Northern Mich~Mash Preserve
~ MEDICAL AND HEALTH ~
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Header Photo: Little Traverse Hospital shortly after it was built in 1939.
An extensive amount of information about the history of the medical field and facilities
in Petoskey, Michigan,
may be found on the "Walloon Lake Wandering" web site on the "Medical" web page;
Another web site of this same web master as Northern Mich~Mash Preserve.
Also read about the hospital connection to the relocation of US31 and US 131
and the elimination of Mitchell Street being a DEAD END by clicking HERE.
An extensive amount of information about the history of the medical field and facilities
in Petoskey, Michigan,
may be found on the "Walloon Lake Wandering" web site on the "Medical" web page;
Another web site of this same web master as Northern Mich~Mash Preserve.
Also read about the hospital connection to the relocation of US31 and US 131
and the elimination of Mitchell Street being a DEAD END by clicking HERE.
Photo Below: The rear grounds of the Little Traverse Hospital, as seen in the header photo above, were still in need of landscaping. At the time, the Emmet County Agriculture Extension Office was cooperating with needed landscaping around the area. This 1939 photo was taken shortly after the construction of the hospital, and showed PRE-landscaping.
Compare the facility of the 1939 photo above to the 1983 photo below to view the growth.
An extensive amount of information about the HISTORY of the medical field and the facilities
in Petoskey, Michigan,
may be found on the "Walloon Lake Wandering" web site on the "Medical" web page;
web site and web page of this same web master for Northern Mich~Mash Preserve.
in Petoskey, Michigan,
may be found on the "Walloon Lake Wandering" web site on the "Medical" web page;
web site and web page of this same web master for Northern Mich~Mash Preserve.
~ Accidents ~
1901
1901
~ Air Transport for Local Medical Need ~
1976
1976
~ Emmet County's Angel of Mercy - Kate Warner ~
1987
1987
~ Annual Operation ~
1937
1937
~ Artesian Well ~
Fountain of Health
1890
Fountain of Health
1890
~ Assisted Living Facility ~
Independence Village, Petoskey, Michigan
1996
Independence Village, Petoskey, Michigan
1996
~ Baths ~
(Electro-Medicated, Vapor, Turkish, and Shower)
1880
(Electro-Medicated, Vapor, Turkish, and Shower)
1880
~ Dr. Beaumont ~
1878
1878
1878 Article Below: In early years, Emmet County was part of Michilimackinac County.
The experiment that Dr. Beaumont carried out on patient Alexis St. Martin is still admired in 2022...
two hundred years later.
The place of the experiment is still accessible on Mackinac Island near the fort.
This article below documents the amount of money that Dr. Wm. Beaumont was paid for his services.
The experiment that Dr. Beaumont carried out on patient Alexis St. Martin is still admired in 2022...
two hundred years later.
The place of the experiment is still accessible on Mackinac Island near the fort.
This article below documents the amount of money that Dr. Wm. Beaumont was paid for his services.
~ Blood Type ~
1969
1969
Photo/Text Below: A distant cousin of Chief Petoskey required a rare blood while undergoing surgery for a fractured leg. She has a rare anti Gerbich type blood while most people have Gerich. Her blood reacts with red blood cells of most other donors.
~ Dr. Blum ~
1991
1991
~ Dr. Born, chiropractor ~
Two Photos Below: labeled as "Dr. Grant Born with Assistant."
Photo/Text Article Below: Dr. Born’s new 1966 building was constructed where the Indian council tree used to be located and has mineral water springs underneath. Dr. Born planned to have hot mineral baths offered in the future. He saved several roots from the old council tree and gave one to the Little Traverse Regional Historical Society. The commemorative plaque has been preserved and will be embedded in concrete to mark the sister the historic tree where the Indian leaders used to gather. [In 2023 Dr. Lo’s medical building is located in this spot at 116 West Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan.}
Born Employee: Kay Anderson Daly
Petoskey's former Dr. Milford Leach to perform
~ BRAIN surgery in Chicago Hospital ~
1912
~ BRAIN surgery in Chicago Hospital ~
1912
Dr. Milford Leach's father was well-known in Petoskey as "The Popcorn King" business on Mitchell Street, Petoskey. Milford's father's 1928 obituary below noted that Dr. MIlford Leach had been in the U.S. army service, since returning home from his World War service in Europe. Ira W. Leach was a contemporary of J.Will Callahan, the Bay View resident who wrote the acclaimed music for the tune "Smiles." Click HERE for additional information about Callahan.
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~ Burns Clinic ~
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Dean Burns,
founder of Burns Clinic
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Dean Burns,
founder of Burns Clinic
Article Below: Dr. Burns announced the Burns Clinic association of Dr. Mary Margaret McLeod
who will special area and treatment of diseases of children.
1942
who will special area and treatment of diseases of children.
1942
~ Carriage Run–Over on Mackinac Island ~
1951
1951
~ Cemeteries ~
~ Charlevoix Hospital Ready ~
~ Children's NEW Ward at Lockwood General Hospital ~
1949
1949
By 1962, the property noted in the photo below had been purchased by Lockwood General Hospital and later developed into the Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital facility. By 2012 the entire new hospital was raised. For additional information about the Lockwood Hospital facilities, click HERE.
~ Patient Confusion ~
Pope Brothers
Pope Brothers
~ Iron Constitution ~
Joe Succo
Joe Succo
Joe Succo's death certificate showed he lived at 1319 Clarion Street, Petoskey, Michigan, and died on 8 June 1933 with his age given as 63 years old. The informant was an unidentifiable initial, so consequently, Succo's parents were UNKNOWN by the informant. The cause of death was listed as "arterio sclerosis" and "apoplexy". Joe was buried 8 June 1933 in the St. Francis Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan.
The death certificate of Joe Succo's mother Mary Kogomo [Written on Emmet County's Marriage Records as "Kegima" married Hyacinth Succo on 23 May 1872] stated Mary was born 15 August 1824 in Harbor Springs, Michigan, and died 27 August 1923 in Resort Township at 99 years and 13 days. The informant was Joseph Succo of Petoskey, Michigan. Mary's mother was Unknown and her father was Joseph Kogomo who had been born on Beaver Island, Michigan. Mary's husband was Hyacinth Succo. Mary was buried 29 August 1923 in Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan.
In the book Resort Township Remembers it states that "Joe was the son of an Ottawa Chief who served as Emmet County Clerk from 1863 to 1864. His great-grandfather signed the Treaty of the Indian Nations in 1855."
The death certificate of Joe Succo's mother Mary Kogomo [Written on Emmet County's Marriage Records as "Kegima" married Hyacinth Succo on 23 May 1872] stated Mary was born 15 August 1824 in Harbor Springs, Michigan, and died 27 August 1923 in Resort Township at 99 years and 13 days. The informant was Joseph Succo of Petoskey, Michigan. Mary's mother was Unknown and her father was Joseph Kogomo who had been born on Beaver Island, Michigan. Mary's husband was Hyacinth Succo. Mary was buried 29 August 1923 in Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan.
In the book Resort Township Remembers it states that "Joe was the son of an Ottawa Chief who served as Emmet County Clerk from 1863 to 1864. His great-grandfather signed the Treaty of the Indian Nations in 1855."
Local Newspaper clippings told bits of Joe Succo's family history:
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Click HERE to access additional information with photos of this type King George III medal attributed to Tecumseh...
about the Indian Peace Medal that once had belonged to Joe Succo,
who passed it on to James A. Reid in Petoskey.
about the Indian Peace Medal that once had belonged to Joe Succo,
who passed it on to James A. Reid in Petoskey.
