‘Newtown Notables’ Are Making An Encore Appearance

Newtown Historical Society will bring back the ghosts of Newtown in the program “Newtown Notables, Gone but not forgotten.” An encore performance will be held on Monday, September 12, at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, at 7:30 pm.

The performance will be an adapted encore of a Newtown Tercentennial program that was presented this past spring. In May, ticket-holders toured Village Cemetery where they were “greeted” by reenactors who brought to life some of the town’s more historic residents.

The historical meeting house will lend its own special atmosphere for the indoor version of this program. Several of the ghosts sat in the pews or preached from the pulpit of this former church during their lifetime.

The ghosts of ten prominent but long-deceased residents of Newtown – Katie Camp, Ezra Johnson, Judge William Edmond, Henry Sanford, Mary E. Hawley, the Reverend David Judson, Thomas Toursey, Alfred Jeff Briscoe, the Reverend John Beach and Caleb Baldwin – will all return to share their stories. The program received rave reviews when it was originally presented in May at Newtown Village Cemetery.

Each ghost will appear to tell their own personal story, while a tour of Village Cemetery will be given through slides. The stories will cover lifetimes that spanned from 1688 to 1930.

For additional information call 426-3418 or visit www.NewtownHistory.org.