rabbit holes

Interesting things to explore.
Not quite related to the KofC Berkeley Council history.



http://books.google.com/books?id=PA12AAAAMAAJ
The Negro trail blazers of California:
a compilation of records from the ...
By Delilah Leontium Beasley, Bancroft Library
---page 223---
Leviticus Nelson Everell Lyon, the subject of this sketch, was born in San Francisco
in May, 1894. He was educated in the public schools of Oakland, after which he
took a course in general history and economics at the University of California in
Berkeley. It was while attending the university that he discovered that he had a talent
for music, immediately placing himself for voice culture under the instruction of Miss
Katherine Urner and Dr. George Bowdin, of the University of California. The last
named was a former professor from London, England.
[...]
Soon after the above was penned and mailed to Mr. Lyon for criticism he was
solicited by some friend to appear in a song recital at the Knights of Columbus Hall in
Oakland. The following appeared in the Oakland Bulletin of April 17, 1918: "Customs
Employee in Singer's Role. An elevator operator with ambitions to become a concert
singer has been discovered in the employ of Uncle Sam at the custom house in San
Francisco. [...] He will make his
first appearance with a program of his own at the Knights of Columbus Hall, in Oakland,
on Saturday evening, April 27, 1918.
[...]