Blind Halifax girl pianist hailed for memorizing by touch
Susan Small, 17, nearly blind since birth, has studied piano 12 years at the Halifax School for the Blind. Critics from London to Canada praise her rare talent and potential as a major pianist. She memorizes by Braille reading and has performed with orchestras under conductors including Sir Ernest MacMillan.
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Halifax
N. S
Susan Small
Halifax School For the
Guy Jonson
Royal Academy of Music
London
Royal Scottish
Royal Irish Conservatories
Canada
Gordon MacPherson
Susan
MacPherson
Ernest MacMillan
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Wyoming County Sees Major School Building Boom
The county’s master plan adds three new grade schools and a high school, plus a bus garage, after a 1959 bond passage. Bud-Alpoca, Oceana, Pineville, and Herndon complexes rise with modern features. numerous additions and renovations across 22 schools aim to finish by year end with total spend near 1.92 million dollars.
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Fern Miniaci
Bad-Alpoea
G. C. Johnson, Welch
Zando, Martin and Millstead
Charleston
Bud-Alpoca
Valley Springs
Bud
Wipperman Construction Co
Beckley
Oceana
Zando, Martin, and Millstead
Hillside Grade School
Pineville
Henry T. Elden
Huntington
Murray Morgan
Darrell V. McGraw
Herndon High School
Sawmill Bottom
Lewis Worrledge
Mt. Lookout
Barkers Ridge
Acie B. Stewart
Herndon
North Central Association
Welch Road
Briers School
Baileysville
Brier
Clarence Lusk
Baileysville High School
Amerigo Bazzie
H. T. Boggs
W. R. Frampton
H. G. Taylor
Rich Creek
Board of Education
National Youth Administration
Robert Beavers
NYA
Wyoming County
Callaghan
Glen S. Callaghan
Jesse Houck
Bill Trent
G. K. Basham
Brenton
Lloyd Shields
State Department of Education
Coal Mountain
Basham Brothers of
Hassell T. Hicks
Welch
Zando
Martin and Millstead
G. C. Johnston
Kopperston
Vaughan Stewart
Maben
Ted R. Clay
Mathen
W. S. Donat
Matheny
J. Fergie Scott
Guyan Construction
Gilbert
Donat
Wipperman Construction
Road Branch
Garlin Walker
Campus
Cook
Sabine
Scott
Glen Rogers
Stephenson
Wyco
Wyoming
Three Area Students At Alderson-Broaddus
Two Beckley residents are among Alderson-Broaddus College's 180 entering freshmen, the largest class in school history. Thomas Mark Skaggs and James Von West checked in with orientation week as Kary Lynn White transferred in as a sophomore from Concord College. A full slate of social activities tours testing and counseling precedes registration on September 14 with classes starting the following day.
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Luther Green
Ikes Fork
Coal Mountain
Island Creek Coal Co
Conley High School
W. R. Frampton
Huntington
Worley Walker
Carl Hazard
Conley
Clarence Snuffer
Corinne
Lochey Miller
Mullens
Glen Fork
Walker
Snuffer
W. S. Donat
Frampton and Bowers
Glen Rogers High School
Wipperman Construction Co
Beckley
Donat
Huff Consolidated
Hanover
Huff Creek
Vipperman
Maxwell and Keyser
Stacey Hughes
Clear Fork
G. C. Johnson
Welch
Itmann
C. L. Cook
John McGraw
Wipperman Construction
Verne Clay
Mullens High School
G C. Johnson
Ben Dunman
Kop
Alderson - Broaddus College
Pine St
James von West
Fred H. Souder
Freeman St
Concord College
Kary Lynn White
Emory V. White
Church St
Lamp in attic trash box spans decades of use
Mrs. C. E. Partlowe of Miami found a light bulb in an attic trash box in November 1939 and has used it almost constantly since. The bulb has burned 24 hours a day for much of its service in a hallway, with unknown prior usage before discovery.
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Miami, Fla
C. E. Partlowe
Miami
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New Oceana
Mullens High
Herndon High
Oceana High School
Hunting
Karyl Lynn White
Thomas Mark Skaggs
Alderson-Broaddus
Mrs. V. Mark Skaggs
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