Date: Fri 02-Jul-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNO

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House & Garden Tour Planned For July 10

(with Hicks photos)

The Newtown Historical Society has announced its fifth annual House & Garden

Tour to take place on Saturday, July 10. Between the hours of 11 am and 5 pm,

rain or shine, seven properties in Newtown and Sandy Hook will be open for

visits. Knowledgeable guides will be available at each location, and each

location will offer a rare look into a private home and/or garden.

Tickets for the tour are $20 each, and tickets will be limited to only 200

sold in order to avoid overcrowding at the private homes. Organizers and

homeowners have requested that the tour be open to children over the age of

12.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street in

Newtown. To order tickets by mail, payment should be sent to Historic House

Tour, c/o Newtown Historical Society, PO Box 189, Newtown, CT 06470. Because

the tour is being held rain or shine, refunds will not be given in the event

of inclement weather.

Tickets from orders received after July 3 may be picked up the day of the tour

at the Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street in Newtown. Maps with directions

to each of the seven properties will also be available at this location the

day of the tour for all ticket-holders.

If available, any remaining house and garden tour tickets will also be sold at

Matthew Curtiss House the day of the tour. All proceeds from this event will

support the historical society, specifically its maintenance of the Curtiss

House as a museum.

The tour is completely self-guided, and ticket holders can visit the homes in

any order they choose. There will be members of the historical society at each

location to check tickets and answer questions. Each property will be clearly

marked with balloons.

Of the seven properties on the tour this year, four are in Sandy Hook and the

other three are in Newtown. Featured this year are the gardens of Roberta and

Anthony Bezok, 11 Gelding Hill Road, Sandy Hook; the house and garden of

Richard Cichocki, 22 High Rock Road, Sandy Hook; the Old Grist Mill, the home

of Edward Maynard, 11 Glen Road, Sandy Hook; and the house and garden of

Eileen and Stanley Rajczewski, 22 Bennetts Bridge Road, Sandy Hook.

The Newtown properties to be opened on Saturday include the home of Barbara

and Bill Burns, 34 Taunton Hill Road; the gardens at "Thankful House," owned

by Kim and Palmer Chiapetta at 6 Main Street; and the gardens of Helen and

Scudder Smith at 57 Elm Drive.