By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian
100 yrs ago - June 1, 2011
The annual Memorial Day
ceremony noted that the veterans of the Civil War are quickly dying off. A
Waukesha County Civil War monument has been ordered at a cost of $4,000 from
an Eastern firm. It is bare, white granite, and 39-feet tall. It will be
dedicated on Sept. 10 to remember the Battle of Chickamauga (south of
Chattanooga) where many Wisconsin and Waukesha soldiers fought and died.
50 yrs ago - June 1, 1961
Paul Cain is the manager of
the Sussex Land O'Lakes Baseball team that beat Lannon 10-4 with first
baseman Arne Lemke and pitcher Jerry Tetzlaff doing the damage to Shupe
DeCristafaro's Lannon LOL team. Lemke was 5 for 6 with 4 RBIs. One hit was a
two-run homer. Jimmie Jones scored four runs for Sussex. Tetzlaff scattered
13 hits to Lannon with Dick Gruetzmacher getting three.
25
yrs ago - June 1, 1986
The new Hamilton Athletic Booster
Club tickets/concession building was adorned with artwork by Wendy Fryda.
James F. Sensenbrenner will run for his ninth term for U. S. Representative.
The Sussex Fire Department torched the former Magnusson home in east Sussex
on Highway 74.
The Hamilton boys track team won the Braveland
Conference meet.
10 yrs ago - June 1, 2002
The Sussex Village Board wants overpasses for the Canadian National Railroad
at the three grade crossings in the village.
Roger Johnson is
leading the drive to start a Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society.
The new Hamilton Band Director is Jon Waite.
The Hamilton
girls track team won the area sectional track meet and will go to state.
Five yrs ago - June 1, 2006
Rita Hahn, who lives on
Bowling Green Street, had her large, front-lawn tree struck by lightening.
The bolt damaged underground gas lines.
A ground-breaking was
held for the Sussex North Shore Bank. Candy Walecki will be the branch
manager.
Today - June 1, 2011
p1.
Goetz: Let's talk border pact - Meeting may be first step in mediation over
dispute; cont'd p10.
Sun to offer bonus
coverage of Falls; cont'd p10.
photo - Cub
Scout Andy Sailor atop his father's (Andy) shoulders watching the
Sussex Memorial Day Parade; more photos on pp8-9.
p2.
Incorporation fight linked to library talks - Lisbon, Sussex to resume
library negotiations.
p3. Banker named to Village Board -
Robert Zarzynski approved unanimously
Summer starts early with Old Falls Days
p5. Hamilton budget
comes into focus - Levy stays stable, state aid drops. budget shrinks
p6. Celebrations on tap for 30th birthday - Beer Capitol, leading employer,
distributor
New Walmart market nearly a
done deal - Development would redevelop former Pig (former site at Main St.
and Pilgrim Rd. in Meno Falls)
p7. Police liaison: Lisbon
speeders will be ticketed
p11. Review board likely split on
incorporation decision - Conference call now slated for June 15
p14. Retrospect - Lisbon's Alfred Weaver's role in the Civil War
p15. photo - Fred Keller giving tour to Roy Lembcke, Mike Gallus, Leon
Broman, Dan Steffan and Jim Van Valin, graduates of 1957 Main St. School 8th
grade.
Funeral Services - Owen Douglas
Bissing, 6 months, Sussex, died Thursday, May 26, 2011
Doris "Dodie" Howard, nee Riewe, 84, of Lisbon, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Debra L. LoMenzo, 54, of Sussex, died, Saturday, May 28, 2011.
p17. Menzia goal clinches third place - Hamilton kicker top Tosa East in
overtime thriller.
Relays dialed up for
state runs - Boys 4x200 will compete for title, record; cont'd p19. Boys
move to state.
photo - Aaron Beck playing
singles tennis game.
p18. Baton twirlers - Hamilton boast
three-title seeking relays at state.
Goecks advances to sectional - Hamilton golf team takes sixth at Washington
county regional, advances one individual; photo - Preston Leonard taking a
swing.
JV softball closes on high note
White's goal leads to tie.
p19. Lannon pulls surprise, wins
twice more - Stonemen move to 5-2 wins over Monches, Merton
Chargers girls split season's final games
Baseball team wins three of four (Sussex Hamilton)
p20.
Sussex drops a pair
Pages From the Past
June 8, 2011
100 yrs ago - June 8, 1911
Waukesha Beach amusement
park on the south shore of Pewaukee Lake is now open for the summer.
The case, US vs Standard Oil has been decided with the monopoly of Standard
Oil now broken up.
