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Tending the Garden by Ilona Sala Weinstein

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INDEX

1938 National Convention, 75-76’

‘Abdu’l-Bahá: appointment of Hands of the Cause, 228; appoints Shoghi Effendi Guardian, 26, 73; biographical sketch, 238; exhortations, 127, 199; in Louis Gregory’s healing, 114; and Lua Getsinger, 150; quoted, 38, 195-96, 199, 221-22; in Rosemary’s dream, 27; visits Montreal, 28, 44-47, 56, 224-227, 229

Abu’l-Fadl, 45

Adler, Johanna (maternal grandmother of ES), 15

Adler, Marcus (maternal grandfather of ES), 15

African National Congress, 146

Ala’i, General Shuá’u’llah, 158

Allen, Dale, 131, 164

Allen, Kenton, 131, 164

Angelina (library helper), 143

Angkor Wat, 186

Antigua, 215

apartheid. See South Africa

anti-Semitism, 25, 41. See also Holocaust

Atlanta, Georgia, 154

The Báb: biographical sketch, 238; Shrine of, 50, 51, 53

Bahá’í Faith: administration of, 26, 161; and 1979 Islamic Revolution, 209; and political movements, 153-54, 171, 195, 197; and political non-involvement, 96, 130, 146, 151-54; in Africa, 137, 146, 164; in Canada, 104, 228; in Latin America, 93-101; in the United States, 154, 202; principles of, 222-23. See also race relations

The Bahá’í Faith: An Introduction (Faizi), 209

Bahá’í Houses of Worship, 159, 206, 217

Bahá’í World Congress, 162

Bahá’u’lláh: appointment of Hands of the Cause, 228; biographical sketch, 238; quoted, 118, 165, 193; translation of writings into Sesotho, 131-32

Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era (Esslemont), 24

Bahíyyih Khánum: in Mary Maxwell’s dream, 57; Rosemary sees picture of, 230

Bailey, Norman, 137-38

Baker, Richard St. Barbe, 122-23, 171

Baker, Dorothy (née Beecher), 93, 95, 141, 229-30

Ballard, Doris, 209

Banani, Musa, 160

Basutoland, 166

Bates, Daisy, 202

Beecher, Henry C. (father of Dorothy Baker), 88

Belgrade (Yugoslavia; now Serbia), 38

Benatar, Sylvia, 138

Bennett, Irene, 124

Blake, Priscilla, 215

Bloom, Gertrude, 162

Bolgar, Natalie (aunt of ES) 39-40, 85

Bolivia, 100

Bolton, Celia, 165

Bolton, Ken, 165

Bond, Gail, 219

Bond, Jamie, 219

Brown, Bishop, 129

Brown, Mr. (publisher of This Earth One Country), 87-88

Brown, Ruth, 129, 134

Bucharest, Romania, 216-17

Bulgaria, 39 [Page 252] Calgary, Alberta, 104–105

Cambodia, 186

Canada: Bahá’í Faith incorporated, 147–48; National Spiritual Assembly, 108, 110–11, 119. See also individual names; individual locations

Cardiff, Wales, 122

Carey, Agnes, 135

Carver, George Washington, 140–41

China, 184–86, 217

Cobb, Stanwood, 195–96, 201

Collins, Amelia, 231–32

Colombia, 100

Comoros Islands, 121, 164

Costa Rica, 96–97

Cowan, Angus, 205

Cowan Secondary School: library helpers, 143, 145; library project, 139–144, 146–147, 202; Sala Prize, 147

Cowles, Elizabeth, 24, 35, 78–79

Coy, Genevieve, 193, 194–95, 201

Czechoslovakia, 15, 37

Davis, Laura, 110

DeMille, Amine, 84, 202–204; involved in Cowan School Library project, 140–41

Effendi, Shoghi. See Shoghi Effendi

Elliot, Eddie, 226–27

Estall, Rowland: as youth, 29–33; during First Seven Year Plan (1937–1944), 82–84; elected to first Canadian NSA, 110; Emeric visits in Antigua, 215; and First Canadian Bahá’í Summer Conference (1941), 84; in Vancouver, 69

