Bahá’í News/Inserts/Issue 402/United States Bahá’í Directory Part II 1964-1965/Text

Bahá’í News/Inserts/Issue 402/United States Bahá’í Directory Part II 1964-1965

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UNITED STATES BAHÁ’Í DIRECTORY

INTERCONTINENTAL

Caribbean Goals

Functions: To undertake the recruiting and other management of pioneers for the new territories to be opened or resettled under the Nine-Year Plan in the Windward, Leeward and Virgin Islands, in the Bahamas and in Bermuda, including consolidation of Puerto Rico, and to carry forward all aspects of the responsibilities assigned to the American National Bahá’í Community with respect to these island groups.

Mr. Raymond Rouse, Chairman Mrs. Maurine Kraus, Secretary, 300 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. Mr. Paul Ioas Mrs. Betty Jennings Mr. José Martín Mrs. Estelle Rouse

International Goals

Functions: To carry out all the international goals of the Nine-Year Plan assigned to the American National Bahá’í Community (except those in the Caribbean area), and to handle all pioneering as called for under those objectives.

Mr. Carl Scherer, Chairman Mrs. Sylvia Parmelee, Secretary, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. 60091 Mrs. Julia Shows, Recording Secretary Miss Joan O. Crawford Mr. Mozhan Khadem Dr. Jack McKenty Mrs. Loretta Scherer

INTERNATIONAL

U.S. NGO Representatives to the United Nations

Functions: To represent the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States in relation to matters concerning the United Nations.

Mrs. O. H. Blackwell Mrs. Florence Steinhauer

U.S. United Nations

Functions: To plan observances by the American Bahá’í Community of special events supporting United Nations.

Mrs. O. H. Blackwell, Chairman Miss Isabelle Silk, Secretary, 430 E. 63rd St., New York 21, N.Y. Mrs. Lola Donaldson Mr. Lionel Gonzalez Col. Eugene Keller, Jr. Mrs. Etta May Mikhael Mr. Frank Sawyer Mrs. Hortense Sawyer Mrs. Florence Steinhauer Mr. Charles Wragg

TEMPLE

Co-ordinator of Temple Activities

Functions: To give publicity to the Bahá’í Temple, arrange group tours and to recruit, train and maintain corps of guides and ushers.

Mr. Philip O’Brien, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Temple Worship

Functions: To plan and conduct the services of public worship in the Temple Auditorium, including music; to plan and conduct the programs for Bahá’í anniversary gatherings held in the Temple (Naw-Rúz, Feast of Ridván, Declaration of the Báb, Birth of the Báb, Birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, Day of the Covenant).

Mrs. Barbara McCurdy, Chairman Mrs. Beatrice Buckley, Secretary, 2444 Central Rd., Glenview, Ill. Mrs. Annamarie Baker Dr. William Baker Miss Hortense Bredehorst Mrs. Mabel Eastman [Page 2] Mrs. William C. Henning Mr. Richard McCurdy Mrs. Mary Lou Martin Mrs. Anne Floyd Mehu Mrs. Harriet Terry

Temple Public Meetings

Functions: To conduct public meetings for the procla- mation of the Faith in Bahá’í Temple Foundation Hall, in accordance with the principles laid down by the Na- tional Spiritual Assembly.

Mr. Laurence LaRocque, Chairman Miss Lauretta Voelz, Secretary, 419 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. Gene Bernstein Miss Hortense Bredehorst Mr. Robert S. Hammond Mr. Walker Jensen Mrs. Gertrude Marks

National Teaching

Functions: To proclaim and expand the Faith through- out the United States as called for under the Nine- Year Plan of the Universal House of Justice; to increase the number of localities where Bahá’ís reside; to raise groups to assembly status; to encourage, supervise and coordinate extension teaching activities of local spiritual assemblies; to arrange teaching circuits and settlement projects; to plan and conduct teaching con- ferences; to foster youth teaching; to teach on college campuses; to enroll a greater number of believers from minority groups, especially Chinese, Japanese, Spanish-speaking peoples, Negroes, and off-reservation American Indians; to encourage and stimulate isolated and small groups; to carry out any other national teaching activities approved by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Dr. Rexford Parmelee, Chairman Miss D. Thelma Jackson, Secretary, 112 Linden Ave., Wil- mette, Ill. 60091 Mr. T. Finlay Hollinger Dr. Harrison Langrall Mrs. Jane McCants. Mrs. Mildred Mottahedeh Mr. James Nelson Miss Bettijane Walker.

