Westfield Apple Fest Slated for Oct. 4

By Westfield Historical Society

It’s that time of year again, when music, community spirit and lots of fun activities beckon us to the historic Reeve house to participate in Apple Fest, the Westfield Historical Society’s annual fall fund-raiser.

This year’s festivities will be held on Saturday, October 3, from 12 to 4 p.m.. The rain date will be October 4 from 12- 4p.m.

Apple Fest is a day of activities for adults and children. The annual fund-raising event, hosted at the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center at 314 Mountain Avenue in Westfield, draws all ages with the Apple Café -fashioned this year as a “speak easy”-serving celebrated local food, a judged apple pie-baking contest, old fashioned games and prizes, dance lessons by the Fred Astaire studio, a history walk and quiz, showings of clips from silent movies, exhibits celebrating the 1920’s historic pageant, a Polaroid photo booth for taking flapper-style pictures and of course, offerings from top-tier local vendors.

In celebrating the roaring 1920’s, when Westfield marked its 200-year anniversary with a historic pageant, Mindowaskin Park was dedicated and the Rialto Theater opened its doors and showed silent films for 30 cents we will be featuring free 1920’s dance demonstrations and lessons by the Fred Astaire Studio of Westfield, an antiques and curiosities sale by Golden Bee Antiques featuring items from the 1920’s, and the latest in the series of commemorative Apple Fest posters by award winning New York artist and Westfield native Danny Schwartz.

A limited number of posters will be for sale on a first come basis.

The Westfield Historical Society is a non profit organization . Our mission is to preserve, interpret and encourage interest in history and Westfield.

We provide educational outreach through our museum, archives and via programs and events for children, adults, schools and scouts. We also offer resources for those interested in preservation, oral history and historical research. The Apple Fest fund-raiser provides partial funding for these activities and is staffed by Society members, both the National Honor Society and Key Club of Westfield High School, and area boy scouts.

The Westfield Historical Society museum and cultural center is located in the Reeve house at 314 Mountain Avenue in Westfield. For further information concerning Apple Fest or the apple pie contest deadline and rules please call the Westfield Historical Society office at 908-654-1794 or visit us on the web at www.westfieldhistoricalsociety.org.