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VOL. NO. 159 12 PAGES Copyright 1996 Palm Beach Daily News PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1990 FROM ASHES, A BEGINNING Art 3 1st antiques highlight Avenue stroll -5 different things in the world of art and antiques," said Connie Dussmann, a member of the asso4 ciation's special events commit; tee. Several galleries will have special shows, including Douglas Lorie at 334 Worth which will feature a Herend porcelain trunk show; Galeria of Sculpture at 11 Via Parigi, which will have an exhibition of sculptures in wood and acrylic by Reuben Karol; and San Lee Brassener Gallery, a newcomer at 230 Worth which will have its premiere exhibition. Art in progress can be viewed at Ronni's Gallery at 5 Via Mizner, where Ronni Pastorini will be painting on canvas, and at Art-Crystal Varga Design at 24a Worth which will have video demonstration of crystal cutting.

In addition, lectures will be presented at The Meissen Shop, 329 Worth Ave; David Marks Interiors, 5 Via de Mario; and Paper Treasures, 217 Worth Ave. Please see BROWSERIE, Page 6 By CHRISTOPHER KEIDAISH Daily Newt Business Editor Thirty years ago there was a tradition on Worth Avenue called Gallery Night. There were five or six art and antique galleries at the time which would hold special showings one night each week. "All of the galleries used to have their openings Tuesday nights. People would stroll from gallery to gallery stopping for drinks here or nibblies there," said John Surovek, president of the Worth Avenue Association.

Described as "a nice evening to stroll Worth Avenue," the ritual came to an end about 12 to 15 years ago, Surovek said. Since Palm Beach is about tradition, the Worth Avenue Association revived Gallery Night as an annual event six years ago. "It's something I'd like to see more often," Surovek said. Renamed the Art Antiques Browserie, it will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

tonight with 25 participating galleries. "It's a night to come out and stroll Worth Avenue and see new and Daily Newt Photo By PATRICK E6AN The Rev. Michael Woodcock (right) and the Rev. Francis Lechiara place ashes on the foreheads of parishioners at St. Edward Catholic Church Wednesday in observance of Ash Wednesday.

The holiday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and penance for Catholics in preparation for Holy Week and Easter. Many Catholics have their foreheads signed and blessed with ashes as a reminder to 'turn away from sin and be faithful to the according to a passage from Mark in the Bible. Pool house, turret planned for Castle home By CAROL WRIGHT Daily News Staff Writer Jeff Smith, who is chairman of the commission, did not participate in the discussions. He declared a conflict of interest because he worked on renovation plans for Castle, and later withdrew from the project. The Castles bought the estate for $4.9 million in May.

The Castles agreed to landmark the estate's front wall and double doors. They have five years to complete renovations to the main house before it will be considered for landmark designation. The renovation includes a two-story addition to the southeast corner, a one-story pool house and a two-story turret or stair and elevator tower. The two-story addition will include a family room. "All the detail will stay in the same feeling as the original house," Brennan told the commissioners.

Whatever new features are-added to the house will match the existing style, he said. "The inspiration for the rounded elevator tower was typical of a Mizner design," Brennan said. Rounded towers are softer and friendlier than squared or octagonal shapes, he said. The project also includes enlarging the garage entrance to make room for two cars. "It will keep the cars off the street," Brennan said.

The Castles also will duplicate as much as possible a grouping of palm trees along the sea wall, using a 1963 photograph of the property's ocean Please see LANDMARKS, Page 4 Members of the town's Landmarks Preservation Commission will take a field trip to the Winter White House to get a better idea of exactly what the new owners, John and Marianne Castle, have in mind. At Tuesday's meeting, Joe Brennan whose Toronto-based firm is doing the restoration on the former Kennedy family home gave the commissioners an informal preview of his plans for the 1923 Addison Mizner-designed estate at 1095 N. Ocean Blvd. The formal presentation will be on next month's agenda. The commissioners Wednesday approved the design's overall concept.

