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LATE 1930s STAFF

“When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.”
Bette Midler

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Listing

1935 – Contributed by David B. Woodward

This staff listing has been compiled from the July 7. 1935 issue of the Horseshoe Camp newspaper, The Echo.

Camp Director
Thomas J. Price

Assistant Director
Connie Strayer

Business Manager
Charlie Wilgis

Steward
Frank Beam

Assistant Steward
Don Rorobaugh

Director of Campfire
Bill Lear

Director of Camp Band
T. Holland Paist Jr.

Doctor’s Assistant & Buglar
Dave Hartman

Director of Nature Study
Raymond Keim

Camporee & Trading Post Manager
Palmer Raysor

Assistant Swimming Director
John Riodigor

Sherwood Forest
Ray Watson (Leader), Dick Shepherd (Assistant)

Boonesboro
Elwood (Ozzie) Spellman (Leader), Eddie Zell (Assistant)

Kit Carson
Agnew (Hank) Ewing (Leader), Ralph (Noisy) Proud (Assistant)

Davy Crockett
Glenn Wolfe (Leader), Leon Lawrence (Assistant)

Chefs
Albert Smith, Clarence Henry

K.P.’s
Jack Hoskins, Charlie Raysor

Camp Engineer
George Cole

Camp Ranger
C. C. Cole (Coley)

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1936 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

This an abbreviated camp staff listing taken from the 1936 annual council rechartering paperwork.

Camp Director
Thomas J. Price

Program Director
Charels Dannenberg

Bookkeeper
R. Henri Gordon

Nature
Raymond Keim

Steward
Frank Beam

Camp Doctor
L.W. Eichna

Swimming
A.R. Ewing

Provisional Scoutmasters
Glenn Wolfe, Ozzie Spellman, David Hartman

Chefs
Clarence Henry, Albert Smith

Pictures

These snapshots are saved by D. G. Brownlow in an album titled ‘Devon 50 1930s’.  It is believed that they are from the 1937 camp season.  It is not clear whether all of the Scouts pictured here were on staff but it is safe to assume that most were.

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1937 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

This an abbreviated camp staff listing taken from the 1937 annual council rechartering paperwork.

Camp Director
Thomas J. Price

Program Director
Charles M. Dannenberg

Business Manager
Reds Groff

Camp Doctor
L.W. Eichna, G. S. Livingood

Waterfront
Alexander Weeks (Dir.), Mercer Sloan (Asst.)

Boating
William Wichert

Nature
Raymond Keim

Handicraft
William Sellers

Steward
Glenn Wolfe

Provisional Scoutmasters
Walter T. Kerwin, Lee Lawrence, Ozzie Spellman, David Hartman

Pictures

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Listing

1938 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

This an abbreviated camp staff listing taken from the 1938 annual council rechartering paperwork.

Camp Director
Thomas J. Price

Program Director
J. Holland Heck

Camp Doctor
L.W. Eichna, Kent Zimmerman

Swimming
Mercer Sloan

Boating
William Wichert

Engineering
James Riley

Nature
Bentley Morrison

Stewards
Frank Beam, Albert Smith, Charles Henry (Asst.)

Provisional Scoutmasters
David Hartman, Ozzie Spellman, Lee Lawrence, William Sellers (ASM)

1939 – Contributed by Andrew Coe

This an abbreviated camp staff listing taken from the 1939 annual council rechartering paperwork.

Camp Director
Thomas J. Price

Asst. Director
Frank Beam

Program Director
J. Holland Heck

Steward
David Hartman

Camp Doctor
Kent Zimmerman, William Barry (Asst.)

Swimming
Mercer Sloan (Dir.), Albert Schneider (Asst.)

Boating
Paul Breuninger

Provisional Scoutmasters
Thomas Graham, Lee Lawrence

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