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Pages from the Past 08/12/09

Posted: Aug. 11, 2009

100 years ago - 1909

Nellie Gill of Lannon was sick with typhoid fever, but improved.

A big deal in Lannon was the night showing of a movie picture.

For entertainment, Lannon scheduled a wrestling match between a Milwaukee wrestler and a local Lannon boy.

50 years ago - 1959

Sussex (10-6) and Lannon (11-5) were in the thick of the Land O' Lakes baseball division chase.

The annual children's parade was scheduled to wind up the summer program for the Sussex playground.

The Sussex Methodist Church staged its annual picnic at Harry Devine's property on Lake Five.

25 years ago - 1984

Lannon discussed changing the clerk-treasurer position from elective to appointed, as it contemplated the imminent resignation of Charles DeLany, who held the clerk position for 34 years.

Tombstone Pizza completed construction of its 65,000 square foot manufacturing plant in the Sussex Industrial Park.

10 years ago - 1999

Vi Pfennig was the president of the Sussex Village Senior Citizens Advisory Committee.

Tommy Tradewell of Sussex was elected as VFW state commander.

Lannon and the Lannon Lions Club dedicated a Joecks Field playground in honor of the late Fritz Miller.

The new Woodside School was dedicated on Aug. 17.

5 years ago - 2004

The Sussex Fire Department had a unique member, Sussex resident and FBI intelligence agent Leslie Larson.

The Sussex Lisbon Area Historical Society had a sneak preview of its museum opening in the former 1910-built North Western Railroad Depot in downtown Sussex.

July records showed that only 0.75 inches of rain fell during the month.

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