[ivie] APH Narrator Remembered

[Ardis Bazyn]

Narrator for American Printing House for the Blind remembered

Posted: Apr 07, 2011 6:28 PM
Updated: Apr 07, 2011 7:02 PM

Terry Hayes Sales (Source: aph.org)
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A memorial service for an actress, singer and 
long-time narrator for the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) in 
Louisville
will be held Saturday, April 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at APH, 1839 Frankfort 
Avenue.

94-year-old Terry Hayes Sales, who recorded more than 900 books for the 
blind and visually impaired, died in November 2010 of Alzheimer's disease at 
a nursing
home in Rowley, Massachusetts, according to a release from APH.

Sales began narrating books in 1938, just a year after the printing house 
released its first talking book, "Gulliver's Travels." She was inducted into 
the
American Foundation for the Blind's Talking Book Hall of Fame in 1988. Ten 
years later, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped
honored Sales for her more than sixty years as a narrator.

Among her works are three narrations of "Little Women" and most of the Nancy 
Drew books.

According to Steve Mullins, studio director for the American Printing House 
for the Blind, Sales was likely the narrator who had the longest affiliation
with APH. Mullins said she had a "remarkable ability to tell a story."

Terry Hayes was a staff singer on WBBM Radio in Chicago while she was still 
in high school. She met her future husband, Stuart Sales, when he was a 
student
at the University of Illinois. After he served in the U.S. Navy, the couple 
moved to Louisville. According to her son, Michael Sales, his mother 
continued
to sing on WAVE Radio and WHAS Radio.

Michael Sales is planning the memorial service which will include friends 
and family members sharing their stories of his mother. Many who listened to 
her
narrations will also be in attendance.

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