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Engelke Says Junk Yard Not Health Menace

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Ann Arbor News, December 17, 1957
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17
Month
December
Year
1957
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Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The front page of Ann Arbor’s Daily News Times on October 16, 1918, blasted readers with two headlines: the war abroad and the war at home. Allied forces were gaining ground in German-occupied Belgium. The end of World War I was near. The war at home was against a different kind of foe. An influenza outbreak, first identified in the spring of 1918, was sweeping across the nation. 

Country Doctor John A. Wessinger Makes Rounds in Horse-Drawn Sleigh (copy), July 1947 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Country Doctor John A. Wessinger Makes Rounds in Horse-Drawn Sleigh (copy), July 1947 image
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1947
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Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1947
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When Dr. John A. Wessinger, Ann Arbor's apparently ageless health officer (he'll be 87 next month), was a young country doctor, he made his wintry rounds in a horse-drawn cutter (above), swathed in furs against the cold. Today he occupies an office on E. Huron St. near the city hall where he studies municipal health problems (below) and is "beginning to think about retiring" after serving the city 40 years.
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Dr. John A. Wessinger Enjoys Role As City Health Officer, July 1947 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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1947
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Ann Arbor News, July 19, 1947
Caption:
When Dr. John A. Wessinger, Ann Arbor's apparently ageless health officer (he'll be 87 next month), was a young country doctor, he made his wintry rounds in a horse-drawn cutter (above), swathed in furs against the cold. Today he occupies an office on E. Huron St. near the city hall where he studies municipal health problems (below) and is "beginning to think about retiring" after serving the city 40 years.
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Mayor William E. Brown Presents a Gift to Dr. John A. Wessinger, March 1949 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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Year:
1948
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 4, 1948
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CITY OFFICIAL HONORED: Dr. John A. Wessinger (right), city health officer for 44 years, was given a scroll signed by his fellow city officials and thanking him for "long years of pleasant association" with them. Presentation was made by Mayor William E. Brown (left) at a luncheon yesterday.
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City Health Officer Dr. John A. Wessinger Retires, June 1950 Photographer: Eck Stanger

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1950
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Ann Arbor News, June 29, 1950
Caption:
Dr. John A. Wessinger (above), 89-year-old city health officer, will retire Saturday after 44 years of service in the post. County Health Director Otto K. Engelke will then take over joint duties as both city and county health officer under a plan authorized early this year by the City Council and the Board of Supervisors. Except for a one-year break, Dr. Wessinger has served as Ann Arbor's health officer since 1905.
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Eight Deaths From 14 Cases of Pneumonia

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Ann Arbor Times News, December 23, 1918
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23
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December
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1918
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