~ Convalescent Care ~
Convalescent = need to rest, recuperating, recovering, getting better, improving...
Convalescent = need to rest, recuperating, recovering, getting better, improving...
Photo Below:
Home of W.L. McManus prior to becoming a boarding house for Alice Daly.
Home of W.L. McManus prior to becoming a boarding house for Alice Daly.
Alice Daly Boarding House > Bertha Hughey Turk's Convalescent Home
704 Emmet Street, Petoskey, Michigan
704 Emmet Street, Petoskey, Michigan
John Daly and Alice (Price) Gallop married 20 November 1914.
John and Alice Daly [Daley] show up on the 1920 census not in Petoskey, but rather in Mentor, Cheboygan County, Michigan.
The 17 April 1922 Petoskey Evening News reported that the Lacey Sargent residence on 704 Emmet Street had been sold to John and Alice Daley.
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In February 1934 John Daly died from a heart attack following a long period of ill health, at the family home at 704 Emmet Street.
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Two Photos Below: John William Daly, husband of Alice Gallop inside the Boarding House,
and Alice Daly standing by the Boarding House on 704 Emmet Street
and Alice Daly standing by the Boarding House on 704 Emmet Street
Mr. John W. Daly, Alice's husband, died 6 February 1934 of a heart attack at his 704 Emmet Street home. So, by April 1942, Mrs. Alice Daly moved to her son Roy Gallop's home in Detroit,
and Alice had sold her 704 Emmet Street home
to Mrs. Bertha Turk who took possession about 1 May 1942.
and Alice had sold her 704 Emmet Street home
to Mrs. Bertha Turk who took possession about 1 May 1942.
The earliest Daly real estate transaction recorded was for 10 August 1946 when Alice Daley widow of John of Detroit sold to Bertha Turk of 704 Emmet Street for one dollar and other valuable considerations:
Marriage Records for Bertha May Nelson > Hughey > Turk > Hughey:
11 September 1919 ~ Bertha May Nelson married Chester Edward Hughey
13 January 1926 ~ Bertha Nelson Hughey married James F. Turk.
24 May 1958 ~ Bertha Turk married Chester Edward Hughey
11 September 1919 ~ Bertha May Nelson married Chester Edward Hughey
13 January 1926 ~ Bertha Nelson Hughey married James F. Turk.
24 May 1958 ~ Bertha Turk married Chester Edward Hughey
Directory Listings for Bertha Turk show the following:
Petoskey City Directory 1935
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 419 Jackson St
Petoskey City Directory 1938
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 130 Stuart Ave [in Bay View]
Petoskey City Directory 1941
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 505 Grove St
Mrs. Bertha Turk rest home, 505 Grove St, r same.
Petoskey City Directory 1946
Mrs Bertha M Turk r 704 Emmet St
Petoskey City Directory 1955
Bertha M. Turk (Turk’s Conv Home) 704 ½ Emmet St, DI 7-4432
Petoskey City Directory 1958
Bertha M. Turk (Turk’s Conv Home) 704 ½ Emmet St, DI 7-4432
Petoskey City Directory 1935
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 419 Jackson St
Petoskey City Directory 1938
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 130 Stuart Ave [in Bay View]
Petoskey City Directory 1941
Floyd (Bertha) Turk, driver, r 505 Grove St
Mrs. Bertha Turk rest home, 505 Grove St, r same.
Petoskey City Directory 1946
Mrs Bertha M Turk r 704 Emmet St
Petoskey City Directory 1955
Bertha M. Turk (Turk’s Conv Home) 704 ½ Emmet St, DI 7-4432
Petoskey City Directory 1958
Bertha M. Turk (Turk’s Conv Home) 704 ½ Emmet St, DI 7-4432
Before Bertha Turk bought the 704 Emmet Street property she was living at 507 Grove Street. Then, in May 0f 1940, Bertha had rented the former Petoskey Hospital Building which was located by the mouth of the Bear River. The Little Traverse Hospital, like in the header photo on this same web page had just been completed in 1939 and had moved from the Bear River hospital site. Bertha Turk supervised the Bear River hospital building which had been renamed the Bear River Lodge. The Bear River Lodge offered various kinds of rentals, also with nursing, care for invalids and convalescent patients as noted in the article below.
Prior to the Bear River Lodge, Mrs. Turk operated the Calkins Home on 514 East Mitchell (right at the south end of Division Street close to where the Petoskey District Library is located in 2023). Dr. Henry T. Calkins added to the community of Petoskey in various ways. He was one of nine citizens to whom Mr. William Lockwood gave property to establish a hospital; eventually Lockwood Hospital on Lockwood Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan. Dr. Calkins continued to sit on the board of the hospital for several years. Even while serving as Petoskey's President, in 1886 and again in 1888, Dr. Calkins served as a local physician and surgeon in the homes of patients and also as a railroad physician. Dr. Calkins passed away 5 March 1906. Additional information about Dr. Calkins may be found on this web site's "Mayor and Presidents" web page by clicking HERE. Mrs. Calkins continued to own the 514 East Mitchell Street Home until she died in California in 1938. Mrs. Bertha Turk's obituary noted that Bertha had operated her first nursing home in 1937 on East Mitchell Street.
Bertha Turk Hughey's father Grant George Nelson passed away 27 November 1939
at Bertha's home at 514 East Mitchell Street, which was the same address as the home of Dr. Calkins.
at Bertha's home at 514 East Mitchell Street, which was the same address as the home of Dr. Calkins.
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Five Photos Below: These photos were submitted by Glenn Gallop, descendant of John and Alice (Gallop) Daly,
when this was the Alice Daly Boarding House which was thereafter sold to Bertha Turk in 1942.
Permission was given for these photos to be posted only on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site.
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Five Photos Below: These photos were submitted by Glenn Gallop, descendant of John and Alice (Gallop) Daly,
when this was the Alice Daly Boarding House which was thereafter sold to Bertha Turk in 1942.
Permission was given for these photos to be posted only on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site.
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Photo Below: Viewing the Daly Boarding House, from the southerly Rush Street area,
looking toward the Emmanuel Evangelical Church located at 620 Emmet Street,
just across Grove Street from the Alice Daly Boarding House; Later, Turk Convalescent Home.
looking toward the Emmanuel Evangelical Church located at 620 Emmet Street,
just across Grove Street from the Alice Daly Boarding House; Later, Turk Convalescent Home.
Photo Below Left: Garage at the Alice Daly Boarding House.
Photo Below Right: This main part of Alice Daly's Boarding House remained as such for Turk's Convalescent Home, and remains as such in 2021 as a core part of Harbor Hall, Inc. Harbor Hall was initially incorporated as Half-Way Home, Inc. The house to the right below also has been included as part of the Harbor Hall compound in 2021.
Photo Below Right: This main part of Alice Daly's Boarding House remained as such for Turk's Convalescent Home, and remains as such in 2021 as a core part of Harbor Hall, Inc. Harbor Hall was initially incorporated as Half-Way Home, Inc. The house to the right below also has been included as part of the Harbor Hall compound in 2021.
1929 Sanborn map section below shows the 704 Emmet Street property
with the Grove Street house next door, and the outline footprint of the garage.
with the Grove Street house next door, and the outline footprint of the garage.
With Bertha Turk Hughey being a Reverend, and owning a convalescent home, she kept extremely busy in the community. Find-A-Grave information states that Bertha opened her first nursing home in 1937 on Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan.
