From the current owner of this banjo:

""Bud" Corson from Lewistown, PA. He had written his contact information with pencil inside the resonator, alongside the sidewall. I did some checking, and Mr. Corson was a WWII veteran, played in a band during his military career. In civilian life, he played in several bands, an orchestra, sang in a chorale- so he was quite a musician from what I gathered from his obituary."

Photos and history courtesy of Mr. Dean Meece