Posted: June 22, 2010
100 years ago - June 23, 1910
A wit added to last week's 1910 definition of
automobiles this ditty, "An auto consists of a
handsome leather upholstered carriage body
mounted on a gizzard full of machinery suffering
from various ailments. It is the speediest and
most stylish form of transportation known to
transport seven people to the police station."
50 years ago - June 23, 1960
A massive fire at the dump and tire storage
area near the Tamarack Swamp on Good Hope Road
was fought by the Menomonee Falls, Butler,
Lannon and Sussex fire departments taking seven
hours to control. The smoke cloud could be seen
as far as Bayside in Milwaukee.
25 years ago - June 23, 1985
The top two athletes at Hamilton for the
senior class are Lisa Ische and Dave Wnuk.
Jeff Semrad is the first Eagle Scout to come
out of Sussex Boy Scout Troop 175.
John Ziebell is the editor of the Sussex Sun.
Olde Quarry Daze return to Lannon as a
festival.
Beth Konkol will leave as Sussex Teen Club
coordinator after three years of service.
10 years ago - June 23, 2000
On May 10, 16 inches of rain fell in Sussex.
In the recent WIAA state high school track
meet Hamilton's junior Jenny Prohaska was the
repeat state champion in the shot put breaking a
10-year state record with 46 feet, ¼ inches.
Jason Huilbregtse is the valedictorian of the
Hamilton High School graduates.
Five years ago - June 23, 2005
Lannon has a 9-2 record in the Land O' Lakes
baseball league, a half game out of first place
(Oconomowoc at 9-1). Sussex is fourth in the
standings at 7-4.
Sussex women's softball league champs, Woller-Anger
is 7-0 at the half-way mark. Beth Brewer had two
homers for Woller-Anger in a recent 14-7 win at
Sussex Bowl.
Posted: June 29,
2010
100 years
ago - June 30,
1910
In Colgate
J.W. Whitaker
makes up cord
wood for
delivery for
heat to
Menomonee Falls
uses.
Nearby, W.P.
Connell made up
a lot of bails
of early hay for
delivery for
Milwaukee horse
owners.
50 years ago
- June 30, 1960
The Lannon
Village
president is
Frank Clucas.
The Lake Five
two-room school
on Hickory Road
had a school
year ending
grounds picnic
with mothers of
the school
children as
special guests.
Sussex will
get an improved
telephone system
this year as a
new building to
house it will be
built on Silver
Spring Drive.
25 years ago
- June 30, 1985
Special
championship
Hamilton
athletic letters
were awarded to
29 members of
the Hamilton
Boys track team
in recognition
of the first
ever Braveland
Conference
championship.
The Lannon
Olde Quarry Daze
featured women
mud wrestling
for local
amateur
contestants.
Carmela
Patterson a
longtime Sussex
library
volunteer dies
of cancer at age
41.
10 years ago
- June 30, 2000
Pam Gigg
Nettesheim was
honored at the
recent Hamilton
High School
graduation
ceremony with
the
"Distinguished
Alumnus Award."
Woodside
principal Dian
Loppnow has
taken early
retirement after
being the
first-year
principal of the
newest Hamilton
school.
WOW
Distributing Co.
will locate in
the new
Mindemann
Industrial Park
on Silver Spring
Drive.
Five years
ago - June 30,
2005
Summer school
in the Hamilton
School District
has attracted
nearly 1,500
students
enrolled in 55
classes and 233
sections with
145 staff
members.
Although
Lannon namesake
William Lannon
had no living
grandchildren
four distant
relatives
attended
Lannon's 75th
anniversary
celebration.
