Woman’s Club Ornament To Be Sold At The Parade

The Newtown Woman’s Club’s 13th annual pewter Christmas ornament, showing a view from Castle Hill, will be introduced and sold at the Labor Day Parade. The view – a subject of many paintings and photographs – shows the flagpole, Trinity Church, the Meeting House on Main Street, as well as several houses and the steeple of the  Congregational Church on West Street.

The sale of the ornaments, $8 each, is the chief fundraiser of the club. All proceeds are donated to area charities or organizations chosen by the club members. Last year these included such recipients as the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association, the Regional Hospice, the Newtown Woman’s Club Scholarship, FAITH Food Pantry, Newtown Meals on Wheels, the C.H. Booth Library, Newtown FISH, and others.

Previous ornaments in the series also are still available and are $10 each. These include Newtown rooster weathervane, 1988; The Bee weathervane, 1989; the flagpole and the Meeting House, 1990; the General Store, 1991; the former Yankee Drover Inn, 1992; Edmond Town Hall, 1993; the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, 1994; the Ram Pasture, 1995; the Matthew Curtiss House, 1996; Hawley School, 1997; the former Fabric Fire House Company, now called the Mill, 1998; and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument at the head of Main Street, 1999.

In addition to being sold at the parade, the 2000 ornament will be available after the holiday at the Drug Center Pharmacy, Lexington Gardens, Joy’s Hallmark, the town clerk’s office, and The Newtown Bee. Past ornaments are available at the C.H. Booth Library or from Mary Antey, ornament chairman, at 426-9787.