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Bahá’í Directory 1945-46

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[Page 1] American Bahá’í Directory 1945 1946 National Bahá’í Office, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois; Office of the Treasurer, 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois.

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

Mr. George O. Latimer, Chairman Mr. Allen B. McDaniel, Vice-Chairman Mr. Horace Holley, Secretary Mrs. Thomas Collins Mr. Louis G. Gregory Mrs. Frank Baker, Recording Secretary Mr. Philip G. Sprague, Treasurer Mr. Leroy Ioas Mr. Roy C. Wilhelm

II. NATIONAL COMMITTEES

• • American Memorial to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá**

Functions: To conduct the annual gathering commemorating the Unity Feast given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá at West Englewood, N. J., in 1921; to maintain in Evergreen Cabin such exhibits and activities as will prepare the way for the permanent memorial to the Master to be constructed on this property.

Mrs. Edith Inglis, Chairman, 474 W. 238th St., Fieldston, N. Y. Mrs. Curtis Kelsey Mr. Roy C. Wilhelm Mrs. Amy Raubitschek Mrs. Archie Tichenor Mrs. Carrie Kinney Mr. Allah Kalantar Miss Doris Raymond Mr. Walter Goodfellow

• • Archives and History**

Functions: To maintain the National Archives and organize its contents; to receive Tablets and other material suitable for the National Archives; to advise local Assemblies on the development of their Archives; to obtain and organize historical data on special subjects as may be required from time to time.

Mr. Edwin W. Mattoon, Chairman, 105 Sixth St., Wilmette, Ill. Miss Bertha Herklotz Mr. Hashim Hassan Mrs. Carl Hannen Mrs. Edward D. Struven Mrs. Thomas Collins Mrs. M. A. True Mr. Louis J. Voelz

• • Assembly Development**

Functions: To assist in the development of Assemblies by providing a liaison between Assemblies and their National Spiritual Assembly for purposes of consultation on matters relating to their local progress, their relation to the National Spiritual Assembly and to the use of their National Committees, their relation to the Guardian, their place in the New World Order, and the upbuilding of their administrative life.

Mrs. Thomas Collins, Chairman, Rt. No. 2. Box 394, Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. Frank Baker Mr. Louis G. Gregory Mr. Philip G. Sprague Mr. Allen B. McDaniel

• • Bahá’í News Committee**

Functions: To edit and issue Bahá’í News for the National Spiritual Assembly; to solicit news from Committees and Assemblies.

Mr. Horace Holley, Secretary, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Ill. Miss Garreta Busey Mrs. E. B. Paine Mrs. Robert Hutchens

• • Bahá’í World Editorial (Vol. X, 1944 - 1946)**

Functions: To obtain material from all parts of the Bahá’í world community, including reports, articles, historical data and illustrations suitable for use in the successive volumes of "The Bahá’í World."

Mrs. S. W. French, Chairman Mrs. Clyde Longyear, Sec’y., 965 Schumacher Dr., Los Angeles 36, Calif. Miss Jessie Revell Mr. Robert Gulick Mrs. Joseph R. Pereira Mrs. Harold Gail Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick Miss Christine Lofstedt Miss Virginia Orbison Mrs. Clayton J. Davenport Miss Margaret Swengel Mrs. Mariam Haney Mr. John Eichenauer, Jr. Mrs. Victoria Bedikian, Photograph Editor

• • Child Education**

Functions: To compile the Bahá’í teachings on the subject of child education; to prepare lessons suitable [Page 2] for classes of children; to cooperate with child education activities maintained in local communities.

Mrs. Edvard Lindstrom, Chairman Mrs. Richard McCurdy, Secretary, 921 Thirteenth Street, Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. John Haggard Mrs. Wm. Tuttle Mrs. G. E. Terry Mr. Edvard Lindstrom Mrs. Beatrice Ashton Miss Annamarie Mattoon

College Speakers Bureau

Functions: To bring the Bahá’í Faith to colleges by lecture and literature; to provide a speakers service; to arrange classes for study of the Bahá’í teachings and training for Bahá’í membership.

Mr. Bishop Brown, Lindsay Road, Ingomar, Pa. Mrs. Bishop Brown Mr. Otto Zmeskal Mrs. Otto Zmeskal Dr. Mary Coffin

Contacts

Functions: To produce and distribute the public teaching bulletin entitled "A World Faith;" to circularize selected lists of people with printed matter.

Mrs. George R. True, Chairman, 132 Moran Rd., Grosse Pointe, Mich. Mrs. Edwin Eardley Mrs. Etta Catlin Mrs. Joanne Engman Miss Winifred Harvey Mrs. Chas. Krug Miss Pauline Hanson Mr. John M. Clifford

Elementary Education

Functions: To make the Bahá’í principles an influence in the field of elementary education.

Mr. Carl Scheffler, Chairman, 1821 Lincoln St., Evanston, Ill. Mr. Alfred Osborne Miss Pearl Easterbrook Miss Zoe Meyer

Exhibits

Functions: To prepare material suitable for use in public exhibits; to supervise and conduct exhibits in state fairs and regional and national expositions.

