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B6 Palm Beach Daily News, Wednesday, November 22, 1989 Theatre Ballet Of Canada OBITUARIES In FAU Performance 1 I ELdiarles Newhall Rockefeller as an associate in the newly-formed venture capital firm Laurence Rockefeller Associates, now Venrock. The company developed the engine for the Bell X-l, Chuck Yeager's plane that broke the sound barrier. The company also developed the engine for the Viking Rocket, the Douglas Skyrocket Aircraft, and the MX-744 missel. Mr. Newhall was then sent to Flight Refueling another Rockefeller venture, as president and chief executive officer.

After doing consulting work for many small companies since 1965, Mr. Newhall retired to Florida in 1973. He advised the Combustion Power Co. which pioneered the generation of electricity from the combustion of waste. Mr.

Newhall is survived by his wife Gladys; his son, Charles W. Newhall III of Owings Mills, and two grandsons, Ashton and Adair Newhall. Mr. Newhall was captain of the MIT golf team. He participated in many amateur golf tournaments and was runner-up in the Minnesota Golf Association's Championship Tournament in 1929 and won the Lake Geneva Invitation Tournament in 1932.

He won or was runner-up in several club championship tournaments. In May of 1940, Mr. Newhall married Gladys Brantley, daughter of Martha and George Brantley of Kite, Ga. In 1941 Mr. Newhall joined the Army Air Corps as a captain and was assigned to the Material Command under General Oliver P.

Echols in Washington. Capt. Newhall rose to the rank of colonel. Col. Newhall retired from active duty in 1946.

During his Air Force years, he was awarded the Legion of Merit and several other decorations. He was hired by Mr. Laurence can Ballet Theatre and JeTfime "Robbins' Ballets: USA, is cpnsid-ered one of Canada's most imaginative ballet The next event in the twopart series will be the Ohio Ballet on March 16 and 17. Patron subscriptions at $83 for two tickets, one to fcach series event, help to defray: the cost of the series and ensure its continuation. Contributions above the actual value of the tickets are tax deductible Patrons are invited to openingjiight receptions.

Regular season subscriptions are $48 for two tickets, one to each series event. Single tickets for reserved seating are $27 for each event, half price for children under age 12. Season subscriptions and individual tickets are still available at FAU's Griswold TheatreTBox Office, (407) 367-3808. Theatre Ballet of Canada will perform at Florida Atlantic Uni-" versity at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec.

1 and 2, in the University's Esther B. Griswold Theatre. The dance troupe is the first of two to be featured in FAU's 1989-'90 Performing Arts Dance Artist Series sponsored by the College of Humanities. The troupe's award-winning choreography, high-spirited dancing and spectacular sets, costumes and lighting have delighted audiences in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Latin America. The young company, based in Ottawa, has been hailed for its freshness and vivacity.

Under the artistic direction of Lawrence Gradus, the 10-dancer touring ballet company presents a mix of classical and contemporary choreography which includes Balanchine, Tudor, Arpino and Lynne Taylor-Corbett. Gradus, a former soloist with Ameri Business Executive Charles W. Newhall Jr. died Saturday, Nov. 18, in Delray Beach.

Mr. Newhall was a retired business executive and director of a number of companies in "'Chicago, New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He spent his retirement in Delray Beach. During that time, he was a member of the Everglades Club, the Gulfstream Bath and Tennis Club and the Manalapan Yacht Club. During Mr.

Newhall's 30-year in venture capital he served as a director of 13 compa- nies and as an officer of four. He was a pioneer in both the early years of the venture capital busi- ness and in the birth of the aero- space industry, --wv During his 41-year business Norma Terris Dies Nov. 15 Norma Terris, who starred as Magnolia and Kim in the original Florenz Ziegfeld 1927 Broadway production of the musical Show I Boat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, died at at her summer home in Lyme, on Nov. 15 after a brief illness. She also resided in West Palm Beach.

Miss Terris re-created her roles in the Broadway revival of Show Boat in 1932-1933. She also played on Broadway in Be Yourself, Great Lady, A Night in Paris and A Night In Spain. She starred at the Municipal Opera Company in St. Louis for cuoi'iciM? Piano Competition Winner To Perform In Yugoslavia opened the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connin 1985, she presented A Tribute To Jerome Kern, her one-woman show fea- turing his songs. In 1987 she established The Norma Terris Fund to encourage achievements in musical theater.