The shortest line to the Pacific Northwest
is now in place and it comes through Lisbon.
50 yrs ago -
June 8, 1961
The Sussex Fire Department held a ladies
night banquet with dancing at Sussex Community Hall. Ken Miller's orchestra
provided the music.
The Sussex Seventh Grade class took
a field trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Jones Island, the airport, and the
Cinerama*. The eight grade visited Madison and Devils Lake.
*The
7th Grade class probably saw: SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Theater: Palace
Premiere: April 25, 1961
Duration: 24 weeks
Format: Cinerama (3-strip)
Hype: “SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD as seen through the greatest
wonder…CINERAMA!” Cinerama, the legendary motion picture process that kicked
off the widescreen revolution!
25 yrs ago - June 8,
1986
With a 13-1 record, the Hamilton girls softball team
took its second straight Braveland Conference Championship.
A
passing truck snagged an overhead electrical line on Main Street shutting
down Olde Templeton Inn and cancelling the Friday fish fry.
The Sussex PDQ super market is advertising a quart of strawberries for $1.28
The Hamilton High School class of 1986 valedictorians were Julie Becker and
Agnes Bereny.
10 yrs ago - June 8, 2001
The $1,000,000 expansion of the Sussex Fire Department building is nearing
completion.
The number of Sussex residents over age 65 has grown 8.3 per
cent since 1990 to 713 residents. Residents age 85 and older jumped from 22
in 1990 to 80 in 2000.
James Barber, age 70, died on May 24.
He was a Sussex area builder for 31 years.
The total
scholarships earned by Hamilton seniors amounted to $772,000.
Mindy's Antiques has opened in downtown Sussex. She has 41 years of
experience.
The Hamilton girls track team took second at
state with Jenny Prochazka winning both the shot put and discus.
Today - June 8, 2011
p1. Pig plan may change - Main
Street plan may still be approved; cont'd p3. Pig owners debate rebuilding
or remodeling.
Lisbon's incorporation
depends upon numbers - dispute over developable land now key issue; cont'd
p2. Board chairman has to render a decision by June 17.
photo - Kaylee Lor blowing bubbles waiting hot air balloon launch at Lannon
Elementary School; more photos and story on pp10-11.
p2.
Butler clerk parts for job in St. Francis - After five years, Timothy Rhode
says goodbye.
p6. Parishioner hits artistic jackpot -
Artist's paintings discovered, set for display, and sale.
(Carol) Braeger banks blood for community for 50 years.
p7.
Monches peacocks looking for a new home.
p8. Bomb scare
prompts probe at Hamilton H. S.
Woman charged in Lisbon burglary.
p10-11. Books, bubbles,
brownies and a big balloon; School community celebrates reading milestone -
Making it to the million minute mark; w/photos.
p13. Funeral
Service - Gerald "Gerry" Mueller, 78, of Menomonee Falls, died Thursday, May
26, 2011.
p14. photo - Sussex Daisy girl Scout Troop 4585,
community project to plant flowers.
p15. Retrospect - Main
Street closes in 1957 (Main Street widening)
p17. House of
speed - Hamilton wins two relay championships, takes second in another.
photo - Shannon Burke attempts to clear the bar in the pole vault.
p18. Injury clouds state meet showing - Cameron Clinton-Earl takes third in
hurdles event; w/photo.
Lannon falls in 10
innings
p19. Win over Brookfield East caps brilliant season -
Hamilton soccer team goes out strong before falling to Homestead
JV/freshman teams in swing
Chargers start
baseball season 4-4
Pages From the Past June 15, 2011
100 yrs ago - June 15, 1911
In Lannon, A. Walters has
purchased a 2-year-old pacer gelding.
Lannon has a double
death in the Glietz family from malignant diphtheria.
Veterinarians who service Lisbon farmers are Dr. A. M. Haushalter of
Menomonee Falls and Dr. David Roberts of Waukesha.
A pumping
jack can be purchased for $37.50
W. T. Camp is the president
of the Lannon Sunny Side Cemetery.
50 yrs ago - June 15,
1961
Sussex lost first place and a Land O'Lakes baseball
game 19-14. The game lasted three hours and 22 minutes, nine home runs were
hit, the contest with Calhoun. Jim Jones, Ted Tetzlaff and Bones Clarey hit
homers for Sussex.
St. James catholic will graduate 29 from
eighth grade.
The Sussex Home and School Club will
participate in the play, "Auntie Tillie Goes to Town" at Sussex Community
Hall.
25 yrs ago - June 15, 1986
Sussex
Postmaster since 1976, Russel Liebundgut is retiring at age 57.
