C.J. Tree Service

A Small Drop of Ink

By Dorothy Turcotte

to the ground, Dr. Clark, his wife and his daughters moved to 5 Paton (Patton) St., and at the same time he moved his practice to Grimsby.

During the spring of the year, when the family lived on Main Street West, Dr. Clark planted as many as 80,000 tulip bulbs from different varieties.

When the garden was in full bloom, Main Street was jammed with cars parking or driving slowly to view the gorgeous display.

Imagine traffic jams on Main Street West!

Dr. Clark was not your average small town family dentist. For many years he served on the examining board of the Royal College of Dental Surgery.

In 1910 he was elected to the Board of Directors, and two years later was elected president. Locally, he served on the Board of Education for many years, seven of them as chairman.

He also was a very active 33rd degree Mason and president of the Grimsby Horticultural Society.

The latter honour was the result of his great love for tulips.

On June 3rd, 1943, Dr. Clark died in a tragic traffic accident.

While crossing Paton Street near his home, he was run over by a bus which was backing up before turning around. The bus driver did not see him, and Dr. Clark apparently did not realize the bus was backing up. He was carried to a nearby veranda, and Drs. MacMillan and McIntyre were called, but he could not be saved.

Both Anglican and Masonic ceremonies accompanied his interment in St. Andrew’s Cemetery.