Mr. Clarence Niss, Chairman, 2039 N. Third St., Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Laurence Hautz Mr. Wm. G. Johnson

Inter-America

Functions: To plan and supervise teaching activities throughout Central and South America; to assist the pioneers; to encourage the formation of local communities and guide their development in administrative practice and teaching activities.

Mrs. Frank Baker, Chairman Miss Edna True, Secretary, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. E. R. Mathews Mrs. Enos M. Barton Mrs. Thomas Collins Mr. Philip G. Sprague Mr. Edwin W. Mattoon Miss Pari Zia-Walrath

Index

Functions: To prepare indexes and glossaries for the standard Bahá’í books; to combine index references into a general cross index.

Mr. Wm. Kenneth Christian, Chairman, 314 Palmer Ave., Syracuse 7, N. Y. Mrs. Wm. Kenneth Christian Mrs. Patrick Quinlan

Legal

Functions: To examine the incorporation papers prepared by local Assemblies; to provide information needed for local incorporation; to assist the National Assembly in meeting legal questions.

Mr. George O. Latimer, Chairman Mr. Horace Holley, Secretary, 536 Sheridan Rd., Wilmette, Ill. Mr. Chester F. Barnett

Library

Functions: To place literature in public and university libraries; to encourage local Assemblies to provide books for local libraries; to maintain a record of all Bahá’í literature in public libraries as far as can be determined.

Mrs. Stuart Sims, Chairman, Leroy Apts., Redbank, N. J. Miss Helen Reynolds Miss Dorothy Fisher

National Teaching

Functions: To prepare teaching material; to provide settlers and pioneer teachers; to plan and supervise inter-regional activities; to supervise the Regional Teaching Committees.

Mrs. James P. McCormick, Chairman Mrs. Harry E. Walrath, Sec’y., 4639 Beacon St., Chicago 40, Ill. Mrs. Thomas Collins Mr. Monroe Ioas Mrs. Warren Shows Dr. Katherine True Mrs. Monroe Ioas Mr. Lloyd Robinson

News Service

Functions: To prepare and release publicity material to the press and the press agencies; to provide publicity material suitable for release by local publicity committees, traveling teachers and groups; to make available Bahá’í photographs and other illustrated material of special publicity interest; to encourage and train local publicity committees in development of Bahá’í publicity activities by means of bulletins and instruction material.

Mr. William Henning Miss Virginia Russell, Secretary, 2622 Prairie Ave., Evanston, Ill. Mr. Clarence Niss Mrs. Hazel Rawitsch Miss Evelyn Erdman Mr. Lawrence LaRocque Mr. Melvin Rawitsch Mr. Ward C. Calhoun Mrs. Clarence Niss

Pamphlet Literature

Functions: To recommend manuscripts for developing the Bahá’í pamphlet literature.

Mr. George O. Latimer, Chairman, 1927 N.E. 40th Ave., Portland 13, Ore. Mrs. Alice Robertson Mrs. Florence Campbell [Page 3] 1945-1946

Photography

Functions: To obtain photographic material, both motion and still, of historical interest and teaching value. Ill. Mr. Edwin W. Mattoon, Secretary, 105 Sixth St., Wilmette, Mr. Victor Alexander Mr. Archie Tichenor Mr. Curtis Kelsey Mr. George Miller Dr. Khan Zia

Portuguese Bulletin

Functions: To edit and distribute a Bahá’í Bulletin in Portuguese for the believers of Brazil. Mrs. Roscoe L. Wood, Chairman Mrs. Harold V. Armstrong, Secretary. % Pernambuco Tramways, Caixa Postal 282, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Temporary address until further notice. Rua Presidente Carlos de Campos 132, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mrs. Roy Worley Dr. Fernando Nova

Public Meetings

Functions: To promote the aims and purposes of the National Campaign through a series of public meetings in various cities; to recommend the program of the Annual Congress. Dr. Catherine True, Chairman Mrs. George R. True, Secretary, 132 Moran Rd., Grosse Pointe 30, Mich. Mrs. James P. McCormick Mr. Charles Reimer Dr. Edris Rice-Wray Mrs. Raymond D. Little Mr. John Robarts Miss Georgina Fitzgerald Mrs. Fred Morton Mrs. Charles Niemann Mr. Laurence Hautz Mr. Wm. C. Henning Mr. Robert S. Hammond Mr. John Haggard

Public Relations

Functions: To deal with issues arising in the public press which tend to create misunderstanding or prejudice about the Bahá’í Faith; to advise local Assemblies in matters pertaining to such issues; to prepare statements for encyclopedias and the public press; to maintain contacts with government officials. Mr. Horace Holley, Chairman, 536 Sheridan Rd., Wilmette, Ill. Mr. George O. Latimer Mr. Allen B. McDaniel

Publishing

Functions: To print and sell the literature approved and authorized by the National Spiritual Assembly. Mr. Horace Holley, Chairman, 536 Sheridan Rd., Wilmette, Ill. Mr. Harry E. Walrath Mr. Carl Scheffler Mr. David Tubbs

Staff: C. R. Wood, Mgr., 110 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. J. T. Wood

Race Unity

Functions: To compile the teachings on the subject of race unity; to prepare bulletins of information; to plan race unity activities and programs; to conduct special meetings; to cooperate with Assemblies in race unity activities; to bring the Bahá’í teachings to the minority groups in America, and to place race unity editorial material in the press.