Palm Beach architect ttJX John and Marianne Castle's renovation plans for the former Kennedy estate include a two-story addition with turret to house stairs and an elevator. Miguel de Braganca, Portuguese royal, dies Furthering the cause of awarenels AIDS quilt panels on view at Saks in The Esplanade By LARRY HOBBS Daily Newt Staff Writer Worth Avenue shoppers won't see the latest fashions dressing up the display windows at Saks Fifth Avenue for more than a week. Instead they will face loving tributes to victims of a killer disease. Each of the nearly 30,000 panels of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt serves as testimony that those who died from the disease live on in the memories of their families, friends and loved ones. About 42 panels from the quilt will hang in Saks' display windows at 172 Worth Ave.

through March 4. 'J 1 vrT7Z By SHANNON DONNELLY Daily News Society Editor Prince Miguel de Braganca, great-grandson of King Miguel of Portugal and a longtime Palm Beach resident, died Monday, Feb. 19, 1996, after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Born in Berlin, he was the son of a Portuguese father Prince Miguel de Braganca, namesake grandson of the Portuguese king whose exile in 1834 ended that country's War of the Two Brothers and an American mother, Anita Rhinelander Stewart.

He was a graduate of St. George's School in Newport, R.I., and a 1937 graduate of Harvard University. He became a pilot and joined the Pan American "Yankee Clipper" fleet, delivering wartime supplies from Brazil to Portugal. Because all members of the former royal family had, by that time, been banned from Portugal, the U.S. Department of State intervened with Foreign Minister and later president Antonio Salazar to obtain a visa for the pilot prince.

In 1978, the ban was rescinded, and the family was invited back to Portugal. Prince Miguel chose to stay in America with his wife, the former Ann Hughson Scholz of Virginia, and three daughters. After his daughter Anita complained of seeing him only "when his plane was in," he abandoned aviation for investment banking and moved to Palm Beach. The couple was active on the social and charitable scenes for many years, and Mr. de Braganca was an avid golfer until his health began to fail.

"He was an excellent golfer and a fine man," said his friend Herbert Swppe. "Miguel deraganca was a Daily News Photo By DOUGLAS MCGLOTHLIN 'This is not for public relations. It's for pure Lynette Guess, visual merchandising director for Saks, said of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display. Mr. de Braganca warm, affable, somewhat shy man, yet he carried his full title Prince Miguel Ludwig Wilhelm Maria de Braganca with grace." He was a member of the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, as well as the Bedford Golf Tennis Club and the Colony Club.

In addition to his wife, Mr. de Braganca is survived by his three daughters, Lynn, Michele and Anita, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea, 141 S. County Road.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. de Braganca's name to the Lourdes Foundation, 315 Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach 33401; or to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East West Palm Beach 33407. Arrangements are with the Quattlebaum-Holleman-Burse Funeral Home, 1201 S. Olive West Plm Beach. The panels honor the memory of people such as James W.

Brown, who survived Vietnam but died of AIDS last year at the age of 42. Brown is "Loved and missed by many friends and cousin Becky." Or John Ettelson, who was born in Philadelphia in 1942, and died in Palm Beach in 1993. And the littlest victims: 10-year-old Deena, 3 -year-old Trent, and 1V2 -year-old Shanecia, all of whom died at Connor's Nursery. Petals fall from flowers amid their names, an angel looks down from above. Saks' visual merchandising director, Lynette Guess, hopes those who see the panels will not forget the tragic loss AIDS has left in its wake.

"I hope this compels people foot-by-6-foot panels are on display in Palm Beach, Saks employees are handing out AIDS awareness pamphlets and entry forms to submit memorial panels to the quilt. A video will also be shown at the entrance to the store with Saks CEO Philip Miller explaining the significance of the quilt, said Susanna Cutts, director of fashionspecial events for the Palm Beach store. "This is one way to further the cause of AIDS awareness," Cutts said. And that cause is a personal one for Cutts. "I've lost 40 friends to this disease," she said.

For the first time in four years, the AIDS Quilt will be shown in its entirety Oct. 11-13 at the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C. "They think this may be the last time it's displayed because it's just become too huge," Cutts said. Town of Palm Beach Finance Director Marie Crozier estimates the quilt will take up about 576,000 square feet of the Capitol Mall grounds. One of those panels will be in memory of Ira Shapiro (1962-'87).

"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die," the message says. to realize how many people have died from this disease," she said of the display, which began going up Tuesday. "People hear the numbers, but I think the quilt visually shows you the numbers. This is not for public relations. It's for pure support." The display is part of a nationwide Saks project, in which panels from the quilt will be shown at all of the clothing retailer's more than 45 stores and outlets during the next eight months.

The quilt is kept in San Francisco by the NAMES Project Foundation. While the 3-.