The fever for brass bands that had swept through coastal Liberian towns in the early 1900s hit Caldwell in 1923. That year, the No. 1 Gibson Excelsior Brass Band was incorporated.
Named as officers were J. C. A. Gibson, ex-officio president; J. H. Sauders, president; James L. Johnson, vice president; C. C. Melton, band master; S. J. Melton, secretary; A. L. Blackledge, assistant secretary; J. W. Melton, speaker; J. P. Davis, treasurer; Joseph George, band leader; and Henry King, boatswain.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, Acts 1923-24, pp. 50.
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