Menomonee Falls Saddle Club Menomonee Falls Saddle Club celebrates 50th anniversary Group reflects on past by Ty Schmidt Posted Living Sussex Sun, March 5, 2015 The drill team, pictured in 1970, is one of many activities embraced by the Menomonee Falls Saddle Club throughout the last 50 years, including horse shows, tack sales, educational horse clinics, trail rides and… Read more »
SussexProhibition Club W. C. T. U. Transcribed by Michael R. Reilly Updated 04/01/2014 A temperance lecture will be given at the Town Hall, Sussex, onWednesday evening, Feb. 15th, under the direction of the W. C. T. U. WaukeshaFreeman, Thursday, February 9, 1888 [Note: TheWoman’s Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.) was organized in 1874 by womenwho were concerned about… Read more »
Lannon Lions Club Unofficial Site History of Lions 1965 – the Lannon Lions Club is formed. Election of officers is held on July 1st of each year. 1960’s: late – the Lannon Lions Club start the grade school flag football program. 1970/Feb – The Lannon and Sussex Lions Clubs have scheduled amoney raising grudge basketball game between themselves to raise… Read more »
Waukesha County Detective Society alias Waukesha County Horse-Thief Society alias Waukesha County Anti-Horse-Thief Society, etc., etc. Compiled, edited and written by Michael R. Reilly, January 12, 2006 Updated 01/17/2006 Late in 1884 or early in 1885, a number of Waukesha County residents, including those from the town of Lisbon, fed-up with the lost of property due to thievery, and… Read more »
Domino clubs in Sussex circa 1800s by Fred H. Keller Posted: Dec. 6, 2011, Living Sussex Sun Rob Howard, a lifelong insurance agent in Sussex whose roots go back to the pioneer families of Lisbon including the Davidsons who came in 1850, the Weavers who came in 1836 and Charles Howard who took up a claim near the intersection of… Read more »
Lila B. Graser Chapter No. 159, Order of the Eastern Star – Sussex The principle fraternal organization for women in Sussex-Lisbon was the Sussex Order of the Eastern Star, an auxiliary of the local Masonic lodge. The Eastern Star was organized in Sussex in 1906. A “Worthy Matron” (leader) was chosen each year thereafter. Each succeeding Worthy Matron had to… Read more »
Gangs of Sussex, and Local Areas Mark Jurgenson: Was that the gang coined “The Rubber knife gang?” Timothy M Dewar: Yep Timothy M Dewar: There were a few rubber knife gangs in Sussex Kenneth Schubert: The “Rubber Knife Gang”. That sounds so familiar yet I can’t recall who that was referred to. Mark Jurgenson: It was a generic term… Read more »
The Rifle Club, also known as the Sussex Gun Club by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Sept. 17, 2013 A Sussex local girl, 16-year-old Betty Lou Fuller, was out and about in the early spring of 1945, just as World War II was ending, with her box Brownie camera, and took a photo in Templeton (east Sussex) of… Read more »
Ashlar Lodge #193 – Masonic by Michael R. Reilly, Editor Updated05/05/2015 Ashlar Lodge went up For Sale approx December 2014. Description Free standing building right on Main Street in the Village of Sussex. Zoned B4 so bring your business. Architecturally loaded with charm & character. Main floor offers a 45 x 28 barrel ceiling hall with HWF’s under the carpet,… Read more »
Camp Fire Girls of Sussex-Lisbon Area 1910 Mar 17, The Camp Fire Girls organization was formed in LakeSebago, Maine. It was formally presented to the public exactly two years laterCamp Fire was founded in 1910 by Luther Gulick, M.D., and his wife, CharlotteGulick, as the first nonsectarian organization for girls in the United States.In 1975, membership was expanded to include… Read more »