Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, May5, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: May 4, 2010 100 years ago – May 5, 1910 Our sister community, Menomonee Falls is having a big problem with speeding automobiles in the village. There is a group working to get speed laws in place. In other road news, “street sprinkling”… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 7, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: April 6, 2010 100 years ago – April 7, 1910 Exceptionally warm weather has allowed some enterprising Lisbon farmers to plant sugar beets this early in the spring season. 50 years ago – April 7, 1960 Oscar Grieb, Joe Weber and Paul… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, August 3, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Aug. 3, 2010 100 years ago – Aug. 4, 1910 Frank Lenz died in late July in an industrial accident. He was run over by a road steam engine as he was taking gravel to the Bug Line train siding. He was… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, February 2, 2010 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1910 Michael Ennis journeyed through the snow from Colgate to Menomonee Falls for business reasons. This past month, in Colgate Mr. and Mrs. John Melville lost a daughter, Marlou, at age 6. She had been sick for only a… Read more »
Pages from the Past Year in Review Top 10 of 2009 Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Dec. 29, 2009 12:22 p.m. In Sussex Sun territory, elections heated things up early in the year. Sussex also welcomed the addition of an upgraded public safety building that also serves Lisbon and Merton. And a few in Lisbon began a quest to upgrade… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, September 1, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 The Wisconsin Central/Soo Line Railroad surveyed to get in spur lines to the Lannon quarries. The Menomonee Town Board met at Leimbach’s Hotel to discuss the Milwaukee Electric Railroad having an interurban passenger line for Lannon and… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June 3, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past June 3, 2009 100 years ago – 1909 L. E. Thompson, was killed near the Merton grain elevator while hunting gophers. His gun discharged, shooting him in the back of his head, while he was climbing over a… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 3, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 Worker recruiters Wallen and Gumz “received 40 Italians this week.” The Lannon Berschem, Schroeder & Co. general store received a shipment of fine dress goods. John McCartan of Lake Five was in Menomonee Falls to sell honeybee… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 29, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past May 6, 2009 100 years ago 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Ira Redford attended the funeral of John Harmon of Lannon. Sugar beet planting in Wisconsin was expected to increase, with Lannon, Lisbon and Sussex as local leaders in… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, November 3, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past November 4, 2009 100 years ago – 1909 It was reported that 75 hunting licenses were issued to Lannon area hunters for the season. Archbishop Messmer officiated at the St. James Catholic Church confirmation ceremony. Teddy Roosevelt was… Read more »
