Born: October 27, 1887
Died: March 8, 1951
Married: Katherine Hanmer
Children: Lenore A. Hayes
Clark Hayes was a game warden and guide. He opened a sporting goods store in Lake Placid and later opened a restaurant there.
Lake Placid News, March 9, 1951
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CLARK HAYES
Funeral services for Clark A. Hayes, 65, were held Thursday afternoon at Fortune's Funeral parlor, Saranac Lake, by the Rev. S. T. Ruck, rector of St. Eustace church. The body was placed in a vault to await burial in the spring in Pine Ridge cemetery. He died in the Saranac Lake General hospital Tuesday of a heart attack. He has been in ill health for five years.
Mr. Hayes was born in Bloomingdale on October 27, 1886, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rawson L. Hayes. He was the game protector in the Lake Placid area from 1914 to 1932. He built the Arena Grill which he operated for five years and has since conducted boarding cottage on Franklin Ave., Saranac Lake.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Catherine Hanmer Hayes; daughter, Mrs. Harold Carpenter of Carthage; three sisters, Mrs. Chas. Tallman of Copiague, L. I.; Mrs. John Redwood , Palmyra , and Mrs. Anne Thorne, Lake Placid; two brothers, Sanford Hayes of Bloomingdale and Eric Hayes of Peru, and eight grandchildren
Adirondack Record-Elizabethtown Post, March 15, 1951
Clark Hayes
Services were conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Fortune Funeral chapel for Clark Hayes, 64, of Saranac Lake, a former New York State game warden, ardent and widely known sportsman, and a life resident of this area. who died Tuesday, March 3, in the Saranac Lake General Hospital as the result of a heart attack suffered the previous Thursday.
The Rev. Sidney T. Ruck of Lake Placid officiated. Burial will take place in the spring.
Mr. Hayes was born in Bloomingdale October 27, 1886, the son of Rawson and Anna Boyle Hayes. From 1914 to 1932 he served as a game warden. Being a native and knowing the surrounding territory, he was often sought after by visitors and friends to tell or guide them to abounding trout streams. While warden he resided in Au Sable Forks for several years.
Following his retirement from the state service, he conducted a sporting goods store in Lake Placid and later opened the Arena Grill there. Until about six years ago, he and Mrs. Hayes had made their home in Lake Placid for about 20 years. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last September.
Surviving, besides Mrs. Hayes, the former Kathryn Hanmer, are a daughter, Mrs. Harold Carpenter of Carthage; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Tallman of Copiague, L. I., Mrs. John Redwood of Palmyra and Mrs. Anne Thorne of Lake Placid. Also two brothers, Sanford of Bloomingdale and Eric of Peru, besides eight grandchildren.
Lake Placid News, September 21, 1951
Twenty-five years ago
Clark Hayes, local game protector, conducted President Coolidge on a fishing trip Monday in the Hart Lake section, fishing the Ausable and leaving their cars at Adirondack Lodge. Inspector Burmaster of the Conservation department also made the trip along with official guides and four secret service.
Lake Placid News, December 14, 1951
Twenty-five years ago
Game Protector Clark Hayes captured a bobcat alive near Mt. Colden and has added it to his collection of Adirondack animals he maintains at his Main St. home.
