New Britain herald., 1925-01-28
MABEL E. NORTON, LOCAL WOMAN, DIES
 Wife of Frank C. Norton Of Park Street Passes Away
 BIG DROP IN MERCURY
Y. M. c. A. Team Plays Tonight- Pythlan Sisters To Install-For-
 esters Hold Social-Plainyille
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 Mrs. Mabel F. Norton. age 52 years of IS Park street. died yester- day afternoon at her home follow ing a long illness. She was the wife of Frank c. Norton and was Q well known resident of Plainyllle. She was born in Southington, the daughter of the late William and Bridget Hatton of that town.
 Besides her husband, She leaves a sister, Mrs. Wesley Buys of Bristol and son, Edward Norton of Plain- vile.
 The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home. Services will be conducted by Rev. T. Thompsonville, former pas tor of tie Plainville NJ. F.. church. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery, Southington.
 Mercury Drops Down
 Plainville experienced the coldest morning of recent years today when the mercury dropped to between 10 and 15 degrees below zero. In vari- ous places more in the open, the thermometer reached 16 degrees be- lew. This morning at o'clock, the temperature stood about the center at 10 degrees below and at Il o'clock this morning in the shade, i 1t stood at two degrees below. SeV- eral reports were received of sud- den freezing pipes.
 "Y" Team To Play
 The Y. NJ. c. A. Juniors of Plain vile will meet the strong Simsbury team in the gymnasium of the St. Thomas Community home in South- ington tonight. The locals have won their first two starts of the season and they hope to down the Sims bury nine tonight. Their opponents will present one of the strongest combinations in the Y. NJ. C. A. Pennington Valley league and the game should prove to be fast one A large number of rooters from PlatnviIle plan to accompany the team to Southington.
 Pythian Sisters Install
 The recently elected officers of l Pythian Temple No. %, Pythian Sisters, will be installed at a meet ing to be held in Odd Fellows hall tonight at o'clock. The occasion will also mark the official visit of the grand officers. Supper will be served in the hall at 6,3O o'clock following which the work of the fcvening will begin.
 The following officers will be in' ducted into office tonight: Most eX- celIept chief, Mildred Dutton: most excellent senior, Elizabeth Griffin; most excellent junior, Elizabeth Will Der; manager Verna Saunders; mis- tress of k. and C., Ruth Aspinall; mistress of finance, Esther Furrey; protector, Berle Bannell: outside guard, Emma Aspinall; drill master, William B. Wiber, and past chief, Ethel Teachman.
 Torestcrs Social
 Court General Lawton, r. of x. Of Plainyillc, held one of the best meetings of recent years in l'eglon hall last night. Fully 50 members of the court turned out despite the storm. The business Of the meeting was concluded in short order and a smoker and social was held. A pro- gram of entertainment was furnlSh- ed and a light lunch was served. The feature of the evening was the awarding of q Plymouth Rock hen to Leonard Cassidy. Promises or a surprise were made before the meet ing was held and the presentation of the live chicken last night was the biggest surprise that MT. Cassidy has received in a long time The court plans another social like that 1 of last night for the first meeting in February and weather permitting