Some time prior to Bertha Turk owning her Emmet Street convalescent home, she rented from the Seldon Family, the front part of their home at 513 Petoskey Street to Bertha for one of her nursing home operations.
Some time prior to Bertha Turk owning her Emmet Street convalescent home, she rented from the Seldon Family, the front part of their home at 513 Petoskey Street to Bertha for one of her nursing home operations.
Bertha Turk's mother Minnie Bowman had Bowman's Geriatric Home
Kalamazoo Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
Kalamazoo Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
When Bertha's mother, also a Reverend, Minnie Alma Whitman Bowman, passed away 24 February 1970, Minnie's obituary revealed probable reasons for daughter Bertha's chosen fields of serving others in Life. Minnie Alma Bowman was a minister for 14 years in Alpena and Harbor Springs, and co-pastored with Bertha. Minnie also operated a geriatric home on Kalamazoo Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan, during the 1940's.
Bertha, over the years, supported unwed mothers, and also had been known as a mid-wife who delivered about 500 babies.
Bertha, over the years, supported unwed mothers, and also had been known as a mid-wife who delivered about 500 babies.
In later years, Bertha Turk Hughey played a major role in founding the convalescent facility, Petoskey Geriatric and Convalescent Home > Bortz Health Care. Bortz Health Care is known as Villa By The Bay in 2021, and is located in its original location on Spring Street, Petoskey, Michigan. The origins, of Villa By the Bay, beginning with the Emmet County "Poor Farm,"are explained on this same web site under the Bay Bluffs web page which is accessible by clicking HERE. Bertha Turk's major role and initiative in health care and convalescence in Emmet County continues. In 1981, Bertha Hughey was still living in her Curtis Street Home in East Bay View and managing it as an adult foster care home as explained in the 23 April 1981 Petoskey News Review article below.
Photos Below: Bertha Hughey Turk's Convalescent Home became Harbor Hall
Additional information about Harbor Hall and its properties and services may be accessed from their own web site by clicking HERE. While Harbor Hall is constantly expanding, many established surrounding residential families are not so happy to have the Harbor Hall facilities and services overtaking their residential community, although with permission from the Petoskey City Council... making for a hard scale to balance.
Harbor Hall, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, still manages the Emmet Street 704+ property in a convalescent manner, CARING for its patients and their families. Their property buildings and the land property have expanded as have their provided services. The Harbor Hall property has expanded on to the adjacent block of Rush and Emmet streets as shown by the new building/construction in the photos below.
Harbor Hall, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, still manages the Emmet Street 704+ property in a convalescent manner, CARING for its patients and their families. Their property buildings and the land property have expanded as have their provided services. The Harbor Hall property has expanded on to the adjacent block of Rush and Emmet streets as shown by the new building/construction in the photos below.
Photo Above: The building with green construction siding is the same building as in the photo below... white and on the left, with new excavation for another new Harbor Hall building.
Photo Below: Construction is going up with an elevator shaft inside the foundation in the same excavated location as in the photo above.
Beattie Convalescent Home
Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey, Michigan
Gasco Convalescent Home
Harbor Springs, Michigan
Harbor Springs, Michigan
"County Farm" >Grand View > Grandvue (Still in existence in 2022 as nursing home)
Charlevoix County, East Jordan, Michigan
Click HERE to access additional information about East Jordan's Grandvue Nursing Home.
Charlevoix County, East Jordan, Michigan
Click HERE to access additional information about East Jordan's Grandvue Nursing Home.
North Boyne Convalescent Home
Reus Memorial Home
Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey, Michigan
Chester Hughey built and operated the Reus Memorial Home fo the Aged.
Reus Residential Care Community
910 Arlington Road, Petoskey, Michigan
910 Arlington Road, Petoskey, Michigan
Robbins/Petoskey Convalescent Home
123 West Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan
123 West Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan
Ruth Witte's Convalescent Home
123 West Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan; same address as Petoskey Convalescent Home above
(1952 > 1962)
123 West Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan; same address as Petoskey Convalescent Home above
(1952 > 1962)
The two articles below left is likely addressing the planning for the new Petoskey Geriatric & Convalescent/Care Center (same location as Villa By The Bay in 2022). The Wittes, Ed Colllins, and Bertha Turk Hughey were instrumental in the beginning of a county care facility, which eventually led to Bay Bluffs. For additional information about the new care facility click HERE.
Emmet County Infirmary (1918-1919 > 1941)
Gerren's Sunset View Home (1941 > 1958)
Charlevoix Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
Located across from the Emmet County Fair Grounds as shown below...
Gerren's Sunset View Home (1941 > 1958)
Charlevoix Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
Located across from the Emmet County Fair Grounds as shown below...
Emmet County Poor Farm
FIRST ~ 1883 near Brutus, Michigan
SECOND ~ 1918 Poor Farm moved to location across from Emmet County Fairgrounds ("Infirmary" on map below)
Click HERE to access additional information about the "Emmet County Poor Farm" and its progression to Bay Bluffs.
FIRST ~ 1883 near Brutus, Michigan
SECOND ~ 1918 Poor Farm moved to location across from Emmet County Fairgrounds ("Infirmary" on map below)
Click HERE to access additional information about the "Emmet County Poor Farm" and its progression to Bay Bluffs.
By 25 October 1918 the Petoskey Evening News was reporting the county's "poor commission" had made a visit to the county's Poor Farm in Brutus, Michigan, and found the "infirmary is no longer tenable." The 7 November 1918 newspaper article below left announced that "property in Petoskey is purchased" for the "county to have a new infirmary" as seen in the two photos above.
The 1918 purchased property for the Emmet County Infirmary was located just across the road from the fair grounds in Petoskey as shown on the October 1919 Sanborn map section below.
The purchased property was noted as the "Kalbfleisch property" and also as being the "Russell property."
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For several years in the 1930s the newspaper reported that the funding for the county's infirmary was lacking; with the 16 June 1933 newspaper stating "Poor Fund is about Exhausted"... "Welfare relief Problem is studied today by Poor Committee."
Gerren's Sunset View Home
A 29 May 1958 Petoskey News Review article (below) reported the following: Mr. and Mrs. Lyle and Joyce Gerren bought the Emmet County Infirmary in 1941. Mrs. Gerren had cooked at the infirmary 10 years prior to their purchase. In Sunset View Home, the Gerren's had had as many as 48 patients at one time. At the time of closure in 1958, two patients were from the county with one being a pensioner, the rest were from the state hospital at Traverse City. Some patients had lived at Sunset View for 17 years. Ages ranged from 17 to 86 over the years. The Gerrens said that on average the patients were middle aged. Many over the years became well enough to be discharged by the state while some probably never would get well. The patients included veterans of WWI, alcoholics, victims of disasters or family tragedies, and some described as "people whose minds just never grew up."
It was in the same 1958 article (noted above and posted farther below) that M. Duane Sommerness, M.D., medical superintendent of the Traverse City State Hospital wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Gerren that cuts to the mental health appropriations for the next fiscal year required the curtailing of the Family Care Program. "We find it necessary to discontinue using your home for patients from the Traverse City State Hospital." A schedule was proposed for removing patients from Sunset View by 1 July 1958.
It was in the same 1958 article (noted above and posted farther below) that M. Duane Sommerness, M.D., medical superintendent of the Traverse City State Hospital wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Gerren that cuts to the mental health appropriations for the next fiscal year required the curtailing of the Family Care Program. "We find it necessary to discontinue using your home for patients from the Traverse City State Hospital." A schedule was proposed for removing patients from Sunset View by 1 July 1958.
