Biographical Sketch of Rev. Frank S. McCardle, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Reverend Frank S. McCardle, A. B., pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish of
Warrensburg, Missouri, was born June 7, 1886, son of John and Ann 
(Rafferty) McCardle, in Linwood, Ontario.  John McCardle was born in
Canada, son of Patrick McCardle, who lived to be more than one hundred
years of age and was the oldest man in Canada at the time of his death.
Ann (Rafferty) McCardle was born at Carrickmacross, Ireland.  Mr. and
Mrs. McCardle are now residing at Waterloo, Ontario.  Reverend Frank S.
McCardle entered St. Jerome College, Berlin, Ontario, now located at
Kitchener, Ontario, in 1902.  He graduated from this institution June
16, 1908, with the degree of A. B.  While at St. Jerome, he was editor
of the college paper, "The Schoolman," for three years and was presi-
dent of the Literary and Dramatic Club, which presented the play, "If
I Were a King."  Reverend McCardle took part in all the amateur theat-
ricals given at the college, playing any part from leading lady to the
villain.  He received the highest honors in scholarship at St. Jerome.
In the fall of the year 1908, he entered Grand Seminary at Montreal,
which is perhaps the oldest collegiate institution in America.  Rever-
end McCardle was in attendance at Grand Seminary one year, when on
account of ill health he was obliged to leave college.  Later, he 
entered St. Bonaventure's Seminary at Allegheny, New York, where he 
pursued a course in theology and graduated in June, 1911.  Reverend
McCardle was ordained priest at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Buffalo, New
York, June 27, 1911.  Father McCardle arrived in Kansas City, Missouri
on July 7, 1911, and after a few weeks at the Cathedral was made first
resident chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital, where he spent one year.  For
two years and four months he was pastor at Our Lady of Good Counsel.
While there, Father McCardle established the Cardinal Club, a literary
and social organization for young men at old Westport.  This organiza-
tion is now city wide.  August 4, 1914, he was appointed Catholic
chaplain of the Missouri State Reform School for boys at Boonville,
Missouri, and was there one and a half years.  During all this time
Father McCardle did hospital work.  January 14, 1916, Reverend Frank S.
McCardle was appointed pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish of Warrens-
burg, Missouri.  Since he has been in Warrensburg, he has taken an 
active part in humanitarian affairs.  Besides his work in this city,
Father McCardle has missions at Knob Noster and Lamonte.  He is a
member of the Knights of Columbus and for them has been a state lectur-
er at social banquets in order to further the cause of Christianity.
Reverend Frank S. McCardle is a brilliant young man of vision and
invincible spirit and he has done and is doing an immense amount of
good in the world.  Father McCardle has taken out his first naturaliza-
tion papers and will soon take out the final papers, making him a 
citizen under "Old Glory."

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