Page 8 Thursday, May 25,1995 The Secret Garden to Run At the Paper Mill Playhouse The Paper Mill Playhouse will wrap Miss Cherie Bebout makes her up its season with The Secret Garden, Paper Mill debut as little Mary, and the Tony Award-Winning musical Miss Glory Crampton, fresh from the based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's title role in Gigi at Westchester Broad- classic novel. The show will runs for way Theater, plays Lily. Regionally, seven weeks, from June 7 through Miss Crampton originated the role of July 23. Christine in the world premiere of Miss Marsha Norman, who won a Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston's Pulitzer Prize for her play Night Phantom. Keith Rice, who Paper Mill Mother, wrote the book and lyrics, audiences will remember as Anatoly and music is by Grammy winner Lucy in the 1992 production of Chess, re- Simon, who once had a recording turns to the Millburn stage as Dr. ALL IN THE FAMILY...The Family Jazz Band is one of the family ensembles career with her sister Carly. This Craven, along with another recent who will be performing in upcoming summer concerts. The second summer Gothic adventure tells the story of Paper Mill veteran, young David concert will be Thursday, May 25, at 7:90 p.m. in Mindowaskin Park in Mary Lennox, a young orphan girl, Lloyd Watson as Colin. David had Westfield. Also performing will be the Family String Ensemble and the Family who is sent to live with her brooding, the title role in last fall's hit revival of String Training Ensemble. These groups are directed by Dr. Theodore K. Oliver! Artistic Director Robert Schlosberg and sponsored by the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts. reclusive uncle in his haunted man- sion on the Yorkshire moors. There, Johanson, who last performed on she meets her sickly cousin, Colin, Paper Mill's Stage Peter Pan, plays TRUE TONES...Stcphen Merrill, an astistant in the project to repair the Town,. and her uncle's mean-spirited brother the melancholy Uncle Archie. Clock; John R. Panosh, the Town Beilmaster, and former First Ward Council* Family Ensembles Perform man Anthony M. LaPorta, are pictured, left to right, beside the Town Bell who also happens to be Colin's pri- Performances of The Secret Gar- vate physician. mounted on a trailer at Fairview Cemetery during last year's Memorial Day ^ den are Wednesday through Sunday Parade. > Mary uncovers a long-neglected at 8 p.m.; Thursday matinees at 2 Summer Concerts in Parks rose garden that once belonged to her The Family String Ensemble of the Hop," "Shake and Quake" and p.m. and Saturday and Sunday mati- late Aunt Lily, and in the course of nees at 3 p.m. Tickets cost from $29 Westfield will present their second "Rock Around the Clock." bringing it back to life, she discovers Historic Town Bell Part ; Summer Concert on Thursday, May Musicians interested in joining one to $44. Also, $ 10 student rush tickets for herself, and for her lonely family, are available IS minutes before cur- 25, at 7:30p.m. in Mindowaskin Park. of the ensembles are asked to call the the healing power of love and a one- Three additional ensembles will be Workshop at 789-9696. The Family tain. The box office number is I -201 - Of Memorial Day Parade ness with nature. 376-4343. For groups of 20 or more, featured during the evening as fol- String Ensemble rehearses on Mon- Robert Johanson and David The Prospect Street School, a framed Boothe, Jr., Mr. Jones felt that a ; lows: The Family Jazz Band, Family day evening s from 7:30 until 9:30 please call 1-201-379-3636, Exten- Holdgrive are co-directing and cho- sion No. 2438. Tickets for The Secret structure built in 1869, which later served team could be established to restore: String Training Ensemble and the p.m. in the band room at Roosevelt reographing the production which as the Martin Wallberg Post No. 3 of the reassemble the Prospect Street Sch debut of the Family Wind Ensemble. Intermediate School in Westfield. All Garden are also available through bell for presentation at the Bicentennial. features sets by Michael Anania and the New Jersey Theater Group's The- American Legion, has been absent from All performing ensembles are di- other ensembles rehearse on Satur- costumes by Gregg Barnes. Miss the Westfield landscape since the late With the cooperation of May or Boothe rected by Dr. Theodore K. Schlosberg days. ater Sampler Series. To learn more 1940s. Its memory is still alive with the and Kenneth B. Marsh, the Westfiej| Wendy Bobbin is musical director about this low-cost, three-play pack- Town Engineer, the project got under- and sponsored by the New Jersey The Ensembles will perform con- and lights are by F. Mitchell Dana. restoration of the bell which once graced age, please call 1-201-593-0189. the tower of the old building. way on New Year's Day, 1994. Trie; Workshop For The Arts. certs according to the following wooden ringing wheel, the bell frame, the; Program selections include the fol- The bell, which today rests on a trailer schedule: Thursday, June 1, Satur- idd b h Wfild Dtt f heavy bell with its large yoke and otw]r lowing arrangements: Family String day, June 10 and Thursday, June 22, parts had rested on a pallet in a truck bay! Ensemble, "Orpheus in the Under- in Mindowaskin Park and Monday, King Association Gives lie durinK!