SCRAPBOOK - Valentine's Day will be celebrated by romantic hearts on Friday. Today's Cap Scrap offers a sweet batch of photos from 1971.
Gazette file photos by Sid Brown, Ed Schultz and Marc Schultz.
Scrapbook: Schenectady-area photos from 1971, waterbed, too
Diana Wells arranges roses for Valentine's Day at Frank Gallo and Son Florist in Schenectady in 2006.
Carmine Lanci, produce manager at the Albany Public Market, shows off produce for the "Pussycats" 4-H club during the winter of 1971. Young girls standing from left are Cathy Masters, Laurie Carbo, Debbie Denton, Mary Cline and Cathy Hodges. The new club's leaders, Mrs. Frank Cline, left, and Mrs. James Hodges, also participated.
Members of Explorer Post 725 meet with their sponsors --- the Carman Fire Department --- during the winter of 1971. Standing in front, from left are post president Jim Stairs and firefighters Vic Fazio, the post's advisor, and Joseph Christopher, the post committee chairman. In the back row, from left, are Explorers Len Fassett, Scott Posson and Alfred Brousseau, The post had just received its first charter.
"Latin Beat," a group of young women at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, prepare for the "Spartan Spotlight" variety show during the winter of 1971. In the front row, from left, are Denise Riggi, Margaret Poole, Deborah Ferro and Pat Mooney. In the back row, also from left, are Cheryl Stout, Nancy Long, Laurie Parker and Kim Wood.
Mohawk National Bank personnel gather around a collection of vintage currency in 1971. Standing from left are Eunice M. Hoag, Jane Rogers, bank president (and collection owner) John W. Reid and Winifred Clark.
Richard Robinson, president of Robinson Furniture on Schenectady's State Street, relaxes on one his stores new attractions for 1971 --- a 500-gallon water bed.
Officers and guests of the Schenectady County Deputy Sheriffs' Association assemble after the group's 1971 installation ceremony. Standing from left are Undersheriff Robert Frear, new president John A. Buckley, Al Danzig of the state Department of Motor Vehicles, Sheriff Harold Calkins and District Attorney Elbert "Skip" Watrous.
Stacy Lewis watches the Red Cross inoculation procedure at Refreshing Spring Child Day Care Center during the winter of 1971. Standing from left are Dr. Peter Cassella, nurse Jean Stevens, Larry Bellamy of the center and Mrs. John W. St. Clair of the Red Cross.
