Exhibit Details
Camp Rothrock was the Council Camp prior to Horseshoe and served our Scouts from 1921 through 1927.

Staff Pictures
Display Details
Some staff pictures at Camp Rothrock, the Chester County Council camp before Horseshoe Scout Reservation was purchased.
Staff Listings
Display Details
A listing by year of the Camp Rothrock staff members from 1921-1927, though some staff lists are incomplete and compiled from newspaper articles.
1921
1921 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Clifton Lisle
Assistant Camp Director
Francis N. Bickel
Camp Physician
John L. Loomis
Cooks
Cecil Grant, Johnnie Jones
Truck Driver
Joseph Hemphill 3rd
1922
The 1922 staff list is a partial list from the July 7, 1922 edition of the Daily Local News.
1922 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Clifton Lisle
Assistant Camp Director
John Headley
Camp Physician
Jerald Backstrand
Camp Clerk
William Kestor (Dir.), Wilbur Pratt (Asst.)
Commissary
Thomas Y. Ford (Dir.), Ralph Nixdorf (Asst.)
1923
1923 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles Heistand
Assistant Camp Director
Dr. B. S. West
Camp Physician
Dr. B. S. West, Christian S. Sanderson (Asst.)
Food Service
L. C. Saunders (Cook), Alexander Griesk (Asst.), J. W. Chalfant (Asst.)
Camp Clerk
Albert W. Kitts
Camp Bugler
Horace A. Rigg
Truck Driver
William Everett
1924
1924 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles Heistand
Assistant Camp Director
Joseph H. Brinton
Camp Physician
M. L. Stone (Asst.)
Activities
Jules Prevost
Aquatics
Francis E. Soule
Scoutcraft
William Cater (Dir.)
Campcraft
Robert L. Heistand (Dir.), Wilbur Pratt, Wayne Chalfant
Food Service
Thorp Groff, Charles R. J. Hayes Jr., Walter Mitchell, John Parker Jr., Roy Faulker, Reed Cater
1925
1925 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles Heistand
Assistant Camp Director
Joseph H. Brinton
Camp Physician
Dr. H. A. Spangler, E. G. Rand (Asst.)
Activities
Jules Prevost
Aquatics
George P. Heubi
Woodcraft
J. Wayne Chalfant
Scoutcraft
T. L. Bishop
Commissary
John Chambers
Camp Cook
Jake H. O’Donnell (Dir.), Ardemus Stewart (Asst.)
Camp Bugler
William Decker
1926
1926 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles M. Heistand
Assistant Camp Director
Ben Thomas
Camp Chef
Jake H. O’Donnell
Aquatics
George P. Heubi
Senior Staff
Joseph H. Brinton, Charles C. Schmidt, Kenneth Sowden, E. W. Brown, Maurice L. Pettit
Junior Staff
Robert Jacobs, Charles Forney, William Brown, Frank Bicking, Raymond Watson, William K. Hathaway, Harrison Rigg
1927
1927 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Director
Charles M. Heistand
Activities
Charles C. Schmidt (Dir.), Mark L. Seibert (Asst.)
Aquatics
Jules Prevost
Camp Physician
Marion T. Richardson
Woodcraft
Joseph H. Brinton
Nature
Lawrence Parsons
Junior Staff
Moulton H. Davis Jr., Raymond Watson, William K. Hathaway, Willard Elton, Ward Northeimer, William Larkin, Richard Rigg, William Keller
Follow us on social media

© Horseshoe Scout Reservation Alumni Association 2025