The above August 1929 Sanborn Map section, UPDATED with correction in 1942, thus showed the footprint of the then labeled "Sunset View Home (for Aged)" which had been purchased in 1941 by Lyle and Joyce Gerren.
In 1958 the State of Michigan decreased funding for the home, so all 45 patients transferred to
Traverse City State Hospital.
in December of 1959 the Sunset View Boarding Home property was purchased by Ernie and Dora Manthei
who changed the property to Pine Bluff Condominiums which still exist now [2023].
Traverse City State Hospital.
in December of 1959 the Sunset View Boarding Home property was purchased by Ernie and Dora Manthei
who changed the property to Pine Bluff Condominiums which still exist now [2023].
Fazing Out of Area Convalescent Homes
1957
1957
Article Below: An Emmet County committee report pointed out that three of Petoskey's convalescent homes were crowded to capacity, so some persons in need of care were being turned away. All homes needed to be licensed by the state. A county home facility was being proposed to handle up to 100 beds and was to be financed with a 15-year bond. This was the inception of the history of the Emmet County Care Facility which has been chronicled on another page on this same web site. Click HERE to access information that "tells the rest of the story" of county care facilities.
The FIRST two confirmed COVID–19 cases in Michigan were reported 10 March 2020
and the FIRST death was reported on 19 March 2020.
Lawrence G. Cummings, North Central Michigan College professor, died 5 September 2020,
and was the FIRST known Emmet County resident to die of COVID–19.
and the FIRST death was reported on 19 March 2020.
Lawrence G. Cummings, North Central Michigan College professor, died 5 September 2020,
and was the FIRST known Emmet County resident to die of COVID–19.
Headline Above: This was the only headline in the PNR about Coronovirus through 13 March 2020...
NOT TO PANIC!
Following local newspaper articles told more local information like
where to shop, where to get free food, where to get help, truly good information.
In later 2020 months, almost entire Petoskey News Review issues were FILLED with COVID–19 articles.
NOT TO PANIC!
Following local newspaper articles told more local information like
where to shop, where to get free food, where to get help, truly good information.
In later 2020 months, almost entire Petoskey News Review issues were FILLED with COVID–19 articles.
The following link has many statistics regarding Influenza, Spanish Flu, and Pneumonia over the years.
"Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-Of-Life Events"
"Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-Of-Life Events"
Photo Below:
The city admirably had posted signs expressing its stance on helping to stop the spread of the China Virus.
Someone had kindly shared a mask with the Ernest Hemingway statue in Pennsylvania Park.
The city admirably had posted signs expressing its stance on helping to stop the spread of the China Virus.
Someone had kindly shared a mask with the Ernest Hemingway statue in Pennsylvania Park.
To give perspective, the 20 October 2020 Petoskey News Review reported COVID–19 information from the Health Department of Northwest Michigan. Emmet County has 168 confirmed cases with 124 confirmed recoveries, and 4 confirmed COVID-19 related deaths in Emmet County. Overall, Emmet County has about 34,000 residents.
Article Below: By 4 November 2020 Emmet County reported 387 Confirmed cases of COVID–19.
Article Below: By 4 November 2020 Emmet County reported 387 Confirmed cases of COVID–19.
Updated: By 22 November 2020 Emmet County reported 835 Confirmed cases of COVID–19 with 27 deaths.
Emmet County Deaths per year as reported by the Emmet County Clerk...
(ALL deaths, not just COVID–19)
2021 Deaths: 632
(ALL deaths, not just COVID–19)
2021 Deaths: 632
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan December 2020 newsletter below stated that since 12 March 2020 Emmet County had 32 deaths from COVID–19... with 22 of those being in a named outbreak (not stated, but perhaps the outbreak noted for skilled nursing home Villa By the Bay having 22 pass from COVID–19). That would mean that within the otherwise population for Emmet County 10 people had passed in 2020 from COVID–19 in the county.
Below: Michigan 2021 End-of-Year Covid–19 Numbers with Emmet County Featured
TOTALS As of 17 May 2022:
Emmet County has had 6632 cases and 87 deaths.
Charlevoix County has had 5049 cases and 60 deaths.
TOTALS As of 5 March 2023:
Emmet County has had 7600 cases and 109 deaths.
Emmet County has had 6632 cases and 87 deaths.
Charlevoix County has had 5049 cases and 60 deaths.
TOTALS As of 5 March 2023:
Emmet County has had 7600 cases and 109 deaths.
The following was included in the Bay Bluffs minutes for 19 May 2022 which present some of the history of the effects of COVID–19 on the county's care facility:
"Permission has been granted from health department to put visitation on hold for two (2) weeks. We
will be re-evaluating visitation protocols. This strain of the virus is very contagious and has been difficult to contain. On May 9th we were in contact with State of Michigan infection prevention team and two (2) LPNs and five (5) CENAs were brought on staff to assist. The Infection Prevention team walk through did not go well – it was very disappointing as they only spent about five (5) minutes in the Covid Unit. Medicaid will be reaching out to do another infection prevention review. Dr. Blanchard is taking the lead on this because he is frustrated with the allegations that Baybluffs is at fault for the outbreak. Staffing has been a struggle. In the first quarter we had 22 staff out with Covid. In the second quarter we have already had 18 out with Covid. The total number of employee infections since 2020 is 83 and an additional 7 re-infections. A total of 90 employee Covid illnesses have been tracked and monitored, which amounts to a minimum of 900 days of work missed. We have 36 employees who were vaccinated test positive since 2021. The longest stretch of time we have gone without a positive test was 23 days (April 10 – May 3). We only had 1 resident in 2020 and 1 resident in 2022 test positive but, since May 3 we have had 20 residents test positive. 2 of the 20 are unvaccinated and 18 are vaccinated and boosted. During the two-week period of May 3 to May 17, a total of 495 hours has been dedicated to testing and reporting. We are sitting at 69 residents currently and we are not taking in any new residents at this time. Not only have we been down the 18 staff due to covid, we also have had 5-7 staff out for other reasons, unrelated to Covid. We really need to be able to shift from pandemic to endemic guidelines and protocols for tracking and reporting because what is required of the facilities now is not sustainable. We have completed 335 resident covid tests and, 622 staff covid tests for a total of 957 covid tests in 2 weeks. The current Covid testing, tracking, and reporting workload is not sustainable." Article Section Below: The article from "Moderna sues over COVID-19 Vaccine"
explains the logic behind the COVID–19 vaccines. |
~ Cases and Deaths for Emmet County Due to COVID–19 until 5 March 2023 ~
~ Asian Flu ~
"Hong Kong Flu"
Some people are old enough to remember having lived through the
1957 "Hong Kong Flu" and NOW, hopefully, will live through the 2020 "Chinese Virus."
"Hong Kong Flu"
Some people are old enough to remember having lived through the
1957 "Hong Kong Flu" and NOW, hopefully, will live through the 2020 "Chinese Virus."
The 1918 article below tells of people becoming careless about restrictions for
the influenza and pneumonia cases, so Petoskey was seeing a flareup in the number of cases.
This was in October, 1918.
the influenza and pneumonia cases, so Petoskey was seeing a flareup in the number of cases.
This was in October, 1918.
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~ Dental Lab ~
(Clarence Oelke)
(Clarence Oelke)
~ Diptheria ~
(Petoskey in 1884)
(Petoskey in 1884)
Frankie, nine year old daughter of H.J. VanNess passed away 1 November 1884 in Petoskey of Diptheria.
