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Show CALL HER "MOTHER" NYE Albuquerque (N. M.) Auxiliary Offi. cial Is Loved by Thousands of Hospital Patients. Mrs. Santa Claus, the good woman, the sunshine lady, -and (commonest ft .j"" and best of all) Mother Nye these are some of the titles that have been showered show-ered upon Mrs. Belle Nye of Albuquerque, Al-buquerque, N. M. All the boys in the hospital at Fort Bayard lovingly lov-ingly call her "Mother Nye," and no name ,, ., could please her Mrs. Belle Nye. more. Mrs. Nye worked ardently all during the war In Eed Cross and other patriotic patri-otic drives and started her relief work when the first casuals were brought back overseas. She Is active constantly con-stantly for ex-service men and women throughout New Mexico, and Is Interested Inter-ested in, above all others, the disabled ones. Within the past 14 months she has made more than 16,000 sick calls. Thousands of patients throughout the Southwest know and love her. "Distributing smiles, sunshine, flowers flow-ers and happiness to all, Mrs. Belle Nye of Albuquerque arrived in the post on Monday. Mother Nye, as she Is affectionately known, needs no Introduction In-troduction to the patients here." So begins an account of one of her visits published In the Fort Bayard newspaper. news-paper. It goes on to tell that she brought flowers from the Eastern Star at Albuquerque, and boudoir caps from the Boyleston (Mass.) unit of the American Legion Auxiliary for the women patients. Mrs. Nye was born In Owosso, Mich, and is eligible to the American Legiot Auxiliary through her husband, Allen Edward Nye. He was born in Paola, Kan., and was commissioned first lieu- tenant in the engineer corps during ,the war and assigned to the Twenty-first Twenty-first engineers. Mrs. Nye is the first national na-tional historian of the Auxiliary, and is also the first president of the department de-partment of New Mexico. |