The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-14

Of ~ NJ pl1oQ IN 0pooy Lakes
on sailing vessels and learned
20 love tho sweep q vask expan-
80 Of water. Il was fast becom-
ing his Arst love. His father was
bosom In the United States Navy
on the Frigate Macedonian" at
the time md young John plead
ed 70 be allowed to "join-up"
with him for service on the high
seas. But the stern father ruled
that ambition out. So John
continued on the Crest Lakes
and at the age Of 81 found him
self Z licensed. first-class pilot.
II was Z proud day In the life OF
the young man.
Long hours on the water with
weeks between destinations on
the allow moving packets Afforded
many hours for study; and young
John used the golden hours to
advantage and found himself
fully prepared at the age OF II
for q course in medical studies.
So. with all the necessary
credentials that came with . col
lese graduation, DR.. Seaman be-
gan to look around for q likely
place to begin his practise. He
wasn't long in making decision.
With $25 in his pocket he head
ed for Omer. Mich. The sprawl
ing town was in the tall timber
country, which appealed to the
doctor, immensely. In years
time, by dint Of hard work and
frugality, he had saved $500 and
then decided to move his prac-
tise to Watervliet. Business was
good and DR.. Seaman shortly had
a fine following in his new loca-
ton. But it was soon necessary
to make q change because the
climate had begun to affect his
wife who suffered severely from
asthma. Also, the death Of his
father called him to Detroit.
II was in 1897 that the doctor
left Detroit and came to New
Haven. The couple took up resi-
dence in the house that still
serves as the doctors home and
office. Rental was $500 month
when the couple took possession.
In the comparatively short time
it took DR.. Seaman to discover
that he liked his new location
and the friendly folks in the
town, he had already made plans
for purchasing the home. This
he did for the sum Of $500 and
at once started to remodel the
building which today is a COM
Portable and pleasant home on
Division street just off the city's
main thoroughfare.
Today marks 43 years of prac-
tice for DR.. Seaman in the village
Of New Haven. For most of these
years bis good friend and neigh
Dor, 81. Edgar Harris, worked
side by side with him. DR.. Har-
ris died Nov. 8, 1899.
DR.. Seaman, born Nov. 10,
1865, is IS years old and still
hale and hearty. He attributes
his ruggedness to the early days
he spent in the great outdoors
sailing the lakes, and in the
Canadian north woods when civil
lization had hardly set foot in
that virgin country.
DR.. Seaman Is proud of many
things. OF the fact that he is an
Honorary Citizen of Boys Town,
and the possessor of many fine
letters from Father Flanagan, its
Founder. OF the many fine
sketches Of sailing vessels that
adorn hte walls of his little office
and in particular of the one
that pictures the u. S. Frigate
Macedonian" rounding the Cape
of Good Hope in the teeth of a
gale. It was his fathers ship.
He is proud of the many
friends in the village that have
gone through the years with him,
and of the grown-up children
about him who first saw the light
Of day with his kindly ministra-
tons.
Two Of DR.. Seaman's class
mates in the old Detroit school,
who started their medical careers
with him in 1891, live in Mount
Clemens, one retired. They are
Doctors Joseph Croman, ST., and
H. G. Berry, each IS years old.
This, then. is the story of a
grand old mana man who
humbly told this writer when he
called the other day .. There
Is no story"