Europe: nationalism, 13–14; Salas flee, 85–86

Faizi, Gloria, 208–9

Ferraby, John, 148

Finlayson, Leida (great-niece of Salas), 205

Flournoy, Raymond, 212

Ford, Bahíyyih. See Winckler, Bahíyyih Ford

Fugard, Athol, 216

FUNDAEC (Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences), 100

Gabouri, Mr. (lawyer), 36–37

Gail, Marziah (Marzieh), 201

Gambia, 165

Gardner, Lloyd, 110

Getsinger, Lua, 150

Geyserville Bahá’í School, 83

Gillies, Catherine (mother of RS), 20, 40

Gillies, Helen (sister of RS), 20, 31

Gillies, Captain Malcolm (father of RS), 20, 37, 40, 117

Gillies, Margaret (sister of RS), 20, 80, 101

Ghadirian, Dr. Abdu’l-Missagh, 211–212

Glennie, Bourne, 137

Glennie, Sheila, 137

Gordon, Milly Rena, 154, 226–27

Gqola, Frederick, 146

Grant, Eva (niece of ES), 162

Grant, John (Eva’s son), 162

Grant, Fred (Eva’s husband), 162

Greatest Holy Leaf. See ‎Bahíyyíh Bahíyyih‎ Khánum

Green Acre Bahá’í School, 31–32, 83, 113–115, 131, 193

Greenleaf, Elizabeth, 29, 34

Gregory, Louis, 114, 117, 230–31

Gregory, Louise, 38, 114, 230–31

Guadalajara, Mexico, 188–192

Guardian. See Shoghi Effendi

Guilaroff, Mrs. (Vera Raginsky’s mother), 226–227

Hands of the Cause of God, 228–232

Haney, Marjorie, 159

Haney, Paul, 159

Harrison, Ernest, 25–26

Hofman, David, 32–33, 122

Hofman, Marion, 90, 122

Holocaust, 21, 85; affects Emeric’s family, 38–39, 43, 85, 150, 162; victims, generally, 84–85

Hogg, Bruce, 104 [Page 253] Holley, Horace, 56, 75–76, 158, 193, 201 Honduras, 96 Hungary, 13, 37, 39, 86, 104, 218 See also Sala, Emeric; individual names

Ioas, Leroy, 158, 231 Iranian (Islamic) Revolution (1979), 209 Ives, Howard Colby, 102 Ives, Mabel, 102

Jack, Marion, 38, 71, 77 Jasion, Jan, 71 Johannesburg, South Africa, 92, 129, 134, 137, 159 Johnson, Edith, 130, 146, 152–53 Johnson, Lowell, 130, 146, 152–53 Johnson, Malcolm (nephew of RS), 140 Jordan, Daniel, 122

Kampala, Uganda, 159–161 Kennedy, Dr. Rolland, 36–37 Kerr, Russell, 188 Kidder, Alice, 158, 207, 209 Kikuyu people, 122, 171 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 164 Khadem, Dhikru’llah, 158 Knobloch, Fanny, 135 Kraemer, Mr. (employment agent), 16–17 Kuna, Mr. (Emeric’s employer), 22–23

Lanning sisters (St. Lambert Bahá’ís), 69 Laws, Beth, 132 Liedtke, Keith (son of Norma), 116–17 Liedtke, Klaus Harry (husband of Norma), 115–16, 218 Liedtke, Norma (née Sala; niece of ES), 115–117 Little Rock, Arkansas, 202 Louhelen Bahá’í School, 83, 131 Luthuli, Albert John Mvumbi (Zulu chief), 151–52

Macbean, Martha, 200 Martin, Douglas, 75 Masehla, William, 149 Matthews, Professor (South Africa), 152 Mau Mau Uprising, 122, 124 Mauritius, 163 Maxwell, May (née Bolles), 226; asks Shoghi Effendi to discuss Montreal community matters with Emeric, 69–70; biographical sketch, 44–50, 57–60; death, 52; and Emeric’s conversion, 23–25; friendship with Salas, 33, 40; grave, 61, 99–100; in Montreal community, 29, 69; urges Emeric to go on pilgrimage, 69 Maxwell, Mary. See Rúhíyyih Khánum Maxwell, William Sutherland, 44, 50–56, 117, 230 Mazibuko, Emeric Husayn Bonga, 151 Mazibuko, Robert: correspondence with Salas, 166–67, 181, 187–88; Cowan School library helper, 142–46; friendship with Salas, 170, 218; impression of Salas, 148–49, 150–51 McGill University, 153 McKay, Doris, 102 McKay, Willard, 102 Mexico: National Spiritual Assembly, 191; Salas arrive, 189; indigenous groups, 191 Mills, Montfort, 56, 117 Mofokeng, Andrew, 131–32 Mohapi, Chadwick, 166 Moncton, New Brunswick, 107 Monrovia, Liberia, 165 Montgomery, Leroy J., 89 Montalvo, Miss (El Salvador Bahá’í), 95 Montessori system, 48, 216 Moody, Dr. Susan, 208 Mottahedeh, Mildred, 198 Munirih Khánum, 76 Murday, Pouva, 163, 189 Musole, Joseph, 151–52

