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Pages from the Past 10/07/09
100 years ago - 1909
The first harvest of sugar beets in Lisbon was collected and delivered to the Menomonee Falls Sugar Beet Factory.
The Flanagan, Schroeder & Co. General Store in Lannon displayed a complete fall stock of goods and advertised that they paid good money for local produce.
50 years ago - 1959
A $240,000 building program to build a new grade school in Sussex was approved. The 12-room school would be located in either downtown Sussex adjacent to the Sussex Main Street School or on Maple Avenue. The committee consisted of Ray Podolske, John Emde, Ray Schroeder, Chris Berchem, Gene Hess, Robert Stier, Jerry Braeger and Tom Knoebel.
25 years ago - 1984
The Sussex Robinettes Drum, Bugle and Baton Corps performed at the Nov. 22 Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia. Germaine Christiansen was the director of the corps, started in the 1960s.
Sussex model and Hamilton graduate Nancy Umhoefer was selected as a "super finalist" for the Teen Magazine 1984 Great Model Search.
10 years ago - 1999
Glass block windows were installed in the 1937-built Sussex Community Hall to save heat and discourage vandalism.
The new soccer fields and goals were dedicated at Armory Park.
The Hamilton football team rallied from a 10-0 deficit to beat Menomonee Falls 18-10 to go to 4-1 for the season.
5 years ago - 2004
The Sussex Village Board honored resigned Sussex Administrator Chris Swartz at an Oct. 28 meeting. The interim replacement was his assistant, Jeremy Smith. Swartz had been in Sussex for over 14 years.
Halquist Stone Co. celebrated 75 years of business.
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