Then, on 5 November 1884, Annie E. Rigg also passed away from Diptheria.
Next, on 8 November 1884 Annie's sister Nellie Rigg passed away from Diptheria.
Mr. and Mrs. John Owen also had to mourn the Diptheria death of their only child Blanche (12 years old).
Ethel Phillips, 5 years old, passed away 26 January 1885 from Diptheria.
Then, on 5 November 1884, Annie E. Rigg also passed away from Diptheria.
Next, on 8 November 1884 Annie's sister Nellie Rigg passed away from Diptheria.
Mr. and Mrs. John Owen also had to mourn the Diptheria death of their only child Blanche (12 years old).
Ethel Phillips, 5 years old, passed away 26 January 1885 from Diptheria.
~ Primitive Doctoring and Accidents ~
(Petoskey in 1916)
(Petoskey in 1916)
~ Doctoring During WWII ~
1944
1944
~ Electricity and Magnetics ~
The Petoskey Greenwood Cemetery web site (click HERE to access the page) has an excellent biography of Dr. Ramsdell which includes information about him having the FIRST car in Petoskey, as well as his contributions to early medicine in the field using electricity and magnetics in his practice.
Also, related to the world's 2020-2021 COVIC–19 pandemic; "In 1918 Dr. Ramsdell’s work ethic was put to good use as he played an important role in helping Petoskey through the deadly influenza epidemic. Schools and businesses shut down, and all non-necessary social activities were put on hold as Dr. Ramsdell and other area doctors and nurses worked round the clock to treat those with the virus and keep it from spreading further."
Also, related to the world's 2020-2021 COVIC–19 pandemic; "In 1918 Dr. Ramsdell’s work ethic was put to good use as he played an important role in helping Petoskey through the deadly influenza epidemic. Schools and businesses shut down, and all non-necessary social activities were put on hold as Dr. Ramsdell and other area doctors and nurses worked round the clock to treat those with the virus and keep it from spreading further."
EXPANSION
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PRE-BUILDING
of
Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital and Burns Clinic
(PRE-1939)
Location of Clinic and Hospital is the upper left corner area of photo below...
Click HERE for additional information about the PRE-BUILDING of Little Traverse Hospital
on this same web site on the "Mitchell Street Was A Dead End" web page.
of
Burns Clinic and Little Traverse Hospital and Burns Clinic
(PRE-1939)
Location of Clinic and Hospital is the upper left corner area of photo below...
Click HERE for additional information about the PRE-BUILDING of Little Traverse Hospital
on this same web site on the "Mitchell Street Was A Dead End" web page.
~ PRE-EXPANSION of Northern Michigan Hospital ~
1970
1970
Photo Below: Posted on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site only by permission from
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
Notice the house trailer park near the wing of the plane.
One has to wonder what happened to the people who had lived in that park, which is now a hospital parking lot;
disappeared like the once filled trailer park filled with people where the Meijer Thrifty Acre is located.
"Where have all the people gone?"
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
Notice the house trailer park near the wing of the plane.
One has to wonder what happened to the people who had lived in that park, which is now a hospital parking lot;
disappeared like the once filled trailer park filled with people where the Meijer Thrifty Acre is located.
"Where have all the people gone?"
~ Petoskey's Mayor Barbara Waters addressed EXPANSION
and "over building" by the hospital ~
1976
and "over building" by the hospital ~
1976
~ EXPANSION of Northern Michigan Hospital ~
1978
1978
~ 2001 ~
~ EXPANSION of McLaren ~
Beginning 2017 >
Beginning 2017 >
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~ Expansion from the Inside, Looking Out ~
2019
2019
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Photo Below: Posted on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site only by permission from
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
Top Photo: Looking east on Mitchell Street
Bottom Photo: Looking South on Spring Street heading to US-131
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
Top Photo: Looking east on Mitchell Street
Bottom Photo: Looking South on Spring Street heading to US-131
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Two Photos Below: Overlooking the parking structure to view Little Traverse Bay,
and the hospital associated building which once housed the nurses.
and the hospital associated building which once housed the nurses.
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Photos Below: Addition Completed
~ EXPANSION of Munson Healthcare ~
The 20 October 2023 Petoskey News Review announced "Munson Healthcare proposes new outpatient services site in Petoskey." The facility will be housed at 1619 Anderson Road, in a huge building originally built for Brewbaker's Furniture. "The existing building would be remodeled to accommodate primary care, urgent care, specialty clinics for areas like orthopedics, cardiology, and OB/GYN; as well as diagnostic imaging and labs services." Over Petoskey's years of medical evolution to the present Northern Michigan McLaren Hospital, with its associated medical services, the community members have become disenchanted with various aspects of the medical service. It will be welcoming to have Munson Healthcare as an option.
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~ Eyes ~
~ Fall ~
~ Lou Gehrig Disease ~
While Lou Gehrig had no local area connection, the disease he had that was named after him,
has certainly affected members of the local Charlevoix and Emmet counties communities.
has certainly affected members of the local Charlevoix and Emmet counties communities.
~ Goiter ~
Wequetonsing Dr. Andre Crotti told of his Goiter research.
Wequetonsing Dr. Andre Crotti told of his Goiter research.
~ Hay Fever ( and Asthma)~
A History of Northern Michigan and Its People Vol. I.
by
Perry Francis Power
1912
A History of Northern Michigan and Its People Vol. I.
Page 302
History of Northern Michigan Petoskey, The County Seat...
by
Perry Francis Power
1912
A History of Northern Michigan and Its People Vol. I.
Page 302
History of Northern Michigan Petoskey, The County Seat...
"No resort in the country has a better reputation with asthmatic and hay-fever patients than Petoskey. This class of sufferers will appreciate 'When Dust Is On the Rag Weed," from the pen of Rev. Warren W. Lainport, now of Mancelona, Antrim county, who has made rich contributions of poetry, both humorous and eloquent, to the Grand Traverse region in which he has long resided.
"When dust is on the ragweed, and the ragweed's in yer nose, When yer nose is full o'sneezin', and the sneezin' full o' woes; Then's come the time to pack your duds and quickly git away; Petoskey is the Mecca then, why don't you come and stay?
When dust is on the ragweed, and the ragweed's in yer nose, And you keep a-sneezin, sneezin' till it lifts you off your toes, Why don't you buy yer ticket quick and git across the land? Petoskey is the Mecca then, for all the sufferin' band.
Petoskey's got the atmosphere, without the other stuff; You don't go sneezin' round as though you'd been a-takin' snuff; But all the summer long you find you're scoopin' in the health, While hotels and the Midway are a scoopin' in the wealth.
There's lots o' fun an' frolic here, there's lots of things to do; And if religion's what you want, they got that at Bay View. So come along without delay, and don't forgit yer tin; The hotels an' the Midway, all '11 kindly take you in.
And when the frost has nipped the fields, and the ragweed's lost its grip, Then you can pack yer duds agin and take the homeward trip. An' don't fergit to take along some souv'nirs of yer stay, And don't fergit we'd like to see you back agin some day.'"
"When dust is on the ragweed, and the ragweed's in yer nose, When yer nose is full o'sneezin', and the sneezin' full o' woes; Then's come the time to pack your duds and quickly git away; Petoskey is the Mecca then, why don't you come and stay?