Marchese's Danceland staged a 200-plus person square dance party.
There is a group of Lisbon residents who object to the building of the
Lighthouse Baptist Church on Howard Lane.
Connie Samanske of
Lisbon is a finalist in the Miss Wisconsin Co-ed Pageant.
Gus
Gansmer is the president of the Sussex Lions Club.
10 yrs
ago - June 15, 2001
The Wisconsin State Public Service
Commission has approved the 30-inch gas pipeline that will go through Lisbon
and Sussex following the right of way of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Karen Wnuk, wife and mother of some outstanding Lannon baseball players, had
died suddenly at age 59 on June 8.
Hamilton has toughened
penalties for extracurricular activities for participants caught smoking,
drinking or using drugs.
Andre's Restaurant at Sussex Plaza is advertising a $5.99
Icelandic cod Friday fish dinner.
Five yrs ago - June 15,
2006
The Pauline Haass Public Library recently named Joe
Egle as the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.
Horace Moran,
the very first Hamilton basketball coach and member of the Wisconsin
Basketball Hall of Fame, has died at age 96. He was a mathematics teacher at
Hamilton when it opened in 1962.
Today June 15, 2011
p1. Sussex spends $40.000 to block Lisbon incorporation - Village officials
not sure if legal fees will continue; cont'd p3. Riffle hasn't been paid for
hearing, conference
District target of
complaint - Belling claims Falls violated open-meetings law; cont'd p3. DA
investigates complaint.
photo - 2011 HHS
grads Leah Schawberg and twin brother Max (list of all grads on page 7)
p2. Sounds of Sussex offers three free concerts and family fun; photo
Ste-in-Out band
Hearing slated for
Reinders
p5. Man accused of stealing broken-down car
Woman sentenced for heroin.
p6. Sussex company's health put
to the test - Power Test employees take military fitness test.
p7. Sussex Hamilton High School class of 2011; see photos HHS scholars p8.;
cont'd p9.
High scores for HHS students in
Financial Literacy Challenge
Templeton
raises money in St. Jude Marathon.
p11. photo HHS 2011 Junior
prom court.
p12. Music for a time, a place - Hamilton grad
releases CD; photo - Jay Matthes.
p16. Retrospect - Memorial
service planned for Lisbon farmer (George McKerrow)
p18. HHS
soccer enjoyed brilliant season - Chargers produce highest-ever finish in
conference among series of benchmarks, w/photo - Annamarie Zuzick
Chargers softball team made progress this spring - Young Hamilton team heads
into 2012 season with reason for optimism after 9-13 season; w/poto Sami
Williams
p19. Monches edges Sussex, 5-4, in LOL West; photo -
Bryan Laabs
p20. Hamilton baseball squad getting closer to
breakthrough - Baseball team earns split
Goecke led HHS gold team, photo
Apel
second again
Photo - Sussex United U10
Girls Academy team
p24. Merton-Lisbon snowplow pact pending -
Village officials prefer contract with town drivers.
Pages From the Past
June 22, 2011
100 yrs ago -
June 22, 1911
The popular family
resort, Waukesha
Beach, on the south
shore of Pewaukee
Lake has frequent
visitors from
Lisbon.
10 yrs ago - June
22, 2001
Tom Konkol is
retiring from
coaching Hamilton
girls soccer after
17 years.
Culver's in Sussex
held its grand
opening June 18-24.
Five yrs ago -
June 22, 2006
Lisbon is asking
Waukesha County
authorities to
inspect and improve
the intersection of
Town Line and Good
Hope Roads.
The Sussex Lioness
has installed
Nanette Modjeska as
its president.
The Weyer home on
Sussex Main Street
will be demolished.
A group of Lisbon
home owners is suing
Halquist Stone Co.
over ground water
issues.
Today June 22,
2011
p1. Shared cop
contract mulled;
cont'd p10. Savings
likely with a single
sheriff's contract
Incorporation appeal
is likely - State
board denies Lisbon
efforts to become a
village; cont'd p5.
Dietrich still
hopeful for new
library agreement.
photo - Honorary
Youth Chair Kaitlyn
Sweeney pours sand
into the "Hope" jar.
