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A graduate of Amsterdam’s Vrooman Avenue Elementary School, Nancy Booth was in ninth grade when she died.
Her mother had died in 1942 when Nancy was about seven. Her father lived in Miami Beach, Florida. Nancy had a sister, Louise Booth, who was one year older.
Nancy was being raised by her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George Tetradis, at 62 Edward St. on Reid Hill. Her grandmother, also named Nancy Booth, lived in Amsterdam.
Shortly after 8 a.m. on Nov. 29, 1949, a cold light rain was falling on Amsterdam’s Guy Park Avenue. The street was slippery as students arrived for class at the former Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School.