Mr. Harlan Ober, Chairman Mrs. Salvatore J. Ambrose, Secretary, 1477 Beacon St., Brookline 46, Mass. Miss Natalie Anderson Mr. Louis G. Gregory Mrs. Dudley J. Stevison Miss Roan U. Orloff Mr. Matthew Bullock Mr. William Towart Mr. George Goodman

Radio Committee

Functions: To make available approved radio scripts on a variety of Bahá’í subjects; to conduct radio campaigns; to stimulate the use of radio for teaching. Mr. William Sears, Chairman Mrs. R. Y. Mottahedeh, Secretary, 225 Fifth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. Mrs. Fred Morton Miss Pearl Berk Miss Monaver Bechthold Mr. Ugo Giachery Mrs. Shirley Warde Mrs. William Sears Mr. Russell Goudy Mr. R. Y. Mottahedeh

Regional Teaching

Functions: To organize teaching circuits and route traveling teachers through cooperation with Assemblies, groups and isolated believers; to encourage and stimulate teaching activities of groups and isolated believers; to extend teaching work to areas where no Bahá’ís exist; to assist groups and prepare them for the formation of a Spiritual Assembly; to coordinate inter-community teaching conferences; to issue Regional teaching and news bulletins; to endorse applications for enrollment and transfers of believers outside the jurisdiction of Assemblies. Regional Committees are auxiliary agencies of the National Teaching Committee.

British Columbia Mrs. Eve Cliff Southwell, Chairman Mrs. Katherine Moscrop, Sec'y., 6009 Alma Rd., Vancouver, B. C. Mrs. Florence Sherborne Miss Mae McKenna Mrs. Viola China Miss Muriel Warnicker Mr. Austin Collin

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Mr. Rowland Estall, Chairman Miss Elizabeth Brookes, Sec'y., Box 121, Winnipeg, Man. Mrs. Jean Johnston Miss Patricia Blanche Mosher Mr. Oscar Arkles Miss Doris Skinner Mr. Ernest Court Mrs. Ann McGee

Ontario (including Ottawa) Mr. John Robarts, Chairman Mrs. Laura Davis, Secretary, 44 Chestnut Park Rd., Toronto Miss Winifred Harvey Mrs. Ethel Priestly Mrs. John Robarts Mr. F. St. George Spendlove

Quebec Mr. Emeric Sala, Chairman Mrs. L. C. Boudler, Sec'y., 3721 L'Oratoire, Montreal, P.Q. Mr. Ragnar Mattson Miss Rena Gordon Mr. L. C. Boudler [Page 4] Mrs. W. R. Waugh Mrs. Emeric Sala

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia

Mr. Irving Geary, Chairman Mrs. Willard McKay, Sec'y., 279 Richmond Street, Char- lottetown, P. E. I. Mrs. Irving Geary Mr. Willard McKay Miss Helen Gidden Mrs. Merle C. McEwen Mrs. Annie Romer Mr. Fred Wade Mr. Lloyd Gardner

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Mr. Chas. Krug, Chairman Mrs. Victor Archambault, See'y., 2 Pilgrim Road, Arling- ton, Mass. Mrs. Fred Morton Mrs. Wendell Bacon Miss Roushan Wilkinson Dr. Elizabeth Kidder Ober Mr. Ralph Bates Mr. Harlan Ober

New York

Mr. Ugo R. Giachery, Chairman Mrs. Florence Steinhauer, Sec'y., 3018 Corlear Ave., New York 63, N. Y. Miss Vera Moorhead Mrs. Walter Olitzki Miss Ida Noyes Miss Helen Campbell Miss Lauretta Moore Mr. Chas. Behrens

New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Mr. Stuart Sims, Chairman Mrs. Arthur V. Crane, Sec'y., 100 Prospect Ave., Hacken- sack, N. J. Mrs, Edgar Olson Mrs, Otto Zmeskal Mrs, Jean Sharpless Mr. Curtis Kelsey Mrs. Ida Huff Dr. Mary Coffin Miss Jessie Revell

Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

Mr. Paul Haney, Chairman Mrs. John Honnold, Sec'y.. 3008 Lake Ave., Cheverly, Hy- attsville, Md. Mrs. Hazel Langrall Miss Mildred Elmer Mrs. J. E. Rice Miss Elsie Austin Mr. Raymond Rouse Mrs. Albert E. Dorrida Miss Hannah Lohse

Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky

Mr. Edmund Miessler, Chairman. Mrs. Clarence Ullrich, Sec'y., 124 Carpenter Rd., Mans- field. O. Mrs. Arthur Patterson Mrs. Mary Elmore Mrs. Edmund Miessler Mr. Arthur Patterson Mr. Lothar Schurgast Mrs. Florence Reeb Miss Charlotte Lindenberg Mr. Clarence Ullrich

Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa

Mrs. Adeline Duff, Chairman Mrs. Geo. D. Neal. Sec'y., 332 Jackson St., Muskegon, Mich. Mr. Chas. Reimer Mrs. Jakob Kunz Dr. Alice Kidder Mrs. Harry Mills Miss Luella Marie Balsiger Miss Gladys Kline

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

Mrs. Paul Brown, Chairman Mrs. Claude Winans, Sec'y., 421 N. Spring St., Indepen- dence, Mo. Mrs. Bertha Campbell Mrs, Anna P. Williams Mrs. Harold Baker Mrs. Lloyd Sherrill Miss Nayan Hartfield Mrs. John B. Becktel

Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota

Miss Maria Montana, Chairman Mrs. Kenneth Klein, Sec'y., 2235 W. 21st St., Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Marie Tetu Miss Elsa Steinmetz Mrs. Marguerite Bruegger Mrs. T. O. Morrill

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Mrs. Terah Smith, Chairman Mrs. P. D. Cunningham, Sec'y., 1262 Euclid Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Miss Doris Ebbert Miss Gertrude Gewertz Mrs. W. T. Bidwell Mrs. Jos. J. Sawyer Mrs. Eva McAllister Mrs. David Ruhe

Florida

Mrs. Chester M. Davison, Sr., Chairman Mrs. M. E. Buffin, Sec'y., 49 S.E. 6th St., Miami 36 Mrs. Wm. Bethel Mrs. Chester M. Davison, Jr. Miss Kathryn Vernon Miss Winifred Richards Mrs. Walter Guy

Tennessee, Alabama

Mr. John Inglis, Chairman Miss Nina Howard, Sec'y., 1315 S. 29th St., Birmingham 5, Ala. Miss Martha Fettig Mr. Robert Durr Mr. Homer Dyer Dr. A. H. Kessler Miss Nellie Roche Mrs. Eugene Keller

Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas

Mrs. Raymond D. Little, Chairman Mrs. Robert F. Little, Sec'y., 3905 N. Claiborne St., New Orleans, La. Mrs. H. W. Bivins Mrs. J. L. Smith Mrs. W. Ellis Mr. Verney Thompson

Oklahoma, Texas

Mrs. Inez Butterfield, Chairman Mrs. Dwight Edson, Sec'y., "Briar Hollow" R. 21, Box 16, Houston, Tex. Mr. J. Clark Pollard Mr. J. R. Reynolds Miss Charlotte Stirratt Mr. Albert Entzminger Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey

California, Arizona, Nevada

Dr. Chas. Witt, Chairman Mrs. Leonard B. Herbert, Sec'y., 5372 Templeton St., Los Angeles 32, Calif. Mr. Hascle Cornbleth Mrs. C. E. Kemper Mr. Robert F. Willis Mrs. Robert Phillips Mrs. Leroy Ioas Mrs. David Mayberry Dr. Clyde Longyear Mrs. Sigsbee Lee Foster [Page 5]

Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico

Mrs. Geo. N. Clark, Chairman Mrs. Clarence E. Olson, Secretary, Albin, Wyo. Mrs. M. Rita Wallace Dr. E. Lenore Morris Mrs. Raymond Gillespie Mrs. Gladys Roberts Mrs. May Arno

Idaho, Montana, Utah

Mrs. Walter Ingham, Chairman Mrs. Ona M. Ault, Secretary, 1402 E. Washington, Boise, Idaho Mrs. Bertha S. Adelman Mr. Charles Bryan Mr. J. K. Saunders Mrs. Ethel Thompson

Washington, Oregon

Mr. Geo. Washington, Chairman Mrs. Wm. Wilks, Sec'y., 319 N. 83rd St., Seattle 3, Wash. Mrs. Clara Rainboth Mrs. Harry Taylor Mrs. Chas. W. Campbell Mrs. Ernest Walter Mr. John Clifford Mrs. Rachel Porter Mr. Levi Munson Miss Gale Marsolais

Alaska

Miss Honor Kempton, Chairman Mrs. Verne Stout, Sec'y., Box 2334, Anchorage, Alaska Miss Dagmar Dole Miss Betty Becker Mr. Verne Stout

Reviewing

Functions: To pass upon the accuracy of manuscripts submitted through the National Spiritual Assembly; to examine manuscripts for literary quality and effectiveness and their usefulness as contributions to the published literature.

Mrs. Mehdi Firoozi, Chairman R.D. 2, Geneva, N. Y. Miss Elizabeth Brookes Mrs. Wm. H. Hart

Schools (1945 Season)

Functions: To provide instruction and study courses; to train teachers; to conduct the school program; to encourage attendance at the school.

Geyserville

Mr. Arthur Dahl, Chairman Miss Gladyce Linfoot, Secretary, 156 Nova Drive, Piedmont, Calif. Mr. John Bosch, Mrs. Amelia Bowman, Mr. Irvin Somerhalder, Mrs. Leroy Ioas, Mrs. T. J. Groger, Mrs. Arthur Dahl. Dr. Mildred Nichols, Mrs. Leo Perron,

Green Acre

Dr. Genevieve Coy, Chairman, 10 Patchin Place, New York, N. Y. Mr. Wm. Roessler, Mr. Bishop Brown. Dr. Glenn Shook, Mrs. Joseph R. Pereira, Mrs. John Marlowe, Mr. Robert Gulick.

