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Book Title: A History Of Blanchardville, Gem Of The Pecatonica

Dentists

    Dr. Isely was Blanchardville's first dentist. Succeeding dentists were Dr.
W. D. Tickner, Dr. F. S. Waite, Dr. Nitardy, Dr. G. A. Rienke, Dr. W. N. Bailey,
Dr. S. Bakke, Dr. N. A. Nelson and Dr. L. Allen.

Dr. W. D. Tickner

    Dr. Tickner, his wife and three children, Louis, Henry and Cora moved from
Milton Junction to Blanchardville in 1900. He practiced dentistry here until he
was called into the ministry.

Dr. W. N. Bailey

    Dr. Bailey, 63, passed away at his home in Madison, Wisconsin, on Dec. 9,
1935 after a short illness of influenza.

    He was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin and practiced dentistry in
Blanchardville, Brooklyn, Sun Prairie and Cadott.

    Dr. Bailey came to Blanchardville from Cadott. He had a temporary dental
office in the Ryan Hotel until his office rooms were ready for occupancy in the
H. H. Marshall Building.

    Dr. and Mrs. Bailey had one son, Thurman.

Dr. Simon Bakke

    Dr. Bakke was born at DeForest, Wisconsin on Dec. 27, 1882 and passed away
at Madison, Wisconsin in 1962 at the age of 80 years.

    He practiced dentistry in Blanchardville and also in DeForest, Wisconsin.

    Dr. Bakke married Gladys Connors of DeForest. Three sons were born to this
union: James, John, and Dr. Knight Bakke, a dentist.

Dr. Leslie Allen

    Dr. Leslie R. Allen, 64, native of Argyle, Wisconsin, who served as
Professor of Dentistry at the University of Alabama, died Feb. 16, 1976, at
Birmingham, Alabama where he resided.

    The son of the late Cyrus and Hattie McGranahan Allen of Argyle, he was
graduated from Argyle High School .in 1930 and from the College of Liberal Arts
of Marquette University and the School of Dentistry in 1936. He practiced
dentistry in Milwaukee and Blanchardville until July of 1942 when he entered the
U. S. Army.

    During his Air Force career, he served in Japan and Washington, D. C. He
retired from active service in December of 1964 and accepted an appointment as
Associate Professor of Dentistry in the Prosthetic Department of the School of
Dentistry, University of Alabama until his appointment to the Dental School of
Louisiana State University in New Orleans, as Professor and Head of the
Department of Prosthodontics in 1968.

    Dr. Allen was married to the former Dorothy J. Grundmann of Milwaukee in
1932, who survives, as well as a brother, John W. Allen.

Dr. N. A. Nelson

    Dr. Nelson, a native of Chicago, became an avid baseball player and "fan" at
an early age and has been an excellent tennis player. He possesses much musical
ability, with a penchant for the violin.

    Dr. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Dental School
(December, 1931). The following summer he passed the Wisconsin State Board
examination. He set up practice in August, 1932, in Blanchardville. He has
survived the depression of the thirties, the World War II years and is now
bucking the inflation of the seventies.

    He and his wife, Edna, enjoy living in a small community.


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