American Cancer
Society
p2. State cuts and
savings equal
balancing act
Recalls expected to
cost thousands for
Falls, Germantown.
p3. Lisbon limits
big trucks on
Hillside - Public
works director
encourages 6-ton
limit.
p6. State board
denies Lisbon
incorporation
Dan Martin
recognized for many
years of service in
Lannon
p8. Hamilton
Horizons - HEF hits
$1 million funding
milestone with STARS
grants; w/ photos.
p11. New restaurant
in Seigo's building
( owner of Boneyard
Pub & Grill )
Sussex Case
(Miller-Bradford &
Risberg) distributor
to host rodeo
Reinders relocation
approved -
Headquarters moving
from Elm Grove.
p12. photos - Relay
for Life
p15. Retrospect -
Taffy pull at Sussex
teen event 58 years
ago.
p16. Lions tap
students' creativity
for car show art -
Students, members
receive awards at
annual meeting,
w/photo.
p18. Tough sailing
in conference for
HHS ; w/ photos.
p19. A weighty
issue: wrestling
classes changes.; w/
photos.
Cards falter in
ninth against West
Bend in LOL West.
p20. tough week for
HHS JV team; w/
photo
Pages From the Past
June 29, 2011
Posted: June 28,
2011
100 years
ago - 1911
The Wisconsin
farmers favorite
types of chicken
are White
Wyandotts, Rhode
Island Reds and
White Rocks.
Many Lisbon
farmers get
their breeding
stock for White
Rocks from the
Halbach
Riverdale Farm
in Waterford,
owned by Herman
Halback.
John McCarty
of Vermillion,
S.D. was in
Lannon to take
possession of
the Lannon
property willed
to him by Thomas
McCarty.
In the recent
case of Lannon
resident, Peter
Kiefer, charged
with selling
liquor to
minors; he was
judged "Not
guilty."
50 years ago
- 1961
The Northeast
Unit of the
Democrat Party
has rented the
Sussex Community
Hall to have
monthly
meetings.
The A&P
stores advertize
whole chicken
fryers for .29
cents a pound …
cut up cost .93
cents. Private
label Yucon soda
water is
advertized at
.10 cents for 24
ounce bottles,
plus deposit on
glass bottles.
Miss Clara
DeCaluwe Was a
lifetime
resident of the
Town o Lisbon,
member Lisbon
Presbyterian
Church and a
graduate of
North Lisbon
Grade School.
She was buried
at the Lisbon
Central Library.
25 years ago
- 1986
The annual
Sussex Lisbon
park and
Recreation
swimming lessons
and open
swimming has
started its
season at the
Canning Company
water filled old
quarry. The high
and low diving
boards and the
two rafts are
getting a lot of
use.
Advertised in
the Sussex Sun
is a new Subaru
4WD station
wagon for
$9,799.
The Sussex
Lions Club is
constructing a
48 by 160 foot
open air shelter
in the Village
Park.
10 years ago
- 2001
Four men were
honored by the
Sussex Lions
Club for
outstanding club
participation
and leadership.
They include
Terry Marcou, Al
Frantl, Gene
Marx and Gabe
Kolesari.
Bob Jones is
inducted into
the Sussex
Baseball Hall of
Fame and the
Land O'Lakes
Hall of Fame.
Paul Coburn
was the MVP of
the annual Super
Park and Rec
Hershey Track
met for ages
9-14.
5 years ago
- 2006
The YMCA is
seeking input
(and donations)
for a proposed
155 acre
facility on
Highway 164,
just north of
Richmond Road.
The Sussex
Lions Club has a
new president,
Kevin Cumming.
The gap in
the Bug Line
Trail through
the former
Mammoth Spring
Canning Co. will
be opened to the
public.
Today - June
29, 2011
p1. Goetz wants new village
hall - Village President wants construction in
3-5 years; cont'd p9. Goetz pushes for movement
on village hall plans.
Fun on
tap for Fourth celebrations
p2. Linton-Reed objects to
closed meeting - Says Lisbon closed meeting may
be illegal
Annual
Lannon car show a no-go this summer; Cars on
Main may return next year.
p3. Main Street rebuilding
project begins; Design work to begin on 2015
construction project.
p10. Mechanical bulls - Case
Triple Threat Rodeo tests operators' skills,
speed in Sussex, w/photos.
p11. Developers need all
right pieces; Builders, lender explain new
approaches to development.
p14. Retrospect - William H.
S. Edwards, Lisbon farmer, teacher & politician
p17. Drivers concerned by
waning interest; photo - Apel a Day, Steve Apel
of Sussex takes his car through a turn at
Slinger last year; cont'd p19. Crowd thinning.
One step
forward, two steps back - ups and downs of
Hamilton varsity baseball team.
p18. photos - Lake Country
All-Area Team (baseball shows Jenny Shernell and
Sami Williams from Sussex Hamilton)
p19. Hamilton tops Hale on
Monday (5-3 in a Greater Metro Conference game)
photos'
Sussex U13 pitcher Alex Fischer and Cole
Anderson.
