Squint Shot 101310

There were two Drs. Lamoreaux in the Fowlerville area -- practicing in the early 1900s. Charles H. Lamoreaux was a physician, and his son, Fred A., was listed as both a physician and optometrist. Before that, Dr. C.H. Lamoreaux, as early as 1899, sold drugs and groceries in the evenings at R.J. Minkley's store while he took care of his patients during the day. Instead of an obituary for Dr. Lamoreaux (or his wife), following is a picture, which can also be found in The Fowlerville Chronicles, that originally was used to show where the fire department was located as well as its first company of men. At the far left of the picture, lettering indicates the office space used by Dr. Lamoreaux. In this 1922 surveyor's map, the office is indicated just south of "telephone exchange." In present day, this storefront is now Reggie's Barber Shop and the pet grooming operation is where the telephone operators used to work. One article I did come across, published in The Fowlerville Review in 1930, follows:

Dr. Lamoreaux’s Car Ran Into by Truck~~Was Driving Across Grand River Street When Hit by Creamery Truck~~Last Monday, at about one o’clock, as Dr. Lamoreaux was driving his car across US 16 at the intersection of Ann street in this village, a Belle Isle creamery truck, going west, ran into his car and did a great deal of damage to it, but very fortunately Mr. Lamoreaux was not seriously injured.

The driver of the truck, seeing that he could not avoid the doctor’s car, turned his wheel sharply to the left and the two cars met near the south side of the street and both came to a stop a few feet short of a large power company post. The cars meeting at an angle undoubtedly prevented a more serious accident. The left side of Mr. Lamoreaux’s sedan was caved in and some of the glass broken and the steering gear of the truck, which was towing three cream tanks, was badly bent. Dr. Lamoreaux was badly shaken up but luckily escaped being cut by broken glass or sustaining other serious injury. The truck driver escaped without injury. Had the truck hit the sedan straight head-on, undoubtedly it would have cut the sedan in two.

The creamery truck had its steering gear straightened and proceeded under its own power.

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As I've mentioned in earlier squint shots, as I continue to catalog all of my research materials, I will randomly post information -- some of which will, no doubt, be about the Drs. Lamoreaux.