Nakhjavani, Ali, 124 [Page 254] Nakhjavani, Jalal, 120, 124 National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, 55, 62, 75–76, 110 National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa. See under South Africa "The Negro Problem: Its Significance, Strength, and Solution" (pamphlet), 89 Ndlovu, Maxwell, 131 Ngesi, Douglas (student at Cowan School), 140–41 Nicaragua, 96 Nur University, 100

Ober, Elizabeth (née Kidder), 158, 207 Ober, Harlan, 207 Ober, Grace (née Robarts), 76, 207, 224–26, 232 Olinga, Enoch, 159–60, 209 Oxford, England, 122 Panama, 191–92, 204 Pawlowska, Ola, 164 Petitt, Paul, 189 Port Elizabeth, 36, 132, 135–57, 169 Portugal, 196–97 Powers, Netta, 107–108

Quinta, Grace, 141, 151–52

race relations: in the Bahá’í Faith, 25; in Canada, 48, 226; in the United States, 154, 202. See also anti-Semitism; South Africa Raginsky, Vera (née Guilaroff), 228 Rakovsky, Bert, 109 Rakovsky, Hedda, 199–200 Regina, Saskatchewan, 104–105 Reunion (Island), 163 Richardson, Doris, 110 Robarts, Audrey, 107, 120, 168, 233 Robarts, John, 84, 106–07, 158–59, 207; friendship with Salas, 201; member of National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 110; named Hand of the Cause, 155–56; pioneering, 119–20, 168; personality, 233–34 Robarts, Nina, 121, 170, 211–12 Robarts, Patrick, 131 Romania, 13–14, 37, 71, 190; and Bahá’í Faith, 39, 101, 218 Romer, Annie, 102–103 Romer, Harry, 103 Root, Martha, 38, 81, 103 Ruhe, Dr. David, 192 Ruhe, Margaret, 192 Ruhi Institute, 100 Rúhíyyih Khánum, 32, 55–61, 72, 111, 158–61, 187; and Salas, 23–25, 28, 70, 216

Sala, Adolf (father of ES), 40, 42, 76, 85–86, 117 Sala, Blanca (sister of ES), 13, 34, 42, 115 Sala, Charlotte (mother of ES), 40, 42–43, 76, 84, 86 Sala, Emeric: birth and early life, 13–15; death, 218–19; dreams and premonitions, 168–69, 218; efforts to save family in Europe, 37–38, 39–42; emigrates to Canada, 15–23; 34–37; extended family, 15–16; 37–39; fluency in multiple languages, 199; spiritual observations, 118. See also Sala, Rosemary; Holocaust; South Africa; Venezuela; Mexico

—and Bahá’í Faith: 1938 National Convention, ‎75–65 75–76‎; 1944 Centenary, 92–93; encounters, 23–26; involved in Montreal Youth Group, 29–31; early friendship with Rosemary, 33–34; enrolls, 26–27; on National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 110; pilgrimage, 70–75; plans to visit communities in Romania and Hungary, 39, 218; travel teaching in Latin America, 93–100

—books: This Earth One Country, 86–92; Two Worlds (unpublished), 194

—business ventures, in Montreal, 36; in Toronto, 103; in Zululand, 126–27, 134; in Port Elizabeth, 136, 149–50, 169; in China, 184 [Page 255] —name: first name and meaning, 151; original form of surname, 23 —personality, 35–36, 148–49, 190, dislike of ritual, 201; emphasis on character, 116; love of the outdoors, 183–84, 190; righteousness, 151–52; sense of humor, 132; talent for public speaking, 94, 131, 193, 199

Sala, Donya Vroclava Knox (second wife of ES), 215–18

Sala, Ernest (brother of ES), 13, 35, 41–42, 84, 86, 169, 218

Sala, Ida (née Kaplan; sister-in-law of ES), 42, 211

Sala, Nick (born Szalavitz, second cousin and brother-in-law of ES), 34, 115

Sala, Norma (niece of ES, daughter of Nick), 34, 115–17, 192, 218

Sala, Paul (brother of ES), 15, 84; aids relatives in postwar Europe, 86; becomes Bahá’í, 50; birth, 13; emigrates, 41–42; personality, 35

