Exhibit Details
Photographs and memories of the staff that served in the first two years of Camp Horseshoe.

1928 Staff
Display Details
Most of these pictures of various staff members were found amongst Council records. Over time we hope to put some names with the faces, and together with the 1928 staff listing.
Pictures 
Staff Listing 
The following information was found in the July 5, 1928 edition of the Daily Local News and the July 18, 1928 edition of the Daily Local News.
1928 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles M. Heistand
Asst. Camp Director and Camp Adjutant
Charles C. Schmidt
Quartermaster
Charles C. Schmidt, C. Willard Keller (Asst.)
Activities Director
Mark L. Seibert
Camp Physician
E. Gerard Smith, Everett Brown (Asst.)
Handicraft
William Lear (Dir.), John Darlington, William K. Hathaway
Life Saver
Jules Prevost
Nature
Elwood C. Stabley (Dir.), Ward Northeimer (Asst.)
Indian Camp
Howard Smolleck (Dir.), William Baldwin (Asst.)
Stockade Leaders
Joseph H. Brinton, Donald G. Hughes
Bugler
Bruce Ritchey
Sea Scouts
Robert Abbe
New Scouts
Abraham McIlvaine
Headquarters
Charles Congdon, Raymond Watson
General Junior Assistant
Thomas Gillingham
Chefs
Sylvanus Jones (1st), V. Jackson (2nd)
Assistant Stewards
William Larkin, Chandler Bernard
Unknown Positions
O. Richard Heistand, Richard Woodward, Howard Plummer
1929 Staff
Display Details
Most of these pictures of various staff members were found amongst Council records. Over time we hope to put some names with the faces, and together with the 1929 staff listing.
Pictures 
Staff Listing 
The following information was found in the June 26, 1929 edition of the Daily Local News and the July 13, 1929 edition of the Daily Local News.
1929 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles M. Heistand
Asst. Camp Director and Camp Adjutant
Joseph H. Brinton
Aquatics
J. G. Starr (Dir.), William Worrall (Life Saving)
Quartermaster
O. Richard Heistand
Activities Director
Mark L. Seibert
Camp Physician
Paul Schraer
Handicraft
Mark L. Seibert (Dir.), Robert Amway, Harry Yerkes, Everett Brown
Indian Lore
William Baldwin
Headquarters
Henry Heintzelman, Isaac Whyte
Stewards
O. Richard Heistand (Dir.), George Stine, Sharpless Worrall, Victor Amway
Stockade Leaders
C. C. Schmidt, Elwood Stabley, Donald G. Hughes, Cecil H. Good, John Wink
Assistant Stockade Leaders
Chandler Bernard, Ward Northeimer, Robert Abbe, Merton Yerger, David Heilig
Food Service
Wallace Stephens
Trading Post
Ray Watson
Camp Engineer
C. C. Cole
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