When dust is on the ragweed, and the ragweed's in yer nose, And you keep a-sneezin, sneezin' till it lifts you off your toes, Why don't you buy yer ticket quick and git across the land? Petoskey is the Mecca then, for all the sufferin' band.
Petoskey's got the atmosphere, without the other stuff; You don't go sneezin' round as though you'd been a-takin' snuff; But all the summer long you find you're scoopin' in the health, While hotels and the Midway are a scoopin' in the wealth.
There's lots o' fun an' frolic here, there's lots of things to do; And if religion's what you want, they got that at Bay View. So come along without delay, and don't forgit yer tin; The hotels an' the Midway, all '11 kindly take you in.
And when the frost has nipped the fields, and the ragweed's lost its grip, Then you can pack yer duds agin and take the homeward trip. An' don't fergit to take along some souv'nirs of yer stay, And don't fergit we'd like to see you back agin some day.'"
~ Aline's Last "Kachoo" Since Arriving in Petoskey ~
1943
1943
Article Below: Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (1913), as a hay fever sufferer, made Petoskey his summer home for many years. Marshall coined the phrase of Petoskey's Million Dollar Sunset. Local historian Ethel Rowan Fasquelle told when someone modestly called the Petoskey sunset a "ten-thousand dollar sunset," Marshall replied, "What do you mean, ten-thousand-dollar sunset... it is a million-dollar sunset!"
~ Hearing ~
City Health Nurse Alma Cessar assisted Raymond Kroemer of the Michigan Department of Health, using an electrograph to test student's hearing; Dorothy Dittmar, Joyce Schmalzried and Marilyn Dorsey.
Petoskey School Nurse Mrs. Alma Cessar, R.N. checked the hearing of the Petoskey Football Squad
~ FIRST Open Heart Surgery at Little Traverse Hospital ~
Chester Talafski or Talaski?
Chester Talafski or Talaski?
Find-A-Grave lists a Chester Stanley Talaski born 3 July 1921 in Alpena County, Michigan
and died 8 November 1984 (aged 63) in Petoskey, Michigan.
Anyone with any additional information about the "open heart" surgery recipient Chester Talafski/Talaski
contact the web master by clicking HERE.
and died 8 November 1984 (aged 63) in Petoskey, Michigan.
Anyone with any additional information about the "open heart" surgery recipient Chester Talafski/Talaski
contact the web master by clicking HERE.
~ Hospice ~
Below is from McLaren's own web page about McLaren Hiland Cottage Hospice House ~ Petoskey:
Hospice ~Focused on treating the whole person, McLaren hospice provides palliative care and emotional support for people facing the end of life.
Hiland Cottage is a hospice approach to home away from home. When a caregiver is not available or medical needs become overwhelming, McLaren Home Care & Hospice offers Hiland Cottage, a beautiful private-room facility designed for comfort to serve the patients and their loved ones.
Hiland Cottage provides a choice for comfort and symptom management in a home-like atmosphere with four levels of care to meet the patient and family needs:
Hospice ~Focused on treating the whole person, McLaren hospice provides palliative care and emotional support for people facing the end of life.
Hiland Cottage is a hospice approach to home away from home. When a caregiver is not available or medical needs become overwhelming, McLaren Home Care & Hospice offers Hiland Cottage, a beautiful private-room facility designed for comfort to serve the patients and their loved ones.
Hiland Cottage provides a choice for comfort and symptom management in a home-like atmosphere with four levels of care to meet the patient and family needs:
- General Inpatient
- Routine Care
- Respite Care
- Privacy and Security
- Family Accommodations
- Scenic Views of the Wooded Surroundings, wildlife and Little Traverse Bay
- Half Baths
- Cable TV/DVD players
- Portable Telephones
- Kitchenette/ Mini Refrigerators
- Room Control Thermostats
- Family Room
- Meditation Room
- Children's Playroom
- Family/Patient Kitchen & Dining Area
- Family Shower Room
- Patient Spa Area
- Screened Sun Porch
Hiland Cottage was built in the early 2000s thanks to grassroots fundraising. McLaren Northern Michigan announced on 3 October 2023: "McLaren is unwaveringly committed to finding and maintaining a sustainable hospice care model to ensure the entire Northern Michigan community has access to dignified end-of-life services now and into the future," McLaren said in a Oct. 3 statement. "We are in the process of evaluating how best to achieve that mission in the wake of national staffing shortages, reductions in funding and reimbursement, and local and national trends of patients’ and their families increasingly preferring to receive personalized, end-of-life care in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes."
The 30 January 2024 Petoskey News Review reported "Hiland Cottage hospice to close".
The "entire Northern Michigan community" DISAPPOINTMENT is being expressed loudly and clearly; actually as an expansion of other related disappointment in the entire McLaren of Northern Michigan with its lack of care for its patients and the community! Corporate greed rules.
The 30 January 2024 Petoskey News Review reported "Hiland Cottage hospice to close".
The "entire Northern Michigan community" DISAPPOINTMENT is being expressed loudly and clearly; actually as an expansion of other related disappointment in the entire McLaren of Northern Michigan with its lack of care for its patients and the community! Corporate greed rules.
~ Hospitals' Histories ~
For additional information, on another web site (Walloon Lake Wanderings) created by this same webmaster as Northern Mich~Mash Preserve, with the histories of Petoskey's hospitals click HERE.
~ Historic Liver Transplant ~
(Caroline Curtis Varney)
1969
(Caroline Curtis Varney)
1969
~ Dr. Margaret "Maggie" (McCauley) Kellogg ~
Petoskey's FIRST Woman Doctor
1853 ~ 1938
Buried in Mancelona, Michigan
Petoskey's FIRST Woman Doctor
1853 ~ 1938
Buried in Mancelona, Michigan
Click HERE to access information on the Greenwood Cemetery web site which included the following information about Dr. Kellogg from a booklet (page 3) credited to Lowell Kosloskey, July, 2003:
"Another well-respected doctor opened a practice in Petoskey in 1897, a doctor who had overcome more challenges in becoming a physician than any other in the area. This doctor’s name was Maggie Kellogg, Petoskey’s FIRST practicing female physician. A graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, she began practicing medicine in Mancelona in 1885 before moving to Petoskey. By 1901 she had a thriving practice and had, according to the Independent Democrat, one of the “prettiest and most commodious” homes in Petoskey, specifically built so she could practice medicine there. Despite her success, in 1902 she and the other two female physicians in the area—Dr. Grace Bullas, osteopath, and Dr. Louise Patterson, physician and surgeon— were not allowed to be on the newly formed Emmet County Medical Society due to AMA policies. Dr. Kellogg served Petoskey until 1929, breaking ground for many other future female doctors."
"Another well-respected doctor opened a practice in Petoskey in 1897, a doctor who had overcome more challenges in becoming a physician than any other in the area. This doctor’s name was Maggie Kellogg, Petoskey’s FIRST practicing female physician. A graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, she began practicing medicine in Mancelona in 1885 before moving to Petoskey. By 1901 she had a thriving practice and had, according to the Independent Democrat, one of the “prettiest and most commodious” homes in Petoskey, specifically built so she could practice medicine there. Despite her success, in 1902 she and the other two female physicians in the area—Dr. Grace Bullas, osteopath, and Dr. Louise Patterson, physician and surgeon— were not allowed to be on the newly formed Emmet County Medical Society due to AMA policies. Dr. Kellogg served Petoskey until 1929, breaking ground for many other future female doctors."
Article Above: In 1897 Dr. Kellogg's office was located at 43 Mitchell Street.