Louhelen

Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick, Chairman Mrs. L. W. Eggleston, Secretary, 3208 S. State Rd., M. 15, Davison, Mich. Miss Phyllis Hall, Cor. Secretary Mr. Harry Whang, Mr. L. W. Eggleston, Mr. Edmund Miessler, Mrs. Clinton W. Wideman, Mr. Roscoe Springston, Miss Margaret Swengel, Mr. Richard Suhm.

International

Functions: To provide instruction for the training of Bahá’í teachers wishing to serve in other lands, especially, at present, in Central or South America; to stimulate Latin American contacts and activities by local Assemblies in North America.

Mrs. E. R. Mathews, Chairman Mrs. Raymond D. Little, Secretary, Box 255, Covington, La. Mrs. Thomas Collins, Mr. George O. Latimer, Mrs. Max Greeven, Mr. Max Greeven, Mrs. Oliver LaFarge, Mr. Mark Tobey.

Selective Service Advisory Committee

Functions: To advise Bahá’ís on applications of the Selective Service Act.

Mr. Allen B. McDaniel, P.O. Box 96, Waterford, Va. Mr. Paul Haney

Service to the Blind

Functions: To provide Bahá’í literature in Braille for the blind; to place Bahá’í Braille literature in libraries and other institutions; to encourage the formation of groups of Bahá’í workers to increase the supply of Braille transcriptions, and to provide other means for serving the blind.

Miss Ella Quant, General Chairman, 1089 Glenwood Blvd., Schenectady, New York

Talking Book Division

Mr. Hilbert Dahl Miss Ella Quant Miss Hilda Stauss Mrs. Lothar W. Schurgast Mrs. Paul A. Schoeny Miss Adah Schott

Braille Transcriptions Division

Mrs. J. L. Gibson, Secretary, P.O. Box 1135, Santa Monica, Calif. Mrs. Mayme Jackson Mrs. A. C. Engelder Mrs. Mabelle Perry Mrs. Dale Cole Mrs. Bahiyyih Valentine Miss Alice Doolittle Mrs. Eula Fritz Miss Ella Quant Miss Sophie Rieger Mrs. Louise K. Sayward Mr. Adolph Feher, Proofreader Mrs. Lothar Schurgast Mrs. Melba Call King

Spanish Publications

Functions: To translate Bahá’í texts into Spanish; to publish and distribute Spanish books and pamphlets.

Buenos Aires Branch

Sr. Emilio Barros, Chairman, 428 Peru, Depto A, Buenos Aires, Argentina Miss Lillian McRae Sr. Salvador Tormo

Panama Branch

Mr. Alfred E. Osborne, Chairman, Box "K" Balboa, C. Z. Mrs. Cora Oliver Mrs. Louise Caswell Miss Julia Regal

Study Aids Committee

Functions: To encourage and promote the practice of organized Bahá’í study.

Mrs. Beatrice Ashton, Chairman, 1505% Oak St., Evanston, III. Mrs. John McHenry Mr. Marvin Newport

Temple Guides Committee

Functions: To maintain a staff of guides for conducting visitors through the House of Worship; to hold classes for training Temple guides.

Mrs. John Haggard, Chairman, 1229 Cleveland Ave., Wilmette, Ill. [Page 6]

DIRECTORY

Mrs. Willis S. Hilpert, Secretary, 455 Chestnut St., Win- netka, Ill, Dr. Edris Rice-Wray Mr. Edwin W. Mattoon Mr. Marvin Newport Mr. Clarence Suhm Miss Joan Crawford Mrs. Louis Voelz Mrs. M. D. Roach Mrs. Colston Rice-Wray

Temple Librarian and Sales Committee

Functions: To conduct the sale of literature in the Temple; to provide facilities for the sale of Bahá’í photographs, ringstones, displays and exhibits, slides and other Bahá’í material.

Mr. Harry E. Walrath, Chairman, 4639 Beacon St., Chicago 40, Ill. Mrs. Carl Scheffler

Temple Program Committee

Functions: To conduct the weekly public meeting at Foundation Hall; to conduct such other devotional or public meetings as may be approved from time to time by the National Spiritual Assembly.

III. Mr. Monroe Ioas, Chairman Mr. John Haggard, Secretary, 1229 Cleveland St., Wilmette, Dr. James Lewis Mrs. Edna Coleman Mrs. Willis S. Hilpert Mr. Albert R. Windust Mrs. John McHenry Mrs. Betty Scheffler Ashton

Translations

Functions: To translate Bahá’í texts into the German and other European languages.

Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher, Chairman, 1102 University St., Montreal, P. Q., Canada Mrs. Hanna Neumann Mr. Karl Neumann Mrs. Laurence Hautz Mrs. Lothar Schurgast

Visual Education

Functions: To recommend subjects for development of moving picture films with sound, of Bahá’í educa- tional and historic value.