«^Kg the 1994 Bicentennial celebra*- for many years. The bell was hoisted by; world," "Countdown March," May 29, in LaGrande Park in tion at ceremonies at the Municipal Build- chain to allow inspection and work on the "Londonderry Air," "Ragtime Fanwood. Concerts were arranged ing. Since then in 1994, it has been exhib- dampers and clapper. Although dirty arid Fiddles," "Brandenburg Concerto through the cooperation of the $2,000 to Eight Groups ited at the Bicentennial Ball, the Memo- rusted, the entire assembly was cleaned rial Day Parade, the July 4 celebration, and painted. The bell and frame were No. I," "The Stars Spangled Banner" Westfield Department of Recreation A total of $2,000 has recently been Luther King service and want to re- painted by Mr. Jones and Mr. Panosh and "America the Beautiful;" Train- and Fanwood Department of Recre- contributed to eight Westfield orga- the Mindowaskin Park dedication, turn our gifts to the many worthy Festifall, the "OurTowne" Bicentennial with special blue and black paints. ing String Ensemble, "Carnival," ation. nizations by the Martin Luther King Westfield organizations which help "Andante," "Symphony Theme," Association of Westfield which each Westfield Historical Society play at the Mr. Panosh applied gold leaf to the our youth reach their educational Roosevelt Middle School and the Christ- lettering and raised casting decorations. "Serenade" and "A Graceful Dance;" year sponsors an essay contest in goals and which help our community mas Santa Claus arrival at the Railroad Mr. Marsh stayed in touch with the resto- Training Wind Ensemble, "The Cru- Leaders are visionaries with a poorly local schools and plans the Martin developed sense of fear and noconceptof function throughout the year." Station in December. ration and voiced a plan to mount the saders," "Soldier Boy," "Join the the odds against them. They make the Luther King Day observance. For many, especially children, the op- completed bell assembly on a trailer for Parade" and "Fidgets;" Jazz Band, impossible happen. Funds from the collection on that portunity to see, touch and ring a bell that transport to town functions. Signs detail- "Rockin' and Jazzin' the Blues," "At — Dr. Robert Jarvik day plus fund-raisers, such as the Two Westfielders called generations of Westfield school ing the capsule history of the bell were upcoming flea market on Saturday, children to their "three R's," and fire made for application to a new town van June 17, at the Fanwood Railroad Set to Graduate laddies to their duty, has been an experi- used to pull the trailer. Station, have enabled the association ence not often found in many towns to- Final touches were added to the bell Yes! We Have to donate to the Concerned African- day. trailer by Richard Edge, a Public Works From Delbarton The heavy cast steel bell was cast by employee who took a special hand in the American Parents' scholarship fund, project. With his help, Mr. Edge, realiz- the Westfield Rescue Squad, the The Reverend Beatus T. Lucey the Vickers Foundry of England in 1869 Delbarton's retiring headmaster, will and served not only as a call to classes but ing that big bells were never meant.to. Wedding Invitations Westfield High' School Awareness as the town's first fire alarm even after the travel, outfitted the trailer that was to Club, the Westfield Community Cen- be the commencement speaker on hold the entire bell assembly. A flag, Sunday, June 4, as I OS seniors re- first volunteer fire company was orga- And All Social Stationery ter, Bethel Baptist Church's Youth nized nearby on Broad Street in 1875. It display was created at the rear of die,, ceive diplomas, including Michael rang on all notable occasions, including trailer. Finally, Mr. Edge restored the Ministry, the Westfield United Fund, James Cunningham and Brian P. the Westfield Neighborhood Council the morning of July 4,1894, when West- ringing wheel to its original condition. ' Janson of Westfield. Ceremonies will field observed ihe centennial of its char- Only recently, an effort was initiated to. and St. Luke's African Methodist be held in St. Mary's Abbey Church Episcopal Zion Church's Youth De- ter as a township, and on November 11, improve the trailer and its size. This is • at 3 p.m., with a reception immedi- 1918, when news arrived that the World intended to make it safer to transport the partment. ately following in the Italian garden. War I armistice had been signed in Eu- bell for display and to allow more room'; • Except Engravings In addition to these donations, the Before his appointment as rope. Since the school had been located for interested citizens to inspect and ring association awards savings bonds and almost across from the corner of Ferris the bell. These additional modifications. scholarships to winners of their an- Delbarton's eighth headmaster, Fa- Place and Prospect Street, the ringing were made possible under the guidance > of WedfietJ nual essay contest. ther Beatus had been a faculty mem- was clearly heard around the then con- of Westfield Public Works Supervisor,! ber for those years. Delbarton head- densed area of downtown Westfield. Daniel Kelly, and his assistant, Norman'' The Reverend Leon Randall, Presi- masters are traditionally chosen from 27 East Broad Street • Westfield, NJ dent of the association and Pastor of In 1927, the bell was removed from the Chumbliss, who completed the work us-. among the members of the Legion Hall and placed in the Madison ing specifications from Mr. Panosh and • St. Luke's Church said, "We have Benedictine monastic community of Mr. Jones. 