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

DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC [D.C.]
Tena Hendrickson
Kenneth Lyngaas

EARLY MID WIVES
Mrs. Nancy Dobson
Mrs. John Schee

EARLY PRACTICAL NURSES
Mrs. Emily Wilson
Mrs. Emma White

EARLY REGISTERED NURSES
Miss Mary Wilberg
Miss Hulda Nybroten
Sister Sophia Benson

Gould's Salve
    Marcy Linus Gould (1846-1915), father of the late Walter Gould, made a
living by tramping through the surrounding area selling salve which he made.

    There were two kinds for people and two kinds for animals.

    "Stick Salve had to be melted onto a cloth and applied to infections. All
members of the Gould family had to help "pull" this salve like taffy candy until
it turned to a light tan color. It was rolled out like a rope and cut into
sticks about six inches long, then each stick was wrapped in wax paper. It was
used for infections.

    "Tramp" Salve with a vaseline base, was used for colds and congestion, and
it was sold in round, tin boxes.

    There was a cow pox salve and hoof-rot medicine which had to be mixed just
before using. It was bottled and applied with a feather.

    Walter Gould made the salve for those who requested it and he left the
recipes to his son, Robert, of Darlington.

    Many older people remember using the salve, and they always kept a supply on
hand.

Kammerude Nursing Home
    The home was located in the country on the Kammerude farm between
Blanchardville and Argyle on Highway 78. The home was started in the early
1950's and over the years Mary Kammerude (Mrs. P. O.) cared for more than sixty
people.

    In those days there weren't many nursing homes in the area. Mary was working
as a nurse's aide at St. Clare Hospital in Monroe. A Blanchardville resident,
Mrs. Lizz Rogers, was a patient in the St. Clare Hospital with a broken hip. She
was concerned because she had nowhere to go and no one to care for her when she
was dismissed from the-hospital. Mrs. Ida Barge, Mary's sister, suggested that
she take Mrs. Rogers into her home and care for her and she wouldn't have that
long trip to Monroe every day. This was the start of the Kammerude Nursing Home.

    Mrs. Gladys Doyle, the Lafayette County case worker, assisted Mary with the
organizing of the home and helped with obtaining patients.

    Mr. George Horner of Blanchardville was an early patient in the home. The
home was allowed two patients at first and later the state licensed the home and
then seven patients were able to live there.

    The entire first floor of the home was converted to a nursing home and in a
short time it was full, and most of the patients were local people Mary had
known all her life.

    The state nurse was very helpful in the licensing of the home.

    Mary's daughters-in-law, Mildred and Doris Kammerude, helped with the care
of the patients. Peter O. Kammerude, her husband, helped with all the heavy work
until his death in 1969.

    Mrs. Lena Nyhus of Blanchardville lived at the home while Mary enjoyed a
trip around the world with Margaret Collentine. Others who worked at the home
were Mmes. Alpha Swenson, Gen Kelly, Viola Bishop, Alma Hanson, and Ida Lokken.
The last helper that hved at the home was Mrs. Mabel Moen of Blanchardville.
During these years Mrs. Katie Hendrickson did much of the baking for the nursing
home.

    The home closed in 1972 and was full at the time. Mrs. Millie Leonard (Ed),
Hollandale; Mrs. Inga Lien, Mrs. Mabel Wahl, Mrs. Hazel Doherty, Mrs. Otillie
Lien and Miss Nettie Thompson, Blanchardville; Mrs. Helma Hendrickson, Argyle,
and Mr. Nick Mellom, Mineral Point, were the last patients.


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