Pages from the Past
by Fred H. Keller
Posted: Living Sussex Sun, February , 2012
Pages From the Past February 29, 2012
100 years ago – week of Feb. 29, 1912
The Wittlin Motor Co. in Menomonee Falls via the Bugline Railroad received a shipment of 1912 Ford cars.
The ad, “Children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria,” should probably read, “Children scream against being forced to take Castoria” (castor oil).
Bertel Davidson of Sussex has purchased the furniture and fixtures of a Menomonee Falls barber shop and is moving them to downtown Sussex.
50 years ago – week of Feb. 29, 1962
The local Falls movie theater is offering seven days of Elvis Presley in “G.I. Blues.”
The price of admission to the buffalo dinner banquet at Lannon’s Wagner’s Dug Out is $1 with the profits going to the Grand Championship Lannon Land O’Lakes baseball team.
Rev. Bernard Raabe will be in the Sussex on March 9 to see if there is enough interest to start a Lutheran church in the community.
25 years ago – week of Feb. 29, 1987
Elfrieda Trapp, 81, has died on Feb. 19, 1987. Today her farm on Pewaukee Road and Highway 164 is Eagle’s Ridge west.
Hamilton’s all state offensive tackle, Dennis Dahlke, has signed a scholarship letter from Northern Michigan.
Sussex Bowl, on its five-year anniversary, will offer hot dogs and soda for 25 cents each all day on March 1.
10 years ago – week of Feb. 29, 2002
Courtney Konyn is the champion of the Templeton Middle School geography for a second year.
The rebuilding of Highway 164 could include a bridge over the North Western Railroad tracks.
Hamilton’s wrestling team has four going to state: A.J. Morgan, Pat Austinson, Josh Pinter and Tony Senner.
Steve Hicklin has 29 points in a Hamilton boys basketball win over Menomonee Falls 68-58.
Five years ago – week of Feb. 29, 2007
A fire at the Robert and Betty Fryda Hillside Road farm killed seven calves.
Lisbon’s Plainview School is planning a summer all-class reunion led by John Meissner and his wife.
A house fire in Andy Wilson’s home on Champeny Drive cost an estimated $60,000 worth of damage.