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Pages from the Past 09/23/09
100 years ago - 1909
Diphtheria broke out in the City of Waukesha.
Two young children died in Waukesha as a result of ptomaine poisoning.
I.B. Rowell Co., a foundry in Menomonee Falls, sold bottom-riding plows.
50 years ago - 1959
Lannon (15-6) and Sussex (14-7) finished second and third in the Land O' Lakes baseball division race.
In ladies fashion, a Playtex girdle was a must-have undergarment. Regular cost was $8.95, but bargain costs went down to $6.95.
Mrs. Edwin Trapp was the president of the Lisbon-Sussex Sixteen Homemakers Club (Sixteen referred to the Lisbon "Sixteen" school area).
25 years ago - 1984
St. Alban's staged its second annual arts and crafts outdoor show.
The Sussex VFW staged a huge flea market in their parking lot.
Sussex purchased the former Herb Beier garage on the southeast corner of Main and Waukesha and had it demolished.
10 years ago - 1999
Dan Bretl was the starting quarterback of the Hamilton High School football team.
Sussex staged a big Main Street and Civic Center 75th anniversary party of the village's incorporation on Saturday, Sept. 18.
Dave Wnuk was named MVP for the Land O' Lakes Western Division after hitting 20 home runs.
5 years ago - 2004
Construction began on a remodeled and new Faith Lutheran Church on Weaver Drive.
Francis "Murphy" Haasch died at age 72. He fought in the Korean War and he was a lifelong resident of Sussex, serving as a director of the Sussex Historical Society at the time of his death.
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