and Marshall Mohler,
age 4, were at the service which was
| in charge of Bishop Wise.
| McClintock chapel will seat more
| than 125 persons. IN this chapel are
held practically all the baptismaI serv-
ices, early morning services, the Len