908-233-6662 been blessed by the generosity of the Avenue Chapel, an interdenominational V St. Mary's Abbey and serve a five- house of worship at the northern end of The Westfield Historical Society is community at our annual Martin year term. town. Having become the responsibility anticipating a permanent home for the . Father Beatus has been selected by of The Presbyterian Church in 1924, they historic bell at the Reeve House once it held the chape! property until the late becomes the society museum. Again, this, the National Endowment for the Hu- year, to the delight of many who wit;// manities to participate in the 1995 1970s using it as a daycare center in its latter years. The chapel was later sold and nesscd last year's Memorial Day Parade','; program of Summer Seminars for held as a private residence, but the bell the bell will be at the head of the praces-' School Teachers. Following gradua- remained in place. In 198S, the bell was sion as it proceeds through Westfield to tion, he will attend a five-week semi- turned over to the Westfield Historical Fairview Cemetery. Once at the cem- nar, Aristotle's "Nicomachean Eth- Society for a proper public use or display etery, onlookers can, conditions permit- ics," to be held at Boston University. in the future. ting, inspect and ring the bell. ' The notion that the restoration should The annual parade will commence at9 I've never met a person, ...in whom I get under in December of 1993 came a.m. from the Lord and Taylor Parking could not see possibilities. I don't care from Westfield Town Historian, Ralph Lot with a stop for ceremonies at (he how much a man may consider himself a H. Jones. In the fall of 1993, Mr, Jones monument in front of the First Uniteft failure, I believe in him, for he can change contacted John R. Panosh, the restorer of Methodist Church. During the wreath the thing that is wrong in his life anytime the 1886 Westfield Town Clock and bell laying another historic bell, located in (fie he is prepared and ready to do it. ...The located in the First United Methodist church tower, will toll in remembrance^? capacity for reformation and change lies Church. After Mr. Panosh had been de- many who gave their lives for their coun- within. clared the "Westfield Town Beilmaster" try, this bell, cast in 1886, is linked tope by Westfield Mayor Garland C. "Bud' Town Clock which was recently restored — Preston Bradley in 1993. % CALLING ALL KNIGHTS! Area Residents | SEEKING "LANCELOTS" & "MORDREDS," At Arts Center | Nursing care at the MALE PERFORMERS for For Father's Da| Mrs. Florence Lazzeri, soloist, apjd CAMELOT pianists, Mrs. Carolle-Agn Princetonian: for those accustomed Mochernuk-Kueter and Paul Kuetjjf, will return to the Watchung Arts Cen- College & High School Men Only ter with a "Father's Day Speci*' performance on Saturday, June \ltm to the finer things in life. 8 p.m., entitled "Richard Rodger*: WYACT AUDITION: Tues., May 30,8:00PM From Hart to Hammerstein." <> This musical trio last appeared''&t at the Westfield School of Dance the center in December to a sold-out 402 Boulevard, Westfield (908) 789-3011 performance of their Gershwin-Pot ter revue. * I SOMHONT YOU LOVE HAS LONG elegance. Whether selecting from a The cost of tickets for this return BRING SHEET MUSIC OR SING FROM THE SHOW! engagement is $12 which includes '% I enjoyed the finer things life has choice of individually prepared wine and cheese intermission recep. tion with a special rate for senior to offer, why compromise their meals served on fine china, or citizens and members. Reservation! ore suggested to assure seating in tht center's gallery. ; lifestyle when the need arises enjoying a sociable afternoon tea on BUSINESS OWNERS The program will consist of vocals Always be ahead of your competition! by Mrs, Lazzeri, a resident of Scotch for skilled nursing care? At the our garden terrace, The Princetonian Plains, and four-hand selections bjf Westfield residents Mr. and Mrs. Kucter, ; I'rmcetonian, housed within the affords its guests a distinctive IITTIMIIWHW VN SpMMrT Mrs, Lazzeri, a well-known enter- tainer In the area, has performed Meridian Nursing Cunter-Westfield, combination of quality healthcare throughout the metropolitan area on the conccrt.operatic andcabaret stage. and gracious hospitality. We invite Asapiunoduo, Mr. and Mn. Kuetej- the personal needs of each guest are have concertized In Ihe northeast, the West Coast and in Europe. They main;- met in ii setting of comfort and your inquiry or visit, tain private teaching studios In Wes^ field and North PlaTnfleld. Please cull 753-0190 for advance reservations. The Watchung Arts Center is lo- cated on the circle In Watchung and Is accessible from Routes NOB. 22 and 78, Ml III! ) I AN M. 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