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Pages from the Past 08/19/09
100 years ago - 1909
The North Western Railroad looked into making spur lines into the local quarries of Lannon.
Sugar beet raisers had a huge picnic at Lake Five's hotel picnic grounds, and later a blacksmith's picnic was held there.
Bakelite was introduced as a new plastic by Belgian-born U.S. citizen Leo H. Baekeland.
50 years ago - 1959
In an effort to prepare for anticipated growth, Sussex adopted zoning and subdivision laws.
In Land O' Lakes baseball, third-place Sussex (11-6) buried Brown Deer (16-0) when Arnie Lemke and Jerry Tetzlaff got three hits each. Tetzlaff also got the pitching shutout and Doug Tetzlaff scored four times without getting a hit.
25 years ago - 1984
Vincent Alioto, 19, was arrested at the Lisbon Alioto Restaurant when he tried to sell cocaine to an undercover Milwaukee police officer.
Former Sussex trustee Bob O'Laughlin, 51, pleaded no contest and was convicted of stealing $171,000 from a West Allis couple.
10 years ago - 1999
Patty Konkol resigned from the presidency of the Lisbon Police and Fire Commission, claiming that the commission did not receive the proper respect it deserved.
The estimated 1999 population of Sussex is 7,870, up 2,831 from the 1990 census.
5 years ago - 2004
Jan and Ken Gutbrod took over the leadership of the annual local library summer ice cream social. A record 1,400 dishes of ice cream were served.
Lannon asked Menomonee Falls to cede the developing Schneider Field to Lannon
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