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Miss Margaret Miller, who won the gold medal at Perthshire Festival on Saturday and also the Federation of British Music Industries Challenge Cup for the best individual competitor, the two supreme awards is a singer well known in Abernyte.
She is the daughter of Mr John Miller who is employed on Rossie Priory. The family reside at Newmill of Knapp. Miss Miller is at home with her mother, and her performance at the festival derived additional lustre from her suffering the bad effects of a cold.
Miss Miller's sweet soprano is heard in many concerts around her home. She is an enthusiastic worker for Abernyte Church of which she is organist and Sabbath school teacher and is prominent in Abernyte W.R.I. work.
She received her early musical training from the late Mrs Milroy, whose husband was minister at Abernyte Church. Miss Miller's sister, Miss May Miller is a teacher in Abernyte School. Her brother James is a banker at Broughty Ferry.