Mrs. Shirley Warde. Chairman, 1321 Taylor St., San Fran- cisco 8, Calif. Mr. Victor Alexander Mr. Clarence Welsh Mrs. Clarence Welsh

World Language

Functions: To develop and encourage the interest in the Bahá’í principle of an international auxiliary lan- guage; to make possible effective cooperation with other workers in the field of international language; to provide Bahá’í literature in Esperanto and other inter- national languages.

Miss Roan U. Orloff, Chairman, Hotel Canterbury, 14 Charlesgate West, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Patrick Quinlan Mrs. Luella Beecher Miss Lucy J. Marshall Mrs. James Kincaid Mr. A. E. Regal Mrs. Robert Davis Mrs. Mabel Vicary Mr. J. M. Clifford Mrs. Etty Graeffe Mr. Chester Blaski Mrs. Chester Blaski

World Order Magazine

Functions: To edit the American Bahá’í Magazine.

Mr. Horace Holey, Chairman Mrs. Wm. C. Henning, Secretary, 69 Abbottsford Rd., Win- netka, Ill. Miss Garreta Busey Mrs. John E. Kirkpatrick

Youth

Functions: To stimulate and coordinate activities of Bahá’í Youth throughout the American Bahá’í com- munity; to initiate worldwide youth symposiums; to issue bulletins of suggestions, plans and news of youth activity; to provide study material; to arrange con- ferences.

III. Mr. Charles Ioas, Chairman, 3300 Prairie Ave., Brookfield, Miss Cynthia Hastings, Secretary, 6312 Magnolia Ave., Chi- cago, Ill. Mr. Ralph Halverson Mr. Robert Imagire Miss Pari Zia-Walrath Mr. DeWitt Haywood, Jr. Miss Barbara Hannen Mrs. Betty Scheffler Ashton Mr. Hushangh Javid Mr. Manucher Javid

TRUSTEE MAINTENANCE COMMITTEES

Properties Representative, MR. GEORGE O. LATIMER, 1927 N.W. 40th Avenue, Portland 13, Oregon.

Temple

III Mr. Robert S. Hammond, Chairman, 1217 Asbury Avenue, Winnetka, III. Mr. Lloyd Robinson Mr. Clarence Ullrich

Green Acre

Mr. Charles Krug, Chairman Miss Roushan Wilkinson, Secretary, R.F.D. 190, No. Attle- boro, Mass. Mrs. Harold Bowditch Mrs. James Flynn Mr. Philip G. Sprague

Bosch

Mr. John Allen, Chairman, 831 Walnut Ave., Burlingame, Calif. Mrs. Thomas Collins Mr. Ted Groger Mr. Ray Brackett Mr. John Bosch

Wilhelm

Mr. Roy C. Wilhelm, Chairman Mrs. Amy Raubitschek, Secretary, 1113 Bromley Avenue, West Englewood, N. J. Mr. Walter Goodfellow

Wilson

Mr. Victor Archambault, 2 Pilgrim Road, Arlington, Mass. Mr. Harlan Ober [Page 7]

Alabama

Birmingham: Mrs. Verna Inglis, 3431 Cliff Road, Birmingham, 5.

Alaska

Anchorage: Miss Honor Kempton, The Book Cache (Box 1156).

Arizona

East Phoenix: Mrs. Carl Deppe, 3438 N. 12th St. Phoenix: Mrs. Nancy (Mrs. Robert T.) Phillips, 521 West Holly St.

Arkansas

Little Rock: Mrs. Lucy Hawkins, 1023 Louisiana St.

California

Alhambra: Miss Annadore von Muenchhausen, 220 Winchester Ave. Berkeley: Mrs. Helen B. Rutledge, 2828 Stuart St. (5). Beverly Hills: Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Beverly Hills, Box 794. (Mrs. Marian E. Gordon) Burbank: Mrs. Anders Nielsen, 1630 N. Catalina St. Burlingame: Mrs. Frederick Babo, 1045 El Camino, Apt. 3. Geyersville: (Cloverdale Township) Mrs. Olive Meyer, Geyersville. Glendale: Mrs. E. A. Stapp, 1244 Justin Avenue. Glendale 1. Long Beach: Mrs. Allen W. Robertson, 1328 Orange Ave. Los Angeles: Mr. Willard P. Hatch, 4367 West 8th St., Los Angeles 5. Oakland: Miss Florence S. Hay, 450 Lee St., Oakland 10. Pasadena: Miss Bertha Matthiesen, 809 East California St., Pasadena 5. Sacramento: Miss Elizabeth L. Duffy, 2223 E St., Sacramento 16. San Diego: Mrs. Gladys Loudon, 1846 Second Ave., Apt. B, San Diego 1. San Francisco: Mrs. T. J. Groger, 64 Agua Way (16).

Colorado

Colorado Springs: Mrs. Gladys Roberts, 915 N. Hancock Ave. Denver: Mrs. Geo. N. Clark, 821 Marion St.

Connecticut

Hamden: Mrs. Louis Keller, 114 Wakefield St., Hamden 14. New Haven: Miss Gertrude Duell, 561 Whalley Ave.

Delaware

Wilmington: Mrs. Sara Terry Taylor, 1229 Tatnall St., Wilmington 13.

Washington, D. C.

Miss Elizabeth G. Hopper, 2220 20th St., N.W., Washington 9.