In 1989 she established a Norma Terris intern sponsorship at the Goodspeed Opera House. She remained involved with the Good-speed until her illness. In 1972 the Norma Terris Humane Education and Nature Center was established in East Haddam on 30 acres of land Miss Terris donated. The center houses the New England Regional Office of the Humane Society of the United States. In 1976 she sponsored the care of Sandy the dog prior to his PATRICIA WATTS-WEARN' REAL TTI Sill nwyanKM'aj iinn 11 1 1 I CwiniW I I I 5 ymn career, Mr.

Newhall served as a director of nine charitable organizations, including the Baltimore Opera, the American Red Cross in Baltimore, the Baltimore Association of Commerce. Mr. Newhall was born July 14, 1906 in Faribault, Minn. He graduated from Shattuck School attended Carleton College in North-field, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1928. While at MIT, Mr.

Newhall collaborated with Tom Vardon to design the Shattuck School Golf Course. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1936 with an MBA in finance. Between 1929 and 1940, Mr. Newhall worked with the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. Here, Mr.

Newhall issued several patents for telephone line testing equipment, and he developed an interest in flying and aircraft. 10 seasons in the '30s and '40s, appearing in three productions of Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet as well as in Lady in the Dark, Ivor Novello's Glamorous Night, Moss Hart's The American Way and Show Boat. Her summer stock credits include Rain, Private Lives and Tonight at 8:30. She made films for 20th Century Fox in Hollywood in the '30s including Married in Hollywood and the film musical Cameo Kirby. In 1970 she starred at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, in Little Mary Sunshine.

She was a 30-year member of the Board of Trustees of the Goodspeed Opera House Foundation. In 1984 the Goodspeed (407) 844-1740 After Hours PIT Pianist Norman Krieger, the winner of the 1987 Palm Beach Invitational, will perform in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with the Belgrade Symphony. This engagement, scheduled for Jan. 19-21, will be broadcast nationally in Yugoslavia. It is a direct result of Krieger's New York debut concert in October, said John Bryan, president of the Guild for International Piano Competitions, sponsor of the annual Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition.

In addition to New York, the guild has sponsored or co-presented concerts for its laureates in Warsaw and Paris. Belgrade and Philadelphia bring the number to four major cultural centers where the guild has promoted winners of the Palm Beach Invitational. In Florida, the guild sponsored Krzysztof Jablonski in a Classes To Benefit PB Suzanne Alexander, a graduate of Yale University's Foreign Language Institute, will teach a 10-week French course for advancedintermediate French students in the language, with all proceeds to benefit the Palm Beach Community ChestUnited Way. Alexander, a resident of Palm Beach and a native of France, has taught in New England. Her students have ranged from high CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING INFORMATION debut on Broadway in Annie.

In 1969 and 1971 she presented her one-woman show An Evening with Norma Terris. Miss Terris was born in Chicago on Nov. 13, 1902. She was an honorary member of the Ziegfeld Club for 35 years and for many years entertained at the annual Ziegfeld Ball. Miss Terris is survived by her husband Albert D.

Firestone. A memorial service will be held at a future date at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn. Burial was private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Norma Terris-Albert D. Firestone Foundation, P.O.

Box 2650, New Britain, Conn. 06050, or to the charity of one's choice. ESTATE (407) 844-1740 fC After Hours tjni 0 non-competition concert in Miami in conjunction with the Uni-verstiy of Miami and the Chopin Foundation. Nicola Frisardi, another, guild laureate, will perform his Lincoln Center program at the PGA Sheraton on Jan. 21, and on Jan.

20 at a South County location still to be announced. He also will perform inPhila-delphia on Jan. 28, the day after his guild-sponsored New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. The 1990 Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition is set for Jan. 4-117Nine of its 17 concerts are free to guild members.

For information on joining the Guild for International Piano Competitions, write Guild, P.O. Box 3094, Palm Beach, Fla. 33480-3094. Dues a year. Community Chest school to a former U.S.

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