WORK IN NEW YORK

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXII, Issue 258, 30 September 1942, Page 3

WORK IN NEW YORK

TRIBUTE TO MISS N. LUXFORD. A tribute was paid to the work of Miss Nola Luxford, who attends to the wants of Anzacs in New York, by an Auckland engineer in the merchant navy, Mr W. H. Pitts. He has twice been torpedoed, and it was while convalescing from the second of these incidents in New York that he met Miss Luxford.

“When in New York City,” said Mr Pitts, “I. met a very pretty and charming girl hailing from Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. She w r as Miss Nola, Luxford. She deserves great credit for the war work she is doing. Very attractive and with Miss Luxford is a great hostess to the lads in blue and all other New Zealanders and Australians. Known to all as ‘Nola’, she is the busiest girl in New York City. “When I was present at one of her afternoons there were 22 lads Nola was going ‘eyes out’ making records for the boys to send back home. This done, she gave afternoon tea to all. This was greatly appreciated. “Nola’s flat is charming and restful, with delightful furnishings, but it was never intended to be an Anzac Club. However, Nola’s circle is growing daily and her whole time is taken up in arranging visits to all the principal attractions, parties, and dances. “All the people in New Zealand and Australia who know Nola should 1»o proud of the fact. She is held in the highest esteem in the U.S.A.” Miss Luxford’s needs in caring for our boys are many. Mr Pitts gave her a promise that he would his best when he returned to New Zealand to get people to send her daily newspapers, periodicals, and all kinds of reading matter, as the boys were hungry for news from home. Miss Luxford’s address is 148, East 48, New York City, United States of America.

Miss Luxford was formerly Miss Nola Pratt, her first husband being a Palmerston North man, Mr Maurice Luxford. Both have lived in the United States for some years.