Community Development

Functions: To assist all local spiritual assemblies to become well-informed, firmly-grounded and actively functioning; to assist local spiritual assemblies in the achievement of incorporation and obtaining legal rec- ognition of Bahá’í Holy Days and the Bahá’í Marriage Certificate; to facilitate dispersal; to carry out any oth- er development activities assigned to the committee by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Mr. Anthony Lease, Chairman Miss D. Thelma Jackson, Secretary, 112 Linden Ave., Wil- mette, Ill. 60091 Dr. Amin Banani Dr. Rexford Parmalee Mrs. Gail Curwin

American Indian Service

Functions: To devise ways and means of attracting and enrolling in the Faith greater numbers of Ameri- can Indians resident on Indian reservations through- out the United States; to develop favorable attitudes toward the Faith among Indian leaders; to provide for translation of the Teachings into Indian languages; to be responsible for the enrollment and deepening of be- lievers on reservations where there is no existing local spiritual assembly; to assist in the formation and training of local spiritual assemblies on Indian reser- vations; to collaborate with the National Teaching Committee in its effort to carry the Teachings to great- er numbers of non-reservation Indians.

Mr. Francis Johnson, Chairman Mrs. Nancy Phillips, Secretary, 736 Encanto Dr., S.E., Phoenix, Ariz. 85007 Mrs. Beatrice Bechtold Mr. George Bechtold Mr. John Cook Mr. William Dunning Mr. Frank Evans Mr. Raymond Helmick Mr. Chester Kahn Mr. Calvin Thur Mrs. Maureen Thur Miss Alice Tyler

Bahá’í Publishing Trust

Functions: To publish and distribute the Bahá’í Sacred. Writings, books, pamphlets and other material author- ized by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Mrs. Eunice Braun, Managing Director, 110 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Functions: To conduct the annual gathering for the commemoration of the Unity Feast given by ‘Abdu’l- Bahá on June 29, 1912.

Mr. Joseph Ioas, Chairman Mrs. Joan Kinney, Secretary, 1167 Queen Anne Rd., West Englewood, N.J. Mrs. Alice Ioas Mr. John Joyce Mr. Donald Kinney Mrs. Doris Savage Mr. John A. Savage Mrs. Amie Wright Mr. Paul Wright [Page 3]

National Reference Library

Functions: To continue to assemble and organize necessary material for a Bahá’í Reference Library, including a master index of the Bahá’í Sacred Writings; to supply on request Bahá’í references on particular subjects, and to perform such other services as may be requested by the National Spiritual Assembly from time to time.

Mrs. Marian Lippitt, Chairman Miss Adah M. Schott, Secretary, 206 Oney St., Charleston, W.Va. 25311 Mrs. Katherine Cole Mrs. Amine DeMille Mrs. June Harris Mr. Edward Lippitt Mrs. Janice Mollohan Miss Pearl Pohl Mrs. Lura Rouse Miss Alma Sothman

Service for the Blind

Functions: To prepare and distribute Bahá’í literature for the blind.

Mrs. ‎Amédeé Amédée‎ Gibson, Director Mrs. Mary Francis Baral, Secretary-Librarian, 3110 E. Lester St., Tucson, Ariz. 85716 Mr. Irvin Bobo Mr. Lee O. Day

Child’s Way Editorial

Functions: To publish material in Child’s Way suitable for the education of children, based upon the Bahá’í teachings, including the principles involved in the training of character and Bahá’í standards of living.

Mrs. Jean Hutchinson, Managing Editor, P.O. Box 245, Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. Sylvia Dennis Mrs. Betty Duiker Mrs. Rosemary Eller Mrs. Lila Lepley

Bahá’í News Editorial

Functions: To edit and publish Bahá’í News for the National Spiritual Assembly in accordance with the principles defined by Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith.

Mr. James B. Cloonan, Managing Editor Mrs. Lilian Cloonan, Associate Editor Mrs. Sylvia Parmelee, Associate Editor Mrs. Eunice Braun, International Editor Miss Charlotte Linfoot, N.S.A. Representative

Reviewing

Functions: To pass upon the accuracy of manuscripts on the Faith submitted by members of the Bahá’í community and to report its recommendations to the National Spiritual Assembly.

