Former Post Office Memorialized In Woman’s Club 2011 Ornament

Newtown Woman’s Club has selected the former Hawleyville Post Office building as the image for its 2011 Christmas ornament.

The 24th ornament, this year’s — which has again been produced by Woodbury Pewterers, Inc — depicts the building that served as the post office on Hawleyville Road, also known as The Platt Building, from April 1980 until February 2010. The ornament will debut, per tradition, during the Labor Day Parade on Monday at a table set up in front of C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. Mary Antey and Lorraine VanderWende, who continue to coordinate the project for the club, will be selling the ornaments before and during the Labor Day Parade. Ornaments remain priced at $10 each.

After Monday ornaments will be available for purchase at the library as well as Everything Newtown (formerly Drug Center Pharmacy), the town clerk’s office at Newtown Municipal Center, The Newtown Bee, and Country Hearts in Monroe.

Each ornament is in a sturdy clear plastic box for storage and is accompanied by a brief history of the post office written by Town Historian Dan Cruson.

Proceeds from the sale of the ornament will be donated by the club to local civic organizations. 

Anyone looking for ornaments from previous years can contact Mrs Antey at 203-426-9787 or Mrs VandwerWende at 203-426-4865. Earlier ornaments have included Middle Gate District School 1850, Newtown Middle School, The Budd House, The Little Theatre, The A.G. Baker Building in Hawleyville, Newtown Meeting House, Edmond Town Hall, Newtown General Store, The Yankee Drover, C.H. Booth Library, and even the logo of The Newtown Bee, among others.