Tending the Garden/Index

INDEX

1938 National Convention, 75-76‘

‘Abdu’l-Baha: 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

AbwI-Fadl, 45

Adler, Johanna (maternal grandmother of ES), 15

Adler, Marcus (maternal grandfather of ES), 15

African National Congress, 146

Alai, General Shuau’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 a/so Holocaust

Atlanta, Georgia, 154

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

Baha'i 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 Bahai Faith: An Introduction (Faizi), 209

Bahai Houses of Worship, 159, 206, 217

Bahai World Congress, 162

Bah@w lah: appointment of Hands of the Cause, 228; biographical sketch, 238; quoted, 118, 165, 193; translation of writings into Sesotho, 131-32

Baha'u'llah and the New Era (Esslemont), 24

Bahiyyih Khainum: in Mary Maxwell's dream, 57; Rosemary sees picture of, 230

Bailey, Norman, 137-38

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

Baker, Dorothy (7ée 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]252

Calgary, Alberta, 104-105

Cambodia, 186

Canada: Baha'i 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 Baha'i 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, Bahiyyih. See Winckler, Bahiyyih Ford Fugard, Athol, 216

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

Gabouri, Mr. (lawyer), 36-37

Gail, Marziah (Marzich), 201

Gambia, 165

Gardner, Lloyd, 110

Getsinger, Lua, 150

Geyserville Baha'i 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

Ggola, Frederick, 146

Grant, Eva (niece of ES), 162

Grant, John (Eva's son), 162

Grant, Fred (Eva's husband), 162

Greatest Holy Leaf. See Bahiyyih Khanum

Green Acre Baha'i 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

loas, 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, Dhrikru’llah, 158

Knobloch, Fanny, 135

Kraemer, Mr. (employment agent), 16-17

Kuna, Mr. (Emeric's employer), 22-23

Lanning sisters (St. Lambert Baha'fs), 69

Laws, Beth, 132

Liedtke, Keith (son of Norma), 116-17

Liedtke, Klaus Harry (husband of Norma), 115-16, 218

Liedtke, Norma (7ée Sala; niece of ES), 115-117

Little Rock, Arkansas, 202

Louhelen Baha'i School, 83, 131

Luthuli, Albert John Mvumbi (Zulu chief), 151-52

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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 Rihiyyih Khanum

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 Baha'i), 95

Montessori system, 48, 216

Moody, Dr. Susan, 208

Mottahedeh, Mildred, 198

Munirih Khanum, 76

Murday, Pouva, 163, 189

Musole, Joseph, 151-52

Nakhjavani, Ali, 124 [Page 254]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

Qunta, Grace, 141, 151-52

race relations: in the Baha'i 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,

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233-34

Robarts, Nina, 121, 170, 211-12

Robarts, Patrick, 131

Romania, 13-14, 37, 71, 190; and Baha'i 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

Ruhiyyih Khanum, 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 a/so Sala, Rosemary; Holocaust; South Africa; Venezuela; Mexico

—and Baha'i Faith: 1938 National Convention, 75-65; 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]INDEX

—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 Baha'i, 50; birth, 13; emigrates, 41-42; personality, 35

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

Sala, Rosemary (7é 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 Bahda’i 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,

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167-68, 170; love of children, 204-205; love of plants and gardening, 69, 179, 189-90

Samandari, Tarazu'llah, 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 Baha'i theology, 91, 197-97; 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 Ruhiyyih Khanum; 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; Baha'i [Page 256]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-Bahd (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

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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 (ée 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 IT, 42-43, 53, 76-77, 84-86, 116

Xhosa, 146

Yazdi, Aziz, 124

Ziaiyyih Khanum (Diyd'iyyih Khanum), 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. �