I took advantage of the National Genealogical Society access to the NewspaperArchive.com website recently, and discovered several articles about my father, Frederick Walton Seaver, Jr. (1911-1983) in the 1920s and 1930s:
Here is one of the articles:
Fitchburg [Mass.] Sentinel newspaper, dated Wednesday, 23 September 1925, page 7, column 3, in article titled "Fined $100 for Tipsy Driving" and noted in "Leominster."
The transcription of the article is:
"Lyman Eden of Whalom, charged with assault on Fred Seaver, son of Fred Seaver, 282 Central street, was fined $5. Seaver was represented by Atty. J. Ward Healey who asserted that Eden who was formerly in charge of a boathouse in Whalom, threw the lad into the water when he refused to keep away from the landing. He asserted that it was an unprovoked and deliberate assault and asked that he be punsihed. Eden testified that the boys had been troubling him and he had warned them to keep away. When the Seaver boy and three companions came down to the wharf and started fishing he reprimanded them and in attempting to catch hold of the Seaver boy threw him into the water. Judge Robbins said that he felt the charge was merely a technicality, and felt that Eden was provoked iuto doing it. Inasmuch as he had pleaded guilty and admitted throwing the boy into the water he fined him.
"The Seaver boy merely received a thorough wetting which it is alleged did not hurt him as the accident occurred July 14. The water into which he was thrown was not very deep."
The source citation is:
"Fined $100 for Tipsy Driving," Fitchburg [Mass.] Sentinel newspaper, dated 23 September 1925, Page 7, Column 3, Fred Seaver article; imaged, NewspaperArchive (https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/massachusetts/fitchburg/fitchburg-sentinel/1925/09-23/page-7 : accessed 5 May 2026).
My faher, Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) was 13 years old when this incident happened (almost 101 years ago). The Seaver family owned a cottage at Whalom Lake and spent many summer days there in the 1920s. My father liked every sport and was extremely competitive in everything he did. At age 13 almost 14, he was probably a "smart asstronaut."
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