Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1995 pg 11
100 years ago this week
The oyster super at the Sussex Methodist Church
on New Year’s Eve was attended and a big
success.
Sussex resident Claude Greengo came home for the
holidays from
Detroit Medical College.
Charlie and Earnest Weaver returned to
Beloit College after the holidays.
John R. Small was the representative from Sussex
at the state convention of Modern Woodman
(insurance society).
50 years ago this week
Mr. and Mrs. John Mudlitz of
Main Street, Sussex, received the news
that their son Raymond had been killed in action
in
Germany. He was a member of the First
Army in
Belgium.
Because of the sudden resignation of teacher
Delores Raymond at Sixteen School the one-room
school was closed and the students were
transferred to Sussex Main Street School.
After an oyster supper New Year’s Eve, Paul
Braeger, Harcourt Weaver, Walter Hardiman and
Claude Kaderabek came to Sussex at midnight and
woke up the village by ringing
St. Alban’s Church bells. Some people
said it was the oysters and others said it was
the liquid used to wash down the oysters.
Will McKerrow was the leader of a Lisbon United
Presbyterian
Young People’s meeting just after New
Year’s Day.
25 years ago this week
A bucket of 21 pieces of Kentucky Fried
Chicken cost $4.50 on New Year’s day.
The Hamilton faculty basketball team, led by Guy
Vance’s 25 points and Stan Grove’s 11, lost to
the Hamilton alumni, 50-46.
10 years ago this week
Psychological tests will be given to kidnaper
Thomas Opachen.
Paul Fleischmann filed papers to run against
incumbent Sussex president John Tews.
Donald Eggum announced he was leaving the county
coroner post.
Dan Heckman was chosen all-tournament at the
Hamilton Holiday basketball tournament.
There was 20 inches of snow in December, 1984.
Thirteen inches fell on Dec. 25 and 26, with
Dec. 28 temperatures going up to 65 degrees.
5 years ago this week
Gordon Heller,
Templeton Middle School principal for 20
years, announced his retirement, effective at
the end of the school year.
1990 marked the 100th anniversary of
the naming of Lannon. It was Hadfield and Stone
City.
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1995 pg 14
100 years ago this week
The Sussex Dancing Club enjoyed a party at the
Lisbon Town Hall (today Sussex Family Practice)
on New Year’s Eve.
Miss Cora Templeton had a party for her friends
at her Templeton home (where Hardee’s is today).
James Templeton was elected sheriff of Waukesha
County. His son Andrew will serve as
undersheriff. James Templeton will move from his
home on Waukesha Avenue to the Waukesha County
jail house where he will live. He expects to
sell his store in Templeton but will continue to
own his grain elevator on the Wisconsin Central
Railroad side track.
50 years ago this week
The North Lisbon School will have a
parent-teacher meeting.
Royal Woodchick of Sussex has graduated from
Flight Officer School in Texas and is now an
Army Air Force pilot.
25 years ago this week
Hamilton seniors were exempt from the final exam
if they maintain a B average or better in class.
The Sussex-Lisbon Jaycees held a Christmas tree
pickup on Jan. 11 with a mass burning on Jan.
12.
10 years ago this week
Marie DeVillers was taken off the Lisbon ballot
for clerk after her nomination papers were one
short of the required 20 valid signatures.
Charles Schuldt filed to battle Michael Ertl for
Lisbon’s No. 2 supervisor post. Gus Sandroni
filed against Richard Titus for the No. 4
supervisor post.
John Zebell, Sun Editor, started writing a
column titled, "For Whom Zebell Tolls."
Terry Zignego is the Sussex librarian.
5 years ago this week
Longtime Hamilton school board members Carolyn
Limjoco and Nancy Mansavage decide not to seek
re-election.
Lisbon and town chairman Don Holt reopened
consolidation talks with the Village of Sussex.
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1995 pg 21
100 years ago this week
Roderick Ainsworth was the Lisbon representative
on the Waukesha County Board.
Barker’s Band furnished the music at the second
monthly Sussex Dance Club meeting at the Lisbon
Town Hall.
M.H. Pendergast was hired by the Champeny
Creamery.
The Town of Lisbon scraped together five barrels of used clothing to send to the suffering people of Nebraska.
50 years ago this week
The Willow Spring School 4-H Club was headed by
president Barbara Barrett and vice president
Melvin Metzger.
Mrs. John Magnusson, East Main Street, Sussex,
was informed that her son, Capt. Sven Magnusson,
had been captured by the Germans in the Battle
of the Bulge.
The Sussex High School boys and girls alumni
teams defeated the ninth and 10th grade teams at
the Sussex Community Hall gym.
Ralph Clarey was serving in the Merchant
Marines.
25 years ago this date
The Sussex Lions and Lionettes conducted a mass
blood drive for two Sussex residents – trustee
Robert Mayer, who had a kidney transplant, and
A.C. "Bud" Halquist, who was set to undergo open
heart surgery.
The Sussex assessor was Eugene Kersten.
A part-time deputy police officer, Dale
Schickowski, was hired for Sussex. His pay was
$3.50 per hour. (He lasted only a short time.)
10 years ago this week
Lisbon chairman Don R. Holt’s signature on his
nomination papers wa questioned.
Deborah Schultz again made a run for the Lannon
Village Board.
Twenty-eight inches of snow fell since Christmas.
Tom Tradewell received the Award of Merit from
Northeast District (Boy) Scouting.
Richard Klug, F&M Bank, came to the village to
give awards to Sussex bank employees.
5 years ago this week
Lisbon studied future sewer needs.
Flu hit the high school hard during exam week.
Al Perkins, outgoing president of the
Sussex-Lisbon Business and Professional
Association, was honored.
Sussex Lioness Club, with Pat Stoffel president,
celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1995 pg 21
100 years ago this week
James Butler has been reported on the sick list
in late January. (Butler recovered and on July
5, 1897, murdered his wife by hacking her to
death with an ax).
Lisbon resident Jerry Smith (since 1849)
complained that there were no squirrels or
rabbits for hunting. Especially rare which are
hunted from their burrows by the use of ferret,
called "Nasskittel," locally.
50 years ago this week
Wilfred Mamerow of Sussex made the Land O’
Lakes All-Star
basketball team which will oppose the Oshkosh
All-Stars at the Menomonee Falls High School
gym. The Oshkosh All-Stars were the World’s
Basketball (professional) champions in 1941 and
’42.
25 years ago this week
George Anderson was the president of the
Hamilton School Board.
The Sussex village board started meeting twice a
month as the village is growing at a fantastic
rate.
The officers of the Lannon Fire Department are
chief Keith Gissal, assistant chiefs Syd Gissal
and Godfrey (Shupe) DeCristofaro, captains
Walter Becker and Harvey Rossman and lieutenants
Robert Monacelli and LaVerne Ehley.
Templeton Middle School will have its official
dedication ceremony as it is in its first year
of existence.
10 years ago this week
A low temperature of minus-27 degrees was
recorded at the Sussex Wastewater Treatment
Plant on Jan. 20.
Robert Ische of Lannon took over Zimmermann’s
Corner, renaming it "Dilly’s."
Hamilton committed to move to the eight-team
all-Waukesha County Braveland in September 1985.
5 years ago this week
Lisbon Plank one-room school began planning an
all-school reunion.
Area prepared for the U.S. census.
Merger study between Lisbon and Sussex was
killed.
Final stages of remodeling of the old Main
Street School for the new Sussex Village Hall
were taking place.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1995 pg 6
100 years ago this week
The Templeton Quarry Co. had nearly completed
its lime kilns and they were expected to be in
operation by March 1. Today this I the location
of Friday Canning Co.
Oren Smith & Company took over the store lately
occupied by James Templeton.
Winter storms interfered with the delivery of
milk to the Champeny Creamery (today on Maple
and Champeny Drive).
50 years ago this week
The local Sussex southern division LOL team was
called the "Sussex Canners" as they were funded
by the Mammoth Spring Canning Co.
A fire destroyed a 36-by-80-foot farm building
at the McKerrow farms. One hundred sheep were
lost.
25 years ago this week
Templeton Middle School had an enrollment of 890
sixth, seventh, and eigth
graders. The TMS staff included 57.
The state-ranked Hamilton wrestling team was
10-1 for the season.
Three Hamilton students, Dorothy Oster, Bruce
Beuchel and Dean Stone, along with alternate
Henry Hecker, appeared on the TV panel show "Who
Knows."
10 years ago this week
Over 40 inches of snow fell after Christmas.
The Waukesha district attorney cleared Don Holt
and Betty Fryda of alleged forgery on Lisbon
nomination papers. Holt said that his signature
is his signature and not someone else writing in
it.
The Sussex village board approved five as fire
inspectors: Tim Hartman, Tom Schlei, Gabe
Kolesari, Jake White and Corky Curtis.
5 years ago this week
Keith Wunrow, veteran Hamilton assistant
superintendent, announced plans to retire at the
end of the school year.
A blizzard dumped eight inches of snow in the
area.
Sussex village employees voted 6-1 to join a
union.
Aces II Rock Shop opened in Sussex.
Realignment was in the works for Hamilton’s
athletic program.