Capital Region Scrapbook: Youngsters earn salutes from activities in ’48

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jeff Wilkin

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Learning experiences for young people were abundant in Schenectady during 1948.

Cub Scouts studied the American flag, a troop of kids in Scotia collected newspapers for recycling. Youngsters in the Schenectady Boys’ Club signed up for craft classes and actors at the Brown School figured out how to escape a wicked witch.

Scouts from Pack 35 at Woodlawn Elementary School celebrated Flag Day a little late. During early autumn, the Scouts received an American flag from Earl Griswold. Griswold posed with small and large groups of Scouts to mark the occasion.

In Scotia, a team of children collected newspapers for a paper drive. Ecology might have been part of the plan, but “going green” probably meant going to get money the kids earned from paper salvage companies.

Members of the Schenectady Boys’ Club spent a busy September. The kids participated in a “Salute to Youth” month with a citywide youth rally for boys. Tours of the club were part of the party, and curious ones watched films and signed up for craft classes.

There were no classes in outwitting witches at the Brown School in 1948. Teddy Green and Katrina Rozendaal designed the curriculum themselves, and as “Hansel and Gretel” found a way to best a witch — or was it a warlock — played by Russell Stephenson.