100 years
ago - 1911
In late July
wind and rain
did a lot of
damage to the
local telephone
lines in the
vicinity of
Sussex, Lisbon
and Lannon. T
There is a
push to put in
bigger, heavier
telephone poles
of the local
phone companies.
Barney Cawley
of Lannon has a
thriving
business of
delivering ice
blocks to local
houses and
businesses.
Lannon's A.E.
Pollard has
purchased a
horse and buggy
rig from E.P.
Davis. He thinks
his boys can
handle the horse
and buggy while
he recovers from
an accident with
his Big Winton
car and that
horses are safer
than cars.
50 years ago
- 1961
The Lannon
School Board
elected an at
large school
board member,
Keith Gissal,
the Lannon Post
Master and Fire
Chief.
The Sussex
playground
program had 1583
children on a
field trip to
Waukesha to
visit the Golden
Guernsey Dairy.
The field trip
was topped off
with a carton of
chocolate milk
for each kid.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Trapp
welcomed a new
son, Franklin,
born July 25.
Orval Cullen
pitched a
four-hitter as
the Sussex
Eastern Division
Land O' Puddles
team is now a
league leading
8-0 in Waukesha
youth baseball.
25 years ago
- 1986
Hamilton
cheerleaders,
Tracy Schroeder,
Jackie Casper
and Amy Lorenz
have attained
all American
status superstar
cheerleaders at
a recent
competition.
Family style
Friday fish
fries cost $4.95
at local Sussex
eateries.
When he isn't
the local
undertaker,
Terry Marcou
plays softball I
the Sussex over
35 softball
league for the
Marx Masonry
team.
Sussex is
considering a
stop and go
light at the
intersection of
Silver Spring
and Mains
Street.
10 years ago
- 2001
Stop and go
signals will be
operational in
September on
Town Line Road
and Highway Q.
A deli,
bakery and
coffee shop,
Perks, opened on
July 3 and doing
good business in
the
Sussex-On-the-Main
Shopping Center.
Waukesha
Sheriff Bill
Kruziki has been
nominated to
become a U.S.
Marshall, but
U.S.
Representative
James
Sensenbrenner
Jr. ...(?)
Lannon had a
15-3 season
record and tied
for the league
championship. A
playoff is
scheduled.
5 years ago
- 2006
A Federal
Court rejected a
suit to stop the
widening of
Highway 164
project.
A Wisconsin
Department of
Administration
has handed out
new 2006
population
estimates;
Sussex - 9,908,
Lisbon - 9,814
and Lannon -
972, down 37.
Pages From the Past
August 24, 2011
100 yrs
ago - 1911
The seven
students who
graduated from
the Lannon
School were John
B. Cawley, Glenn
Harmon, Loretta
Margraves, Seth
Pollard, John
Sheridan, Ethel
Snyder, and
Walter Unger.
Harold Brown
had a close call
on Good Hope
Road in Lannon
as he fell down
the stone bank
at Wisconsin
Stone Co. He
suffered bruises
and a broken
arm.
50 yrs ago
- 1961
A Maytag
washer and dryer
combination can
be bought for
$326.
The Lannon
Buttina-Zimdars
VFW Post 6989
will sponsor a
picnic and a
parade.
Lannon will
ask Menomonee
Falls to cede a
30 acre tract of
land to Lannon
for a possible
sewer plant. The
tract is on
Lannon road,
southeast
somewhat of the
grade school
property. It is
an old gravel
pit site.
25 yrs ago
- 1986
Dave Anderson
is the
administrator of
the Village of
Sussex.
Mike Delany
of the F&M Bank
won the Sussex
Chamber of
commerce Golf
Outing with a 44
over nine holes.
Hank Carlson got
the booby prize
for a 94. It was
listed as a
"High Honors"
award.
Anton "Tony"
Wegner, the
long-time Lannon
Land O'Lakes
baseball sponsor
died in Florida
at the age of
81. His
promotions in
Lannon are
legendary.
There is a
mini buffalo
herd on the
property of Ed
and Dorothy
McLaughlin, at
Whiskey corners.
10 yrs ago
- 2001
Pam Mehringer
of Lisbon
recently caught
a 415 pound
hammerhead shark
off the Baja
Peninsula in
Mexico.
Madeline T.
Lembke, 89, died
Aug 18. She
formerly owned
the 160 acres
where the Sussex
Corporate Center
Industrial Park
is located. She
is the
granddaughter of
the "father" of
Sussex-Lisbon,
pioneer, James
Weaver,
1800-1886.
Hamilton has
raised its ACT
test grade from
21.5 to 22.3 The
national average
is 21 and the
state average
this year is
22.2
5 yrs ago
- 2006
Sarah Stout
took a pile of
Wisconsin State
Fair rabbit blue
ribbons,
including four
first place and
a host of second
and third place
ribbons.
Quad/Graphics,
headquartered in
Sussex, has
purchased the
Reno, Nevada.
Craftsman Press
West.
John Vitale,
Willow Springs
Learning Center
principal, is
leaving to teach
and coach
football at
Pewaukee High
School.
Today August
24, 2011
Pages From the Past
August 31, 2011
100 yrs
ago - 1911
During 1911
Allison Weaver,
75, died and was
buried at Rose
Hill Cemetery.
He was the
husband of Jane
smith.
In other
burials at Rose
Hill Cemetery,
at the time was
little Henry
Christman, son
of Chester and
Elnora
Christman, who
died a day short
of his third
birthday, on
Feb. 28, 1911.
On Aug. 10,
James Souter,
son of David and
Jane Souter,
died at the age
of 71, and was
also buried at
Rose Hill
Cemetery.
50 yrs ago
- 1961
The Sussex
VFW Post is
having its
annual basket
lunch picnic on
the grounds of
Mary Hill.
A "Gourmet
Barbecue dinner"
will take place
on the grounds
of St. Alban's
Episcopal Church
with chef Marvin
Kramer. Roast
beef and chicken
will be the
fare.
Sussex
schools will
open Sept 6.
Doyle Alexander
is the principal
at Maple Avenue,
Main Street, and
Orchard Drive
Sussex schools.
The principal of
the Lannon Grade
School is Bertha
Garland. She is
expecting 225
students when
school opens.
25 yrs ago
- 1986
Repco, billed
as "Lannon's
largest Toro
Dealer" has a
summer closeout
for an eight
horsepower Toro
tractor and
mower for
$1,349.95
The new coach
of the Hamilton
girls volleyball
team is Mark
Wallesverd who
replaced the
legendary coach
Joan Remmel. The
Hamilton girls
are the
Braveland
defending
conference
champs.
A big wheel
will be Kim
Roskopf, the
Lannon Raindrops
were league
champs at 9-1
under coach Jack
Donahue.
10 yrs ago
- 2001
The
Sussex-Lisbon
Area Historical
Society became a
reality after 46
citizens voted
to adopt a
charter and
elect officers.
Hank Carlson is
the interim
chairman/president.
He later became
the first
elected
president.
In Sussex
there was a
report of 40
pounds of
pennies stolen.
Lannon wins a
15 inning
playoff game to
get the
privilege of
playing in the
Land O'Lakes
Grand
Championship
playoffs.
5 yrs ago
- 2006
The Redeemer
United Church of
Christ has
opened its new
doors two years
after a
disastrous old
church fire
(March 12-13,
2004)
Sussex
native, Leslie
Osborne is on
the U. S.
National Women's
Soccer team.
The fee to
play a sport at
Hamilton High
School is $30
per sport and is
limited to $90
per family.
