Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, August 5, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian   100 years ago – 1909 The lawn social held at the Flanagan lawn in Lannon was a big success, despite the threatening weather. The A. Miller Tavern announced a Saturday evening dance at the Lannon establishment. The City of Milwaukee ordered $80,000… Read more »

Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 7, 2009 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1909 John Harmon died of heart failure April 14. He had been suffering from “la grippe” for a few days, which damaged his already chronically weak heart. He was born Jan. 3, 1862, in Lannon and married Grace Van… Read more »

Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, September 2, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago — 1908 Alex Harris, 66, died at his Lisbon home on Harris Hill on Hillside Road, where he had lived for 60 years. His wife, three sons and a daughter survived. The funeral was at Lisbon 16 Church (Presbyterian). He was… Read more »

Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun,  November 5, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago — 1908 Bertha S. Stein, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stein, died Nov. 2 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Herman Kaderabek ran a meat market in Sussex and F.W. Schroeder in Templeton. 50 years ago — 1958… Read more »

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, May 6, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 The aptly named Harry Bird of Colgate advertised his Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for 50 cents per setting (you hatch your own chicks). The Menomonee Falls Beet Co. urged local farmers to plant sugar beets as a cash crop…. 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, 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, 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 »