Florida

Jacksonville: Miss Kathryn L. Vernon, 707 Post St., Jacksonville 4. Miami: Mrs. Beth Holden, 65 S.E. 10th St., 36. St. Augustine: Mrs. Frances A. Shaw, 139 Central Ave.

Georgia

Atlanta: Miss Doris Ebbert, 1247 Sells Ave., S.W. Augusta: Mrs. Emma P. Lawrence, P.O. Box 2004 Hill Station.

Hawaii

Honolulu: Miss Henrietta From, 2336 Beckwith St., Honolulu 5. Sprecklesville, Maui, Mrs. Mary T. Fantom.

Idaho

Boise: Miss Elizabeth Adelmann, 906 East State St.

Illinois

Chicago: Mrs. Harry E. Walrath, 4639 Beacon St., Chicago 40. Danville: Mrs. Elizabeth Raimer, 1230% No. Gilbert St. Elmhurst: Miss Mary Fischer, 300 N. York St. Evanston: Mrs. Beatrice O. Ashton, P.O. Box 252. Maywood: Mrs. George Amerson, 901 S. 7th Ave. Peoria: Mrs. Charlotte Worley, 1702 Main St. Springfield: Mrs. Gretchen Schultz, 1628 South Sixteenth St. Urbana: Mrs. Esther Gordon Harding, 704 W. Nevada St. Waukegan: Mrs. H. S. Niblack, 22 Jefferson Ave. Wilmette: Miss Bertha L. Herklotz, c/o E. W. Mattoon, 105 Sixth St. Winnetka: Mrs. Willis S. Hilpert, 455 Chestnut St.

Indiana

Fort Wayne: Mrs. Philip J. Schott, 668 Spring St. Indianapolis: Mrs. Arthur H. Patterson, 2725 Station St., Indianapolis 1. South Bend: Mrs. Sarah M. Russell, 1031 Lincoln Way West, South Bend 16.

Iowa

Cedar Rapids: Miss Edna Mackinson, 620 First Ave., N.E.

Kansas

Topeka: Mrs. Bertha H. Campbell, 1021 Tyler St.

Kentucky

Louisville: Mrs. Marian Fieguth, 645 South 40th St.

Louisiana

New Orleans: Miss H. Hullinghorst, c/o Bahá’í Center, 601 Queen & Crescent Bldg., New Orleans 12.

Maine

Eliot: Mrs. Dorothy Cress.

Maryland

Baltimore: Mrs. Albert E. Dorrida, 5301 Gwynn Oak Ave., Baltimore 7. Bethesa-Chevy Chase: Mrs. Adline S. Lohse, 4700 Dover Road, Friendship, P.O., D. C.

Massachusetts

Beverly: Miss Helen A. Miller, 15 Ives St. Boston: Miss Natalie Anderson, c/o Bahá’í Center, 25 Huntington Ave., Boston 16. Brookline: Mrs. Evelyn W. Haisler, 47 Vernon St. Springfield: Mrs. David E. Hutton, 958 State St. Worcester: Miss Fanny M. Holmes, 103 Webster St., Worcester 3.

Michigan

Ann Arbor: Mrs. Wm. M. Parker, 1601 Pontiac St. Detroit: Mrs. Edwin Eardley, 2810 Woodstock Drive, Detroit 3. Flint: Miss Mabel Kitchenmaster, 1123 S. Saginaw St. Grand Rapids: Mrs. Wilbur Walsh, 526 Jefferson Ave. Lansing: Mrs. Earl D. Shetterley, 813 Fayette St., Lansing 10. Muskegon: Mrs. George D. Neal, 332 Jackson Ave.

Minnesota

Duluth: Mrs. Virginia B. Peterson, 624 Arlington Ave. Minneapolis: Miss Sina O. Olsen, 123 S. 11th St., Apt. H, Minneapolis 2. St. Paul: Miss Voroth D. Kadrie, 2127 Juliet Ave., St. Paul 5.

Mississippi

Jackson: Mr. E. S. Campbell, P.O. Box 2083.

Missouri

Independence: Mrs. Claude Winans, 421 N. Spring St. Kansas City: Mrs. Albert Walkup, 2620 Mersington Ave. St. Louis: Miss Nayan F. Hartfield, 4447 Washington Blvd., St. Louis 8.

Montana

Butte: Mrs. A. L. Palmer, Dorothy Apartments, East Granite St. Helena: Mr. Charles M. Bryan, 507 Sixth Ave. [Page 8]

Nebraska

Omaha: Mrs. Doreene N. Holliday, 3014 N. 28th Ave., Omaha 10.

Nevada

Reno: Miss Blossom Hay, 226 Ridge St.

New Hampshire

Portsmouth: Mrs. John Marlowe, 200 Gates St.

New Jersey

East Orange: Mrs. J. Rockwell, 12 Washington St. Montclair: Mrs. Catherine M, Healy, Mountainside Hospital. Teaneck: Mrs. Amy G. Raubitschek, 126 Evergreen Place, West Englewood.

New Mexico

Albuquerque: Mrs. Richard Walters, Albuquerque Bahá’í Community, Box 1260.

