As a boy in the Episcopal Church, Neville and his three brothers were sent by their mother — on an interfering neighbour's advice — to try out for the choir; Neville led them in deliberately singing every wrong note so they would be rejected, and then told the organist Mr. Taggert that his eldest brother Cecil could whistle.
Date (happened)
between 1905 and 1920
unresolved
- between 1905 and 1920
Place
Persons
Told / reported
- 5 June 1970
- 5 June 1970
Sources
Source
- Q & As, July 1970 ¶25 (Now, my eldest brother, Cecil, -- and so I said to Mr. Taggert, who was the organist; just as we were about to leave, I said to Mr. Taggert, “Oh, Mr. Taggert,s my brother Cecil can whistle.”)