Connecticut western news., 1921-02-17
NORFOLK

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Louise DeMars, widow of Nezaire DeMars, who died Friday evening at the home of her son, Charles E. DeMars on Sunset Ridge, was held from the home at 12 o'clock Saturday noon, with Rev. William F. Stearns, former pastor of the local Congregational church officiating. Mrs. DeMars, one of Norfolk's oldest residents, was born in Sheffield, Mass, 93 years ago, the daughter of George and Louise (Peck) Standard and spent most of her life in this place. She is sur vived by the one son, one daughter, Miss Sarah DeMars of Middletown, seven grandchildreR and a great granddaughter. William O'Connor, Frank Gregory, Walter W. Collar and Maurice F. Mulville acted as pall-bearers and burial took place in the Center cemetery Services were private, st..ssss esg4 a egr r..~}
 Western Star Lodge, A. F. 6 A. M. held it's regular communication in Masonic Hall Tuesday evening.
 The condition of Mrs. Laura Drinkwater, a former resident of this place, who is suffering from rheumatism at her home in Winsted shows slight improvement.
 MT. and Mrs. Francis s. Noble of Brooklyn, N. Y, spent the weekend at Crissey place, while overseeing work being done on their new sum- mer residence on Highland road.
 Mrs. Stephen Soule is spending a week with relatives in Hartford.
 Misses Isabel McCarty, Florence Clark, Virginia Cobb and Christine Gidman walked most of the way to Gilbert School in Winsted one morn ing last week. ..-... 2. tr.- ;, ...@.. Miss Sydney L. Thompson, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles L.. Thompson, of East Orange, N. J., and Norfolk, and George Harris will give recital in costume at the Prin- cess theater in New York Feb. 25. Miss Thompson, who has host of friends here, has appeared on sew ! eral programs here. E.a.. Rev. and Mrs. William Brewer Johnson attended the social service conference in New Haven Tuesday and Wednesday and will give echoes of the meetings at the forum prayer meeting of the Congregational church Friday.
 Henry c. Gidman of Amherst spent the weekend with his parents MT. and Mrs. Henry c. Gidman.
 Lawyer and Mrs. Henry +. Parma lee of New Haven were at Crjssey place over the week-enG.
 The Rosebuds of the Congrega- tional church will meet at 2:S0 Sat- urday afternoon with Miss Doris VanBuskirk. e......s s.........
 MT. and Mrs. Timothy L. Stack and family attended the golden wed. | ding celebration of MT. and Mrs. John Kne in Hartford Sunday.
 A James Whitcomo Riley recittll, presented in costume, will be given by Mayme English Lillotte in Village hall Thursday, Feb. 24, at 8:l5 p m. On the afternoon of the same day, beginning at 2:3O, Miss Li}lotte will lconduct story hour in the Center school gymnasium for the children, Miss Lillotte is m artist of first rank and comes highly recommended. She has known MT. Riley and has had the benefit of personal suggestions from him. During the interlnission in Miss Lillotte's program, music will be furnished by the grammar grades, Adult tickets for the evening enter tainment will be 35 cents and chil- 1 dren's tickets for the same entertain ment 25 cents. Pupils tickets for the story hour will be 15 cents. The proceeds of the entertainment will be used to pay the balance due on 1 the school stereopticon slides.