Mrs. Alice S. Cox, Chairman-Secretary, 804 Hilldale St., Washington, Ill. 61571 Mrs. Margaret Bustard Miss Ruth Dasher Mrs. Eleanor Hutchens Miss Zoe Meyer

Distribution & Service Department

Functions: To handle for sale and distribution audio-visual materials, public proclamation items not distributed or published by the Bahá’í Publishing Trust; to produce and sell such items as photographs of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Bahá’í Temples, Bahá’í ring stones, and such other items as are listed in the Materials Directory.

Mr. Robert Buckley, Manager, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Music Reviewing

Functions: To receive and review manuscripts of original music submitted for possible Bahá’í use; to solicit, receive and evaluate reports in regard to songs and music having possible Bahá’í use; to make recommendations for possible reproduction of music in printed form and in recordings suitable for use in connection with Bahá’í functions.

Mrs. Margaret Jensen, Chairman-Secretary, 600 Ash St., Winnetka, Ill. Dr. David S. Ruhe Mr. Daniel Jordan

Archives

Functions: To maintain the National Archives and organize its contents; to receive and preserve material suitable for the National Archives.

Mr. Carl Hannen, Chairman Mrs. Myrtle Wendler, Secretary, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. Mineola Hannen

Convention Arrangements

Functions: To make the necessary physical arrangements for the National Convention.

Mr. J. Harvey Redson, Convenor Mrs. Thais Baker Mr. Joseph Cole Mrs. Dotha Cooper Mr. L. Wyatt Cooper Mrs. Minnie Hadley Mrs. Nida Kern Mr. Wilson Rankin Mrs. Dorothy Redson Mrs. May Scheffler Mr. Irvin Somerhalder [Page 4]

MATERIALS DIRECTORY

This materials directory has been prepared to aid the Bahá’ís in directing inquiries and orders for materials to the proper committees and offices. No attempt has been made to list all of the materials and services available from any single source, but rather to indicate where certain types of items may be obtained.

BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUST

Mrs. Eunice Braun, Managing Director 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Ill.

Order only books, pamphlets, study outlines and miscellaneous teaching and administrative aids listed in the Bahá’í Publishing Trust catalogs, in special announcements sent out by the Trust, or in the Publishing Trust section of Bahá’í News concerning new and revised items. Out-of-print items listed in Bahá’í News should be deleted from catalogs.

BAHÁ’Í NEWS EDITORIAL OFFICE

110 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Articles, photographs and reports intended for Bahá’í News should be sent to the above address.

CHANGES IN ADDRESS FOR BAHÁ’Í NEWS

National Bahá’í Administrative Headquarters, Office Annex 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Address changes and requests for back numbers of Bahá’í News should be sent to the above address.

DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT

Mr. Robert Buckley, Manager 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Order from this department photographs of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the houses of Worship, etc., slides, postcards, Temple models, Bahá’í ring stones; audio-visual, radio materials such as tapes and public proclamation and teaching aids not carried by the Bahá’í Publishing Trust. Catalog available upon request.

BAHÁ’Í SERVICE FOR THE BLIND

Mrs. Mary Francis Baral, Secty.-Libr. 3110 E. Lester St., Tucson, Ariz. 85716

Write this committee for list and price of Braille and talking books.

CHILD’S WAY

P.O. Box 245, Wilmette, Ill.

Subscriptions $2.00 per year for six issues, should be sent to the above address.

ADMINISTATIVE FORMS

National Bahá’í Administrative Headquarters, Office Annex, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.

Send here for enrollment cards, transfer cards, report forms, annual election report forms, identification cards and Bahá’í marriage certificates.

MATERIALS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

United Nations Day, Race Unity Day, etc., should be ordered directly from the committee responsible for planning those events. See Calendar of Special Events for sources of materials available. Watch Bahá’í News announcements for special materials and order only from the committee indicated.

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS and information pertaining to Bahá’í Summer Schools must be requested from each school committee.

IMPORTANT!

When ordering any materials please make checks and money orders payable to the proper office or committee. Do not combine in a single order materials available from other departments or committees as this delays prompt attention to the order. Neither should payment for materials available from several offices or departments be included in one check as this involves extra bookkeeping and accounting. DO NOT include payments for materials in contributions to the National Bahá’í Fund.

Payments for materials to: committee or offices concerned. Contributions to the National Bahá’í Fund to: 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill.