Posted: Aug. 17,
2010 12:28 p.m.
100 years
ago - Aug. 18,
1910
The annual
sugar beet
growers and the
labor from the
Menomonee Falls
Sugar Beet Co.
had a big picnic
at the grove
east of Lake
Five.
The price of
an upright piano
is around $150.
In Lannon on
the farm of Miss
Mary Campbell a
fine deposit of
quality sand has
been discovered
and will be used
for the
construction of
the North
Western
Railroad.
50 years ago
- Aug. 18, 1960
The Horning
family held a
family reunion
at Bark Lake.
The
Horning/Stier
families came
from Germany in
the 1880s to
Lisbon; 50 were
present.
The Sussex
Raindrops won
their second
straight league
championship.
Three boys were
named to the all
league team from
Sussex: Danny
Gruelich, Bill
Kallio and Jack
Curtis. Also
outstanding on
the team was
Gary Bennett and
manager Richie
Goodreau.
25 years ago
- Aug. 18, 1985
The Sussex
Library will
have a
substitute
librarian, Joan
Moroney, as the
head librarian.
Head librarian
Terry Zignego is
on maternity
leave.
The original
graduating class
from Hamilton
High School held
a 20-year
reunion.
The Frantl
Softball team
has taken five
softball
trophies this
year with
pitcher Greg
Goetz going
60-11 while
batting .500.
10 years ago
- Aug. 18, 2000
Kelly Erdahl
of Lisbon was
the big winner
at the Lions
Daze raffle
walking away
with $10,000.
There was a
tragic accident
at Sussex Place
when 30-year-old
Tony Nash was
killed in a
wrestling match
for
entertainment.
Sussex is
trying various
solutions to
reduce radium
levels in its
municipal water
system.
Five years
ago - Aug. 18,
2005
Sussex wife
killer Todd Van
Lare has been
found criminally
insane. He
killed his wife
on Hastings Lane
Nov. 1, 2004.
An estimated
1,500 free ice
cream dishes
were served at
the annual
Friends of the
Pauline Haass
Library ice
cream social
according to
chair Jan
Gutbrod.
Posted: Aug. 24, 2010
100 years ago - Aug. 25, 1910
Mrs. James Gill of Lannon was run down by an automobile, resulting in a broken leg.
Lloyd S. Weaver of Lisbon was running for county coroner.
The Rev. Heywood of Sussex United Methodist Church preached and held services at the Menomonee Falls M. E. Church.
50 years ago - Aug. 25, 1960
Lisbon gentleman farmer Nick Reinhard and his wife had a garden party on their Plainview Road farm front lawn to honor their daughter, Mary Marlen, as she graduated from the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital school of nursing.
A donkey baseball game was set for the Lannon baseball field on Aug. 27. Tickets were 40 cents for children and $1 for adults.
25 years ago - Aug. 25, 1985
A tornado twisted through Lisbon, downing Austin Smith's barn on Harris Hill (Hillside Road).
There was a possible arson fire on Champeny Drive where matches were used to start a wood pile on fire, causing an estimated $1,500 in damages to the adjacent garage.
Stanley Stone had a free food stand by his home on Main Street.
10 years ago - Aug. 25, 2000
Wilbert "Red" Hackbarth died at age 76. "Lefty" Hackbarth was a former Lannon baseball pitcher who is in the Land O'Lakes baseball hall of fame.
In Sussex WolfenDales' slogan was "Great Ribs, Great Steaks, Great Place." It was listed in the Dennis Getto book under "100 Great Wisconsin Restaurants."
Five years ago - Aug. 25, 2005
Lisbon approved the Ironwood East subdivision for 36 lots adjacent to the golf course.
Sidewalks were part of the Sussex drive to be a "walkable community."
Lannon won the Western Division Land O'Lakes baseball championship as Scott Hagen went 5-for-5 against Oconomowoc.