Article Below Left: In 1900 Dr. Kellogg advertised her office as being at her residence at 215 West Mitchell Street. 43 and 215 were both the same location as noted on the 1901 Sanborn map.
Article Below Right: In 1900 it was announced that Dr. Kellogg purchased the vacant lot on the corner of East Mitchell and Williams streets and had begun the erection of a splendid residence.
Article Below Left: In 1900 Dr. Kellogg advertised her office as being at her residence at 215 West Mitchell Street. 43 and 215 were both the same location as noted on the 1901 Sanborn map.
Article Below Right: In 1900 it was announced that Dr. Kellogg purchased the vacant lot on the corner of East Mitchell and Williams streets and had begun the erection of a splendid residence.
1896 Sanborn Map Above and 1895 Photo Below both show that YES... the Cushman residential lot on the corner of East Mitchell Street and Williams Street was vacant... the lot that Dr. Kellogg purchased in 1900 from Mr. David Cushman. The photo below shows, like on the map above that only two houses were to the east of the Presbyterian Church until Dr. Kellogg built her new home/office at 603 Mitchell Street.
For comparison of how Mitchell Street looked before the 1895 photo above, view the photo below with the Methodist Church showing in the distance, but with no Presbyterian Church yet on the corner of Mitchell and Division streets where the Methodist Church already had been built in 1878. The Presbyterian Church was built on its corner in 1889, so the picture below was taken between 1878 and 1889. The other building structures beside the Presbyterian Church did not yet exist either, so obviously were built after 1889.... just vacant acreage with fenced in areas of gardens or farming perhaps... one lot purchased by Dr. Kellogg in 1900 from Mr. Cushman. Mr. Cushman, owner of the Cushman Hotel had its own farm to produce both animal and plant foods used at his hotel.
The photo below and the 1901 Sanborn map below both show the Kellogg house and its location.
The article above told that her house was being constructed in 1901.
The article above told that her house was being constructed in 1901.
Photo Below:
Notice how little the building structures from Williams Street to Division Street,
along East Mitchell have changed from the 1895 photo above, to the present day photo below.
The building to the right of the Presbyterian Church, was at one time the Stone Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Dr. Kellogg were held there in the Stone Funeral Home in 1938.
The usage of the structures today have changed, other than the church, into housing offices and apartments.
Notice how little the building structures from Williams Street to Division Street,
along East Mitchell have changed from the 1895 photo above, to the present day photo below.
The building to the right of the Presbyterian Church, was at one time the Stone Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Dr. Kellogg were held there in the Stone Funeral Home in 1938.
The usage of the structures today have changed, other than the church, into housing offices and apartments.
Article Below: In 1904, Dr. Kellogg, along with other doctors such as the Drs. Reycraft, were scheduled to give a series of lectures for the first year of work for the Nurses of Lockwood Hospital. Dr. Kellogg was to lecture on "Obstetrics and Infant Diet."
The obituary for Dr. Kellogg in the 7 April 1938 Northern Michigan Review gave additional information to the two obituaries posted below. "When Dr. Kellogg first came to Petoskey she played an important part in the life of the old school physicians. Dr. Kellogg worked strenuously in the days, when horse and buggy, hand cars, or sleighs carried her on her rounds. She was born Margaret M. McCauley in Lerous, Nebraska, on 18 October 1853. Dr. Kellogg married to Dr. E.C.C. Kellogg in Auburn, New York. He died many years before Margaret died. Before coming to Petoskey, Dr. Kellogg lived in Mancelona where she taught school. She obtained her medical training at schools in Boston, New York and Cincinnati."
~ Life Expectancy ~
2022
2022
The 31 August 2022 Petoskey News Review published from the Associated Press:
"U.S. life expectancy rose for decades, but progress stalled before the pandemic [COVID]. It was 78 years, 10 months in 2019. In 2020, it dropped to 77 years. Last year, it fell to about 76 years, 1 month. The last time it was that low was in 1996... Life expectancy for women in the United States dropped about 10 months, from just under 80 years in 2020 to slightly more than 79 in 2021. Life expectancy for men dropped a full year, from about 74 years to 73."
"U.S. life expectancy rose for decades, but progress stalled before the pandemic [COVID]. It was 78 years, 10 months in 2019. In 2020, it dropped to 77 years. Last year, it fell to about 76 years, 1 month. The last time it was that low was in 1996... Life expectancy for women in the United States dropped about 10 months, from just under 80 years in 2020 to slightly more than 79 in 2021. Life expectancy for men dropped a full year, from about 74 years to 73."
~ Dr. William Little ~
Petoskey''s FIRST Physician
Petoskey''s FIRST Physician
Besides being the FIRST physician, Dr. LIttle claims the following FIRSTS in Petoskey: to become post master, to open a drugstore, to build and operate a hotel (the Rose Hotel), to organize a school board and to be buried in the town's first cemetery (Greenwood).
Dr. Little's obituary below is very interesting, although hard to read; so click HERE for a very thorough biography of Dr. Little. Dr. LIttle's granddaughter Ruth Osoinach lived many years in Cross Village and led an interesting life as an activist around the country.
Dr. Little's obituary below is very interesting, although hard to read; so click HERE for a very thorough biography of Dr. Little. Dr. LIttle's granddaughter Ruth Osoinach lived many years in Cross Village and led an interesting life as an activist around the country.
~ Measles ~
Measles spreads by coughing and sneezing, and is recognizable by a rash that covers the entire body. Being extremely contagious, it took the lives of many, like Claudie Edward in 1910 in Ely, Michigan (Obituary Below). Ely was named after its post office which served Bogardus Station in Center Township, just five miles northwest of Pellston in Emmet County. Before the vaccine was perfected as many as a million cases were reported in the world. The "measles vaccine" was licensed in 1963.
~ Petoskey's FIRST Medicare Patient ~
(treated in Lockwood–MacDonald Hospital)
1966
(treated in Lockwood–MacDonald Hospital)
1966
~ Monkeypox ~
1922
1922
The world still was reeling from COVID–19 Pandemic when Monkeypox was announced with a lengthy article in the 2 July 2022 Petoskey News Review (having originated on the USA Today Network). Michigan health officials had announced the state's FIRST presumed case of monkeypox. No doses of Jynneos, the smallpox and monkeypox vaccine used to prevent disease or limit severity of symptoms, were yet available. The monkeypox is not as transmissible as COVID–19, and risk is very low. It can take up to 21 days for symptoms to develop after a person is infected, according to the CDC. The illness may last from 2 to 4 weeks to progress through the stage where the scabs fall off.
~ Mineral Well ~
Additional information of Petoskey's Mineral Well may be accessed
on the web page World War I Memorial Mineral Well Park
on the Charlevoix Emmet History website.
on the web page World War I Memorial Mineral Well Park
on the Charlevoix Emmet History website.
~ Health Department of Northwest Michigan ~
Emmet County Board of Commissioners:
My comments are not meant to disparage any of the important public health services that are performed by our Health Department of Northwest Michigan. We all acknowledge from personal connections and recent public comments that their contributions have been many.
In past years, however, the health department employees and staff seemed to be who were directing the finances and policies for the health department, just as they wished… without much outside input, either from the public, nor even from the Health Boards… boards which do exist according to MI law… it is that law, along with a set of local bylaws, that prescribe the “ruling powers and duties of the health boards and committees”.
The pandemic effects, however, changed the public’s public health expectations; especially because we live in a representative democracy where officials represent the citizens' ideas and concerns in government. So, now, it does appear that the present health board members who come from elected positions are listening to the public, and voicing various perspectives, as well as addressing the county health department’s needs.
