More "Past Events" by Ed. Semisch, as taken from the 12 March 1942 edition of the Altoona Tribune: Pensioned Engineer Wm. Connell was born on Feb. 6, 1865 in the Town of Washington. Engineer Wm. Connell's last run was made on Northwestern limited passenger train No. 405 from Adams to Altoona on Thursday morning, July 1, 1937. Mr. Guy Green of Altoona and Miss Kate Smith of Elroy were married at Elroy on Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Beach arrived in Altoona on Sunday morning Feb. 24, 1918. A sixteen pound baby boy, Clayton, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Aaron on Monday morning, Feb. 23, 1914. Mrs. John Olseth was born Feb. 23, 1876, and Mrs. W. H. Russell was born on Feb. 23, 1888. Mrs. D. E. Neill was born on Thursday morning, Feb. 23, 1911. Head Brakeman Johnson was on an extra freight train from Itasca to Altoona with David Dahl as engineer on mike freight engine No. 395, when he fell off a box car in Bloomer, Wis. about 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 1925. He was sent to St. Josephs hospital in Chippewa Falls where he died the same night. Mrs. Wm. Babington Sr. broke her hip on Thursday, March 8, 1928, while on her way to church. She was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire. ++++++++ Nance's musings for today: This world is getting much smaller, if you think about it. I was born in southern Wisconsin and at the age of 4 moved to Altoona, living on Daniels Ave. until I got married at the age of 20. I walked the length of Daniels (the east side of town) to school every morning and back home every afternoon of my 13 years of schooling at Altoona. After moving umpteen times while being married, I ended up in a small town in northern Wisconsin -- about 100 people. Last winter, we remodeled some of our house and had a guy come in to do the mudding/taping and texturing of the dry wall. Upon talking to him for the few days that he was here, I found out that his grandparents lived on Daniels Ave. in Altoona and I used to walk in front of their house on the way to school. That family is listed above in today's old news, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Green. Isn't it a small world?!? -- Nance