Tag: New York

8th September

8th Sept. Friday. What a morning
got up early, bathed, breakfasted &
as Sam’s receptionist is off Mary had to
step in and fill the breach. arrived
at 9-30 and boy is it hectic here, patients
all over the place. Had lunch in
the office, and now on my way to New
York for the bus to Elizabeth. Just got a
bus by the skin of my teeth, and as the
day is extremely hot arrived in Elizabeth
all hot & bothered, called at Morris’ office
and he took me home. Back again at
Parker Road with my loved ones, washed
changed had dinner & settled down to a
lovely quiet evening.

6th September

6th Sept Wednesday. Awoke, bathed & had
breakfast, wrote some letters, relaxed
and had lunch, off now to Long Island,
the usual wonderful warm reception,
left very reluctantly, & met Rita Green
and Rai Dobby in 5th Avenue, recognised
Rai immediately, she looks wonderful,
very much thinner, the 3 of us went
to eat, and chatted & chatted, then
Rita left us and Rai and I continued
to talk & talk, it is amazing the details
we recalled as 8 P.M, we said au-
revoir, and back to Brooklyn, and
for a change we had an early night.

5th September

5th Sept. Tuesday Got up had my shower,
breakfast etc, saw Millie & Maurice off
to work, done my washing, written
my diary up to date, and now
Nellie, and I have the house to
ourselves, will soon start to pack
for Brooklyn, and as usual when
I come here, am going back with a
lot more than I came with. 4 P.M
Blanche called and took me to the bus
arrived in New York during the rush
hour, what an experience. Got on the
Subway for Brooklyn, arrived at Avenue
J, couldn’t get a taxi, so had to humph
my case to Mary’s, got there completely
exhausted, had dinner, talked & talked
then bed.

1st September

1st Sept Friday. Got up early, had a
shower, dressed and had breakfast,
wrote some letters, went to Avenue J,
came home, had lunch, then we all
went to Kennedy Airport, where we
met Harold, then called at the B.J.H.
for Samuel, and all on our way to
Elizabeth. Arrived in Elizabeth 6 P.M.
a wonderful welcome, but found that
Nellie hadn’t been well, and was in
hospital for a few days, but thank G-d
she is home, and will get stronger each
day. Unpacked had dinner, had
plenty to talk about, and in spite of
the fact that I have on so much
weight, I took my usual ice cream soda
and then to bed.

STREAMLINED CUSTOMS FACILITIES
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Aerial Gateway to the United States
Typical of the attention given to passenger con-
venience are the new streamlined custom facilities
which speed incoming passengers through customs.
Passenger claims his own baggage and takes it
to any of 36 supermarket-type checkout counters
in each of the two custom halls in the building.
Once he is past this counter he is clear of customs.

31st August

31st Aug Thursday. Slept late, got up, had
a shower, then breakfast, went out with
Mary to Avenue J, my favourite shopping
place, came home, had lunch, shopping
again, went to Devorah’s with messages,
boy, what a stock, came home, had
dineer, spoke to Lou & Jacqueline Wallin [?]
phoned Ray Dobbie, had an early
night and then to bed.

30th August

30th Aug. Wednesday. 7-20 A.M., arrived at
Harrisburg, dropped off and picked up
passenger, had breakfast, and off again
10. A.M., arrived at Philadelphia,
had tea, a very large & busy city.
Now on the road again, very bad
weather over the mountains and now
Newark, New Jersey. Let off passengers
and now on to New York, arrived
mid-day, and was met by Jack and
Mary, and as usual was nearly
smothered with their welcome and love.
1-30 P.M., a lovely shower, changed all
my clothes had a marvellous dinner,
got all my mail, and am now
relaxing, had a sleep for few
hours and now supper, Mary has to
got to Samuel’s office as receptionist is
off, so wea ll go. Arrived at 8-30 P.M.,
and found a crowded waiting room, I
wrote some letters, and now at 11-30 P.M.,
the last patient has gone, so we all up
and home, oh what a treat to get into
a bed again.

27th July

27th July. Thursday. Up nice and
early and Millie and I off to New
York again. Had a bing[e] shopping,
by the time we were through were
very tired, had lunch and back
to Elizabeth, watched Perry Mason
and off to bed.

26th July

26th July. Wednesday. Off to New York
went to La Crepe for lunch and
had a crepe suzette filled with
eggs and mushrooms, which was
delicious. Went to see “South
Pacific” it was wonderful, each
voice was sweeter than the
other, the male lead is “Tozzi” an
operatic singer, and besides his
wonderful voice, he is very handsome.
The show is in the New Lincoln Centre,
and after the show, we had a tour
of the buildings which a just to
wonderful. Had tea out in the
square, and back to Elizabeth.

[Giorgio Tozzi, who starred in this Richard Rogers produced revival of South Pacific, actually provided the voice for Rossano Brazzi’s singing in the 1958 film.]

23rd July

23rd July. Sunday. Went into New York
and had dinner at Barbara’s, she’s
most attractive, has a wonderful 10
roomed flat, everything in very good
taste & enjoyed myself very much, her
husband most interesting, he was
educated in the “Sorbonne” and lived
in Paris for 8 years. Came home, got
comfortable, Francis came in & didn’t get
to bed till very late.

20th July

20th July. Thursday. Off again to New York,
straight to the U.N. building, waited in
a queue for 2 hours to get into the
assembly rooms. Earphones in every seat,
and everything is translated in 5 languages.
A great hush and the President addressed
the meeting, asked if any delegate had
anything to say, the delegate from
Ireland got up and proposed an
adjournment till to-morrow at 2-30, this
was unanimous, so that was that, what
a disappointment for everybody. Came
out and had lunch in the U.N. cafe,
wrote some cards, and then went into
town, saw a most hilarious picture
“A guide to the married man, never
laughed such a lot for years, what a
cast, could see it again, then
went in for tea, and back home to
Elizabeth, arrived tired by happy.
Had dinner, and am settling down to
do some writing.