Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, October 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Lisbon farmers, John Watson, a Civil War veteran, and his son-in-law, Charles will of Hillside and North Lisbon roads raised Mammoth Bronze turkeys for breeding stock. 50 years ago – 1958 Lannon beat Menomonee Falls, 7-6, in a Land… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, June 3, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 J. J. Connell of Colgate, 50, died at home. He married Mary Salter in 1878. They had four sons and a daughter. He was interred in Connell Union Cemetery on Town Line and Schlei roads. 50 years ago –… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, March 4, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 George Brown Jr., 73, died. He was buried in the St. Alban’s Episcopal Church cemetery. People going to see Sussex-Lisbon boys play for the Menomonee Falls High School team paid 25 cents for admission. 50 years ago – 1958… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, February 5, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Eighty acres in Brookfield was announced as having sold for $7,500. The City of Waukesha voted 6-5 in favor of closing taverns and other places where spirits are offered on Sundays. Prohibition was a very strong force in Lisbon…. Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, January 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Charles L. Smith won a judgment of $2,250 in his lawsuit against the Bug Line Railroad for an accident May 17, 1906. A train had hit his buggy at Haylett Crossing in Menomonee Falls (Menomonee Avenue just east of… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, July 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 Waukesha held a huge Fourth of July parade focusing on the aging veterans of the Civil War. In Menomonee Falls, a small cannon built in 1861 for the Civil War blew up, sending pieces flying over 500 feet…. Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, August 5, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 The pastor of Sussex Zion Church was the Rev. Grauer. Worthy Master of Sussex Ashlar Lodge 193 was Frank Harris. 50 years ago 1958 A new Hercules guided missile was on display at local stores to show the… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, December 3, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 Anyone in need of an animal doctor could call Dr. G. Harland in Duplainville. He did veterinary surgery, specializing in cattle problems. People of Sussex who wanted heating coal could get it from the Sussex Elevator on Maple Avenue… Read more »
Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Month of January 2007 100 years ago- 1907 Richard Weaver, one of the richest men of Sussex, died Dec. 26, 1906, and was buried just before New Year’s Day at St. Alban’s. He had served as Lisbon town chairman, county supervisor, and in the… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, April 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Hills Jewelry Store in Menomonee Falls offered pocket watches with solid-nickel cases for $3.75 or with 10-year gold-fill cases for $5.50. 50 years ago – 1958 The Sussex Fire Department sent some of its firefighters to a four-day training… Read more »
