Lisbon to vote to end Haass library agreement By Kelly Smith Posted: June 9, 2014, Living Sussex Sun Lisbon The town board is expected to formally take action next week to terminate at the end of this year the long-standing agreement with the Village of Sussex over sharing most of the operating costs of the Pauline Haass Libary. Town… Read more »
Library History – Part 1 Library History- Part 2 Library History Part 3 Library History – Part 4 Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly October 10, 2005, Last Revised 12/17/2014 Early Library History:Milwaukee County The first library was createdin 1848 by the Young Men’s (Literary) Association formed the preceding year. Itwas located in a single leased room on… Read more »
Haass Library talks failing By Kelly Smith Printed Living Sussex Sun, Nov. 11, 2014 Efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement in the dispute over the Pauline Haass farm land are failing or have failed and lawyers for the town of Lisbon and the Pauline Haass Library Board are preparing to go to trial, possibly later this year or… Read more »
Sussex United Methodist Church began without a steeple By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Posted: March 19, 2008 Sussex, Lisbon and Lannon churches can be divided into two categories: historic ones founded in the 19th century and the latecomers of the 20th century. One of the historic standouts is also one of the oldest, Sussex United Methodist Church at N63 W23523… Read more »
Sussex (Lisbon Township) Brewery History by Michael R. Reilly, editor, January 27, 2013, copyright Last updated08/16/2015 The Sussex Brewery at 36 Main Rd Emsworth PO10 8AU, United Kingdom (probably nothing like what our old brewery looked like). “Very many will remember the first turkey-shoot that came off in this town, and very likely the first in the county. In… Read more »
Milwaukee Liquor Dealer Listing – 1854 to 1918 ARTICLE BY JOHN LINDSAY WITH MUCH SUPPLEMENTALINFORMATION FROM RON CYZCH. edited by Mike Reilly Last Revised 08/15/2015 -AGGART, ALBERT, LIQUOR DEALER, RES. 134 BIDDLE. -ALISON, JOHN, WHOL. WINES & LIQUORS, 96 MICHIGAN ST., RES. CLYBOURN CORCROSS, -PALMER’S ADDITION. -ALLMAYER, FRED -ALTENHOFEN, B.M. -ANDRZEJEWSKI, A. & SON -AVERILL – SEE WEBSTER -BARTH,… Read more »
DEATH OF THE MILWAUKEE LIQUOR INDUSTRY Article courtesy of John Lindsay with minoralterations by the Editor. Last Revised 08/16/2015 About a hundred and twenty years ago, the Milwaukee liquorindustry was dealt a death blow. Here is how it happened. The distilleries and the breweries grew up here before theCivil War in competitive harmony, even though beer was not… Read more »
James Weaver and Hops by Michael R. Reilly, May, 2013 The Hon. James Weaver, was born in the county of Kent, England, October 17, 1800, and died in Lisbon Township, October 8, 1886. In his native land he was reared to the occupation of “gardener”, and received a good common school education. On the 9th or 10th of… Read more »
Slim Strobel, Sussex mechanic for 46 years By Fred H. Keller Living Sussex Sun, Posted: Sept. 1, 2009 Last Revised 09/12/2009 Longtime Sussex resident and mechanic, Cornelius C. “Slim” Strobel, died at age 79. Strobel and Martin Johnson bought a mechanic shop, Sussex Auto, on Main Street in 1963 which is still run by Strobel’s son, Nick. Strobel also sponsored… Read more »
Anthony “Bubbles” Schumann The downtown Sussex Piggly Wiggly has a history of 115 years, from the first store on the site, to the present one. The longest proprietor was the late Anthony Schumann, from 1941 to his retirement 44 years later, in 1985. Antony acquired the usual “Tony” nickname, but as a youngster in the Burlington-Waterford area, he acquired another… Read more »
