Monday, January 25, 1943 The Call-Bulletin presents, herewith, the ninth of a series of intimate articles describing the life and work of “Uncle John” McLaren, famed “father” of  Golden Gate Park. The series was written by J. Lawrence Toole, noted San Francisco newspaperman. By J. Lawrence Toole When John McLaren, at 92, planted the first tree for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, he grinned at the fine new and shining spade that trembled a little in his shaking hands and remarked: “Well, it’s a pretty spade, anyway.” Behind the remark were memories of other spades he had handled in famous exposition first-tree plantings in San Francisco. For John McLaren…