Sala, Renee (sister of author; niece of ES), 42, 128, 183, 209–10

Sala, Rosemary (née Gillies): birth and early life, 13, 20, 28; depression, 180–81; education and career, 27; pilgrimage, 112–113; visits the sick, 199–200. See also Sala, Emeric; South Africa; Venezuela; Mexico —and Bahá’í Faith: encounters, 27; on National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 110; on National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa, 166; serves on committee for care of Montreal Shrine, 187–88 —and Cowan School, 139–147, 202 —death, 210–14; message to Emeric, 215 —mystical nature, 111; dreams and premonitions, 116, 203, 212 —spiritual observations: on death, 117, 208; on overcoming temptation, 200–201; on life, 210 —personality: informed, 183; generosity, 167–68, 170; love of children, 204–205; love of plants and gardening, 69, 179, 189–90

Samandarí, Tarázu’lláh, 155, 158

Samandari, Ursula, 124

San Salvador, 95–96

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 105

Savage, Anne, 47, 79, 223–24

Schechter, Fred, 148

Schopflocher, Siegfried (Fred), 70, 228–229; and Beaulac School, 108; death, 119; elected to first National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 110–11; friendship with Salas, 32, 36, 40–41; and teaching activities in Montreal, 30

Sears, William (Bill), 137

Segen, Al, 215

Segen, Edith, 215

Seven Year Plan (1937-1944), 77, 82–84

Shoghi Effendi: and Bahá’í theology, 91, ‎197–97 197–198‎; appointed Guardian, 26; appoints Hands of the Cause, 228; corresponds with Emeric, 26–27, 38 ; corresponds with Montreal youth group, 30–31; death, 157–59; designates Maxwell House as Shrine, 62; during Emeric’s pilgrimage, 71–75; esteem for Horace Holley, 76; for Marion Jack, 77; initiates Seven Year Plan (1937), 77; initiates Ten Year Crusade (1953), 119; invites Sutherland Maxwell to work in Haifa, 52; marriage to Mary Maxwell, 55–59 See also Rúhíyyih Khánum; Seven Year Plan; specific individuals; specific places

Shook, Dr. Glen, 84, 201

Sierra Leone, 19

Silversides, Leslie, 105

Silversides, Mabel, 105

Skinner, Doris, 102

Spendlove, George, 23, 29, 31

Solt, Yvonne (cousin of ES), 84

South Africa: apartheid and race relations, 136–39, 141, 143–145, 153, 166; Bahá’í [Page 256] community in, 148; National Spiritual Assembly, 148, 151-53, 166-70; Pass Laws (1952), 153; Salas investigated, 129-30, 136, 144-45; Sharpeville Massacre (March 21, 1960), 153; Suppression of Communism Act (1950), 136. See also individual names; individual places Spain, 196-98 Sri Lanka, 165 St. Lambert, Quebec, 41, 69-70, 74-75 Steiner, Feri (cousin of ES), 162 Stories About ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Faizi), 209 Student Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, 154 Suter, Bill, 108-9 Swaziland, 164 Szanto-Felbermann, Renee, 39

Takashiba, H., 105 Takashiba, Sunshine, 105 Tamas, Andy ("Tip"), 113-115, 204 Tamas, Susanne, 204 Tambo, Oliver, 152 This Side Up (Mazibuko), 142-46 Thompson, Juliet, 45, 225, 227 Tinnion, Nina Robarts, 211-12 Tirana (Albania), 39 Tumureanu, Josef, 216-17f Turvey, Reginald, 137 Two Worlds (unpublished book by ES), 194

Uganda, 159 Umstadter, Eugene, 84 Umstadter, Lily (cousin of ES), 84 Universal House of Justice: election of, 161; Seat of, 206

Valko, Ilka (maternal aunt of ES), 14 Valko, Armin, 14 Vancouver, British Columbia, 104 Varkonyi, Erzsi (cousin of ES), 84-85 Varkonyi, Gyula, 85 Venezuela, 76-82

Vernon, British Columbia, 106 Verwoerd, Hendrik, Dr. (Minister of Native Affairs in South Africa), 132-33 Victoria, British Columbia, 104, 217

Ward, Dorothy, 52, 62 Weinstein, Ilona (née Sala; author; niece of ES & RS), 42-43, 69, 84-86, 113-116, 140, 153-155, 192 Weinstein, Marty (author's husband), 183 Wilhelm, Roy, 114 Winckler, Bahiyyih Ford, 92-93, 139 Woodman, Dr. Ross, 90, 110-11 Woolson, Gayle, 96 World War I, 13, 29, 39, 42, World War II, 42-43, 53, 76-77, 84-86, 116

Xhosa, 146

Yazdí, Aziz, 124

Ziaiyyih Khanum (Diyá’iyyih Khánum), 59 Zulu people, Salas' impressions of, 127-29 Zululand (Kwazulu-Natal), 125-30, 132-33, 135 [Page 257]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ILONA WEINSTEIN is the niece of Emeric and Rosemary Sala. She makes her home in Canada.