Pages from the Past
May 4, 2011
Posted: May 3,
2011
100 years
ago - May 4,
1911
The Lannon
estate of Thomas
McCartney and
Heman Harmon
have been
offered for
probate.
McCartney was
the executor of
Marmon's will
and has died; a
new one will
have to be
found.
50 years ago
- May 4, 1961
William Dopke
died at age 61.
He was the
maintenance man
at Mammoth
Spring Canning
Company for 30
years as well as
a Sussex fireman
for many years.
25 years ago
- May 4, 1986
Fifth-graders
will attend
Templeton Middle
School next
year.
Peter and
"Mrs. B"
Bernhart
celebrated their
35th wedding
anniversary.
Lester "Buck"
Reimer of Lannon
has been added
to the Land O'
Lakes Baseball
Hall of Fame.
Frank Drahos
of Sussex
harvested a
25-pound wild
turkey near
Boscobel.
The
Lighthouse
Baptist Church
is thinking of
building in
Lisbon on Howard
Lane.
10 years ago
- May 4, 2001
The Sussex
Village Park
baseball diamond
concession stand
will be
demolished after
being damaged by
a fire. A new
one will be
built.
Andrea
Ziebell set a
Hamilton girls
school record in
the 110-meter
hurdles with a
time of 1:53.7.
Kelly Johnson
set a record in
the 1600 meter
with a time of
5:25.9. She also
broke the school
record in the
3200-meter run
with a time of
11:39.1.
Five years
ago - May 4,
2006
Quad/Graphics
will appoint
Joel Quadracci
as its President
and Chief
Executive
Officer
replacing Thomas
Quadracci.
The Hamilton
Charger girls
softball team is
5-1 with
Katherine Mess
pitching. Jim
Lawinger has
been the girls
fast-picth
softball coach
since the 1970s.
Pages from the Past
May 11, 2011
Posted: May 10,
2011
100 years
ago - May 11,
1911
The ground
above the most
recent burial at
the cemetery off
Maple Avenue is
sinking.
50 years ago
- May 11, 1961
The Sussex
Area Band held a
concert at the
new Maple Avenue
School gym.
Admission was 50
cents. Members
of the band were
from Maple
Avenue, Willow
Springs and
Lannon schools
with Roger
McGill
directing.
The Lannon
VFW will hold a
marbles
tournament on
May 13 for
Lannon school
children.
Trophies and
prizes will be
awarded.
25 years ago
- May 11, 1986
Anita Weir,
who began
teaching in the
Hamilton School
District in
1962, was given
the Wisconsin
Business
Education
Association
Outstanding
Secondary
Business
Educator award.
George
Szygielski and
Kathie Sommers
were honored as
outstanding
library
volunteers.
10 years ago
- May 11, 2001
Hamilton's
Jenny Prochazka
is the two-time
defending state
champion in shot
put. A new event
in girls high
school track
this year is the
pole vault.
The Sierra
Club and the
Citizens for a
Better
Environment are
against the
widening of
Highway 164.
The Village
of Sussex has
hired a
consultant to
help the village
refine its
community center
and explore
fundraising.
Five years
ago - May 11,
2006
The Village
of Sussex will
buy two derelict
Main Street
homes, the
so-called Pink
Palace and the
former Kaderabek
home for a total
of $456,000.
They will be
razed and the
sites seeded
until a new use
or owner comes
forward.
Pages from the Past
May 18, 2011
Posted: May 18, 2011
100 years ago - May 18, 1911
Lannonite Thomas Walsh, born in 1825, has
died at age 85 on May 20.
Clark University is offering a $100 award
to any Wisconsinite who sights a passenger
pigeon and notifies the university of its
whereabouts. It has been 40 years since a
million of the birds were used in the U.S.,
but it is now feared they are extinct.
50 years ago - May 18, 1961
St. James Catholic Church is building a
new sanctuary that will seat 600. Meanwhile
six classrooms are being added to the St.
James grade school. Rev. Francis A. Finnegan
is the past of the church that organized in
1846.
Keith Gissal is the Lannon Civil Defense
Director.
The Sussex Lions Club will hold its
annual May Day dance at the Sussex Community
Hall.
Elaine Podolske and Phyllis Stier
received $10 scholarships to attend Camp
Webb summer camp.
25 years ago - May 18, 1986
Thirteen-year Hamilton Athletic Director
Ken Ohrmunt has retired and Jerry Key of
Barneveld will replace him.
The Hamilton junior prom will be held at
Marchese's Danceland. Prom Queen is Beth
Kraeft and King is Dan Heckman.
Because of declining enrollment, eight
Hamilton School District teachers were laid
off which includes 6 ½ at the high school.
10 years ago - May 18, 2001
Vandals threw rocks through eight windows
at Hamilton High School on a Sunday night.
The decision to move longtime Hamilton
band director Karen Moniza from the high
school to Templeton Middle School has upset
some parents and members of the band.
After winning the Metro Conference track
and field relays, the girls track team won
the New Berlin Eisenhower. The coach is
Jerry Wetherall.
Five years ago - May 18, 2006
Ian Hansen of Lisbon has earned the rank
of Eagle Scout.
Highway 164 is being widened from Sussex
Main Street to Howard Lane in Lisbon.
Michael Reed has resigned from the Lisbon
Plan Commission in protest of the project.
The Sussex Fire Department has raised its
ambulance fee for Sussex residents from $300
to $400.
