CAPITAL REGION SCRAPBOOK – Capital Region Scrapbook is patched into 1976 today, with photo’s from that year’s late winter.
Gazette file photos.
Members of the Mohonasen Junior High School Drama Club prepare for their production of “The Haunted Teahouse” in March 1976. From left are Tom DeLorenzo, Mike Gerardi, Colleen Clow and Robin Carlson.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Leisa Gilbert, left, accepts a $100 savings bond from Schenectady Fire Chief Milton Kling in recognition for her idea for a department patch held by firefighter Chet Nebolini, far right. Looking on, from left, are art teacher G.C. Simiele, and firefighters Tom McDonald and John Murphy. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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The Pashley Players acting troupe rehearses for “The Clown Prince of Wanderlust” in March 1976. From left in front are Dave Ulrich as “Smack” and Karen Harvey as “Perk.” Standing in back, from left, are Dale Dolezal as “Juan,” Linda Dean as the “Princess” and Bob Smith as the “King.” The show went on at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Thomas A. Carpenter Jr., who had just opened a Baskins-Robbins ice cream store at 1400 Altamont Ave. in March 1976 serves a giant cone to Shawn Hanley. Staffers prepared for cool duty are, from left, Patty Gavin, Paul Benequista and John Hitchcock.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Dr. Ray G. Darling, chairman of the Schenectady County Dental Society’s Children Dental Health Week in March 1976 looks at art work submitted by kids in the program’s poster contest. From left are Sharon Adamee of Mt. Carmel School; Patti Morgan of Pinewood School; Terri Petrocci of Mount Carmel; Keith Seamans of Grout Park and Daren Russell, a third-grader from Fulton School who won the top prize. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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John Barge of Scotia and Boy Scout Troop 64 smiles during his Eagle Scout ceremony in March 1976. From left are William Mowerey, commissioner of Troop 64; Barge; father Roland Barge; mother Mariann Barge; and scoutmaster George McKenna. Barge was a junior at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School at the time.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Musicians prepare for the Octavo Singers presentation of Ernest Bloch’s “Sacred Service” in March 1976. From left are organ accompanist Elinore Farnum, Joanne Polimeni, director George G. Moross and Murray Prager.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Bridge Center personnel and community leaders gather for a rally in late February 1976 to thank the Schenectady community for supporting the center’s drug rehabiliation programs. From left are Bridge Center founder and director Anthony Luvera, Joan Rosenthal, Sen. Fred Isabella, Marilyn Sargent, Marilyn Lauffer and City Court Judge J. Raymond Quinn. The rally took place at the Hellenic Center.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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John Moore, far left, and Jim Kelly, third from left, members of Schenectady’s Ancient Order of Hibernians, present Ted Cohen and Arnold Cassell, second and fourth from left, of the Downtown Schenectady Association with special plaques and Irish shillelaghs to promote the city’s “Irish Week” in March 1976. A parade, flag-raising and special events in downtown stores were all parts of the plan. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Carroll A. McShane, second from right, of Local 157 of the Laborers International Union of North America, accepts well wishes from colleagues during his testimonial dinner at the Ramada Inn in March 1976. From left are Dominick Pucci, Susan Reed (McShane’s daughter); Mrs. McShane, and Louis J. Phillips, president of Local 157. McShane retired as pension and welfare administrator; he had served the union since 1946. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Arnold Amell, right, president of the Schenectady Kiwanis Club, presents a $250 check to Leonard Zullo, founder of the Linton High School Adventure Club, in March 1976. From left are Anthony Palangi of Glens Falls, lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis Mohawk Division, Rev. Wendell H. Elmendorf Jr., and Vincent Mastrofrancisco. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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Fifth-graders at Van Corlaer Middle School participate in a biology-science exercise in March 1976. Standing from left are Mrs. Frank Shutts, the kids’ teacher, Brian Oter, Mark LeBlanc, Mark Cotton, Angel Wicks, Rita Mathin and Randy Milo. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
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