The health board members are first elected county commissioners, and then appointed, and finally, confirmed, as health board officials. They are in positions; whether in committees, or in the main meetings, that require them to consider seriously the health department’s possible revenue (whether the funds are grants, or more direct taxpayer dollars)… they must consider the actual origins of the funds… like 1) who, or what group provides the funds and what is the group’s own mission, and 2) exactly how those funds will be spent within the health department, once the funds might be approved; not just accepting funding as IF it is FREE-“no strings attached” money. Strings such as those included by the recent possible food grant overseers…overseers called “The Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities”. Their spokesman in today’s Petoskey News Review, publicly stated their mission includes “Critical Race Theory” and various other priorities which presently are politically divisive. That issue rightfully was considered in evaluating the declined grant.
I feel the present health board members certainly are trying to represent the public, with oversight of the health department in the manner as is their responsibility according to the law, and I thank them.
Karla Buckmaster
05/18/23 [Public Comment during 18 May 2023 Emmet County Board of Commissioners meeting]
My comments are not meant to disparage any of the important public health services that are performed by our Health Department of Northwest Michigan. We all acknowledge from personal connections and recent public comments that their contributions have been many.
In past years, however, the health department employees and staff seemed to be who were directing the finances and policies for the health department, just as they wished… without much outside input, either from the public, nor even from the Health Boards… boards which do exist according to MI law… it is that law, along with a set of local bylaws, that prescribe the “ruling powers and duties of the health boards and committees”.
The pandemic effects, however, changed the public’s public health expectations; especially because we live in a representative democracy where officials represent the citizens' ideas and concerns in government. So, now, it does appear that the present health board members who come from elected positions are listening to the public, and voicing various perspectives, as well as addressing the county health department’s needs.
The health board members are first elected county commissioners, and then appointed, and finally, confirmed, as health board officials. They are in positions; whether in committees, or in the main meetings, that require them to consider seriously the health department’s possible revenue (whether the funds are grants, or more direct taxpayer dollars)… they must consider the actual origins of the funds… like 1) who, or what group provides the funds and what is the group’s own mission, and 2) exactly how those funds will be spent within the health department, once the funds might be approved; not just accepting funding as IF it is FREE-“no strings attached” money. Strings such as those included by the recent possible food grant overseers…overseers called “The Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities”. Their spokesman in today’s Petoskey News Review, publicly stated their mission includes “Critical Race Theory” and various other priorities which presently are politically divisive. That issue rightfully was considered in evaluating the declined grant.
I feel the present health board members certainly are trying to represent the public, with oversight of the health department in the manner as is their responsibility according to the law, and I thank them.
Karla Buckmaster
05/18/23 [Public Comment during 18 May 2023 Emmet County Board of Commissioners meeting]
~ Area's FIRST Orthopedist Retires ~
Dr. Victor Mateskon
1981
Dr. Victor Mateskon
1981
~ Medical Building and Parking Lot by Burns Professional Building ~
Petoskey, Michigan
1 June 2011
Petoskey, Michigan
1 June 2011
~ NIVA Lab ~ Petoskey Surgeons ~
(Located across from the McLaren Regional Hospital...
NIVA Lab at 521 Monroe Street, Petoskey, Michigan)
20 August 2010
(Slideshow Below)
(Located across from the McLaren Regional Hospital...
NIVA Lab at 521 Monroe Street, Petoskey, Michigan)
20 August 2010
(Slideshow Below)
~ Phosphorous Bunion ~
~ Polio (Infantile Paralysis) and Iron Lung ~
Noel Feather contracted polio in 1945
while in Grand Rapids with his sister and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Feather.
Noel passed while in Blodgett Hospital.
Noel had been one of the students instrumental in the creation of the Petoskey Mural
which hung in the Petoskey High School senior study hall,
and now, in 2022 hangs in Student and Community Resource Center at North Central Community College.
while in Grand Rapids with his sister and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Feather.
Noel passed while in Blodgett Hospital.
Noel had been one of the students instrumental in the creation of the Petoskey Mural
which hung in the Petoskey High School senior study hall,
and now, in 2022 hangs in Student and Community Resource Center at North Central Community College.
An Iron Lung In Memory of Noel Thomas Feather who Passed at 15 Years Old...
Contributed by the Public
1945
Photo Below: "Bought with fund drive started by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Feather
whose 15 year old son Noel Thomas contracted polio...
whose 15 year old son Noel Thomas contracted polio...
1950 ~ Noel Feather
1955 ~ Gloria Gillett
1954 ~ Remembering Polio Tragedy of 1945
1958 ~ FIRST Polio Case of the year
1964 ~ Polio Vaccine Received by Thousands in Petoskey
~ Polio Fund Drive ~
1959
1959
Petoskey school nurse Alma Cessar, R.N. helped to administrator the polio shots, among her other medical duties.
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~ Radioclast Examinations ~
Used by Dr. L.L. Bates, D.C. Chiropractor in 1937
Used by Dr. L.L. Bates, D.C. Chiropractor in 1937
~ Science and Historical Research ~
~ Sanatorium Company in Petoskey, Michigan ~
1901
1901
Photo Below:
The Sanitarium on the north side of Lake Street west of the Bear River in Petoskey, Michigan...
The Sanitarium on the north side of Lake Street west of the Bear River in Petoskey, Michigan...
~ Sanatorium/Sanitarium ~
1881 Bay Shore House or Petoskey Sanitarium
1937 Tuberculosis Sanitorium
Article Below: Both Emmet and Charlevoix counties were serviced by the
Northern Michigan Tuberculosis Sanitorium located in Gaylord, Michigan.
Northern Michigan Tuberculosis Sanitorium located in Gaylord, Michigan.
1952 TB Sanatorium Addition
Christmas Seal money spear-pointed the campaign for the facility.
Christmas Seal money spear-pointed the campaign for the facility.
~ Sleep ~
~ Small Pox ~
~ Spanish Influenza ~
1918
1918
Several Petoskey military men died from the Spanish Flu, often followed by pneumonia, never having seen battle. The World War I Memorial plaque rests on a huge rock. This interesting memorial site was directly across from the Petoskey City Hall, and next to an historic pavilion which includes a mineral well that enticed early 1900 visitors for the supposed health benefit of the mineral water. This was the original site of the World War I Memorial presented as a gift of The Federation of Women's Clubs May 30, 1923. Mrs. W.G. McCune, 714 Lake Street, Petoskey was chairman of the placing of the memorial to the men of Emmet County who gave their lives in their country's service in the World War. The plaque also refers to the surrounding elm trees of 1923 in Mineral Well Park:
"THE ELM TREES IN THIS PARK WERE PLANTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE YOUNG MEN OF EMMET COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE"
Later this memorial stone with plaque was moved to Petoskey's Pennsylvania Park.
Click HERE to access a web page honoring those Emmet County military men of WWI. Obituaries are posted on the web page for 31 of the 37 names on the 1923 memorial, noting that several of the men died from Spanish Influenza.
"THE ELM TREES IN THIS PARK WERE PLANTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE YOUNG MEN OF EMMET COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE"
Later this memorial stone with plaque was moved to Petoskey's Pennsylvania Park.
Click HERE to access a web page honoring those Emmet County military men of WWI. Obituaries are posted on the web page for 31 of the 37 names on the 1923 memorial, noting that several of the men died from Spanish Influenza.
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