DOC WIGHT
" Aside from family, good friends are long remembered. North Brookfield's Clarence W. 'Doc' Wight will long be remembered by me as those "one-of-a-kind" human beings.
"It's ironic to become best of friends with the person I feared the most as a boy. - the family dentist! After all how many of us run to the dentist or any other medical treatment. Usually I guess we go when we have to and not a moment before.
"Doc arrived in North Brookfield in the depts. of the Great Depression - 1932. He and Mrs. Wight were living in Washburn, Maine, and the railroad was supposed to come through the community never did. At about age 57 (beyond mid-life for many)Doc Wight found a new home and a new beginning in serving people of the Brookfields and surrounding towns in the practice of general dentistry. He bought out the practice of Dr. Scott and practiced dentistry on the second floor of the Adams Block for the next 40 years.
"Doc Wight came from humble roots. His father was a farmer and a shoe factory worker. Clarence wanted to be a doctor however there just wasn't money. Instead he found his way to attend and graduate from Tuft's Dental School in 1914. Doc Wight wasn't interested in money and his life in North Brookfield proved it. He loved the earth and nature .. and more importantly his patients.
Doc practiced dentistry until his 96th year. His life ended in his 96th year having spent his final days at the Quaboag Nursing Home, WB.
Doc Wight proved to be a mentor of mine - s stout hearted Yankee from Down Maine! He truly was my one-of-a-kind friend! Both Doc and wife Mae are buried at the Walnut Grove Cemetery, NB.
R.L.P
12/22/18
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