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The documented story
One yearbook page establishes a distinct junior band and approximate size.
People and leadership
Fred Gesin is identified as director.
Community and organization
The school context is documented; exact grade level and feeder relationship are unresolved.
Reading the evidence
Later continuity and formal feeder relationship to Grove High School Band remain unverified.
Questions for further research
Recover the page image and preserve the separate identity unless a direct feeder relationship is documented.
Dated evidence in this record
- 1935 – 1936
Grove Junior Band had thirteen students under Fred Gesin in 1935–36 and used woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments.