Planning Underway For

Annual Great American Health Fair

Planning has begun for the annual Newtown Health Fair, which will be held this year on September 21, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the Newtown Middle School.

This year’s fair will be called The Great American Health Fair. It will be decorated in red, white, and blue and visited by Uncle Sam and other dignitaries.

The co-chairmen are Mae S. Schmidle, Dr Della Schmid, and Donna McCarthy, director of the Newtown Health District. Also serving on the committee are Liz Cain and Ken Appley from Newtown Ambulance, Hilda DeLucia from Ashlar of Newtown, and Rocky Tomlinson from the American Red Cross.

The Great American Health Fair will feature more than 65 exhibitors, displays, and workshops, dozens of health-testing exhibits, and instructional health-saving programs.

Anyone who would like to book a booth or exhibit can do so by contacting Ms McCarthy at the Health District, 270-4291.