The new owner renamed the child Thomas Greene Bethune or Thomas Wiggins Bethune ( according to different sources ).

In 1981 he was the subject of a film, " Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune " directed by Mark W. Travis.

* A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Greene Bethune ( Blind Tom ).

* Barbara Schmidt, " Archangels Unaware, The Story of Thomas Bethune at Mark Twain site, www. twainquotes. com

* Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune, KCET, PBS ( 1981 ) at the Internet Movie Database

The UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944 by Frederick D. Patterson ( then president of what is now Tuskegee University ), Mary McLeod Bethune, and others.

Bethune grew up in Austin, Texas and spent summers with his father, who was then working as a crop duster, in Hernando, Mississippi.

His unit was then committed to the Battle of Festubert, near Bethune, which began on 15 May.

A search firm hired by Continental's board of directors suggested Bethune, who had recently completed an Advanced Management Course at the Harvard Business School, to salvage the company.

Bethune hired professional musicians to play for Tom, who could faithfully reproduce their performances, often after a single listening.

Tom later toured the South with Bethune or accompanied by hired managers, though their travels and bookings were sometimes hampered by the North-South hostilities which were drawing the nation towards Civil War.

Pyle was born in Bethune in Kit Carson County, Colorado, to farmer Ben H. Pyle ( 1895 – 1988 ) and his wife Maude ( 1899 – 1985 ); After graduating from high school, Pyle briefly attended Colorado State University but dropped out to enter show business.

Blind at birth, he was sold in 1850 along with his enslaved parents, Charity and Mingo Wiggins, to a Columbus, Georgia lawyer, General James Neil Bethune.

General James N. Bethune and Blind TomThere are conflicting historical accounts of Blind Tom's first public performance, some indicating he was as young as three.

In 1875, General Bethune transferred management of Blind Tom's professional affairs to his son John Bethune, who accompanied Tom on tour around the U. S. for the next eight years.

Because the blind lad could not perform work normally demanded of enslaved Africans, Tom was left to play and explore the Bethune plantation.

After his extraordinary music skills were recognized by General Bethune, Tom was permitted to live in a room attached to the family house, away from the enslaved quarters.

Newspaper reviews and audience reactions were favorable, prompting General Bethune to undertake a concert tour with Tom around their home state of Georgia.

In 1866, at age 16, Tom was taken on a European concert tour by General Bethune, who collected testimonials about Tom's natural talents from composer-pianist Ignaz Moscheles and pianist-conductor Charles Hallé.

However, shortly after their marriage, John Bethune embarked on an extended tour of the U. S. with Tom, in effect abandoning Eliza.

After John Bethune died in a railway accident in 1884, Tom was returned — over Eliza's objections — to the care of General Bethune ( now living in Virginia ).

In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.

Aside from being an important port and boarding point between France and England, it is at the nucleus of many major railway and highway networks and connected by road to Arras, Lens, Bethune and St. Omer.

Norman Bethune ’ s great grandfather, Angus Bethune ( 1783 – 1858 ), joined the North West Company at an early age and travelled extensively throughout the north western territories, exploring and trading for furs.

Malcolm Nicolson Bethune, led an uneventful life as a small town pastor, initially at Gravenhurst, Ontario 1889-92.

Bethune is located at ( 34. 414881 ,-80. 347414 ).

Bethune, the Bishop of Hereford, died during the council, and Eugene nominated Foliot as his successor at Theobald's urging.

* John Drinkwater Bethune ( 1762 – 1844 ) lived at Thorncroft Manor in the town from about 1838 until his death and is buried in the churchard of the parish church.

In 1812, he was appointed vendue master and King's Auctioneer for the district of Montreal, working in partnership with his nephew Norman Bethune, who lived with him at 14 Rue Saint-Urbain.

Meredith's former business partner at Montreal, Strachan Bethune, was the grandson of Martha ( Henry ) Hallowell.

The Lynches river forms a large S at the place where US Highway # 1 crosses the river one mile north of Bethune.

*: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 and 1918, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Ypres 1914, 1915 and 1917, Nonne Bosschen, Hill 60, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Aubers, Somme 1916 and 1918, Albert 1916 and 1918, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917 and 1918, Scarpe 1917 and 1918, Arleux, Bullecourt, Messines 1917 and 1918, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 and 1918, St Quentin, Ancre 1918, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Bethune, Scherpenberg, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épehy, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916

He was born at the Château de Rosny near Mantes-la-Jolie into a branch of the House of Bethune, a noble family originating in Artois, and was brought up in the Reformed faith, a Huguenot.

Bethune retired in 1942 at which time James A. Colston became president until 1946 when Bethune resumed the presidency for a year.

Bethune was born in San Antonio, Texas to Pearl Elley and Jack Bethune, who was serving in the U. S. Army at that time.

Bethune joined the U. S. Navy in 1958 at age 17, becoming an aviation electronics technician.

Bethune released his book, From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback, in 1999 detailing his success at that carrier.

While at Continental, Mr. Bethune created the Go-Forward plan, to fix problems with the airline, which included employee morale, the quality of the product, and the route structure, among others.

Replacements later in the run included Cyd Charisse ( in her Broadway debut at age 70 ) and Zina Bethune as Elizaveta, Austin Pendleton and Chip Zien as Otto, and John Schneider, Rex Smith, and Brent Barrett as the Baron.

When Bethune returned home eight months later, his wife filed for divorce.

Occupants over the years have included the Reverend John Bethune, the great-great-grandfather of Doctor Norman Bethune, and David Thompson, Canadian explorer.

Bethune was born in New York City, the daughter of Ivy ( née Vigder ), an actress ( born June 1, 1918, Sevastopol, Russia ) and William Charles Bethune, a sculptor and painter who died in 1950 when Zina was five years old.

Sanson's Peak was named in 1948 for Norman Bethune Sanson who diligently attended the observatory recording equipment atop Sulphur Mountain for nearly 30 years.

Two years later, Pritilata graduated in Philosophy with distinction from Bethune College of Calcutta ( now Kolkata ).

* Jane Wyatt and Edgar Bethune Ward, 1 day short of 65 years, married from November 9, 1935 until his death on November 8, 2000.

This school did excellent work for many years and was subsequently conducted under the name of the Banga Mahila Vidyalaya and was at last amalgamated with the Bethune College for ladies, to which it furnished some of its most distinguished students.