New York

Binghamton: Mrs. Helen Inderlied, 44 Lincoln Ave. Buffalo: Mrs. J. P. Patterson, 333 Ontario St. Geneva: Mrs. Lucy Heist, 46 Park Pl Jamestown: Mrs. Ralph Emery, 81 Fairmount Ave. New York City: Dr. Genevieve L. Coy, 119 W. 57th St., Room 615, New York 19. Rochester: Mrs. Rochelle Boonshaft, 171 Alexander St., Rochester 7. Syracuse: Mrs. Paul R. Meyerowitz, 325 Furman St., Syra- cuse 5. Yonkers, Mrs. Lillian Rogers, 64 Locust Hill Ave.

North Carolina

Greensboro: Mrs. Joseph J. Sawyer, 129 S. Mendenhall St.

North Dakota

Fargo: Mrs. Tyndall O. Morrill, 1240 Broadway.

Ohio

Cincinnati: Miss Hilda Stauss, 3640 Epworth Ave., West- wood, Cincinnati 11. Cleveland: Mrs. Mabelle S. Perry, 10817 Earle Ave., Cleve- land 8. Columbus: Mrs. José B. Acebo, 777 Franklin Ave., Colum- bus 5. Dayton: Mrs. Hazel Volz, 351 Kenilworth Ave. East Cleveland: Prof. Wm. Sandoz, 1770 Delmont Ave. Lima: Mrs. C. L. Kramer, 121 South Collett St.. Toledo: Mr. Charles Hill, 2421 Chase St., Toledo 11.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City: Mrs. Albert Entzminger, 734 N.W. 20th St.

Oregon

Portland: Mr. Fred S. Young, 3207 N.E. 11th Ave., Port- land 12.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia: Miss Helen L. Reynolds, 5334 Green St., Philadelphia 44. Pittsburgh: Mrs, Otto Zmeskal, 4628 Bayard St. Scranton: Mrs. Zenobia J. Dorsey, 1312 Linden St. West Chester: Mrs. Clarence F. Lear, 42 West Gay St.

Puerto Rico

San Juan: Mrs. Lucien McComb, P.O. Box 2130, San Juan 10.

Rhode Island

Providence: Mr. William Doull, 92 University Ave.

South Dakota

Sioux Falls: Mrs. Frances B. Jones, 404 S. First Ave.

Tennessee

Memphis: Miss Johanna Zimmermann, Box 25, Crosstown Station. Nashville: Miss Nellie Roche, 217-28th Avenue, N.

Texas

Houston: Mrs. J. Clark Pollard, 7038 Kellar St., Houston 12.

Utah

Salt Lake City: Mrs. Eleanor Beckman, 347 East 3rd South.

Vermont

Brattleboro: Mr. Ben D. Weeden, 83 Main St.

Virginia

Aexandria: Mrs. Harold M. Bowman, "The Maine," Bev erly Park Gardens. Arlington: Mrs. Gretchen Bronwick, 1319 North Adams St.

Washington

Richmond Highlands: Miss Blanche E. Hillman, Box 123, Richmond Beach. Seattle: Miss Elsa Nordquist, 4508 18th Ave., N.E., Seattle 5. Spokane: Mrs. Gladys Beasley, 4615 N. Madison. Tacoma: Mrs. Leslie M. Ames, 7212 S. Park St.

West Virginia

Charleston: Mrs. Helen S. Anderson, Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Charleston, Box 227, Charleston 21.

Wisconsin

Kenosha: Mr. Louis J. Voelz, 6108 Sheridan Road. Madison: Mrs. Maurine Mikelson, 2612 Monroe St., Madi- son 5. Milwaukee: Mrs. Herbert L. Voight, 1918 N. Hi Mount Boulevard, Milwaukee 8. Racine: Mr. Harold R. Olsen, 2007 Slauson Ave. Wauwatosa: Mrs. Ernest Hassman, 7215 W. North Ave... Wauwatosa 13.

Wyoming

Laramie: Mrs. Raymond Gillespie, 309 S. 8th St.

Alberta

Edmonton: Miss Gwen M. Clarke, 7852 Jasper Ave.

British Columbia

Vancouver: Miss Agnes Whitecross, Suite 38, 843 Car- dero St.

Manitoba

Winipeg: Miss Patricia Mosher, P.O. Box 121.

New Brunswick

Moncton: Mrs. Prudence George, 177 Botsford St.

Nova Scotia

Halifax: Mrs. Annie B. Romer, 44 South St. Hamilton: Miss Muriel Wells, 210 Victoria Ave., N. Toronto: Mrs. A. Victor Davis, 44 Chestnut Park.

Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown: Miss Helen Gidden, Box 452.

Quebec

Montreal: Mrs. W. R. Waugh, 11408 Laval Road, Cartier- ville, Montreal 9.

Saskatchewan

Regina: Miss Lauretta Voelz, P.O. Box 264.

Note: To maintain this Directory in complete and accurate form, Committee mem- bers, Assembly Secretaries and others concerned are requested to report changes of address, correct inaccuracies in spelling of names, etc., as may be necessary through- out the Bahá’í year.

Issued by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois