U.S. Supplement/Issue 106/Text

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Hands of the Cause in Western Hemisphere Address the Believers in Alaska, Canada, and the United States

Beloved Friends:

It fills our hearts with joy to share with you the news now reaching us from all lands of an astounding new awakening never heard of before. Seekers from all walks of life are hastening to public and private firesides, knocking on the doors of the believers, and asking them about the Faith with unprecedented enthusiasm. Ya-Bahá’í-Abhá! Indeed, evidences are apparent everywhere that the inhabitants of the earth, anxious and deeply concerned for human destiny, conscious of the corruption of “mankind’s ordered life,” are desperately searching for the answer to their problems and relief from their miseries in a divinely ordained new world order. The Blessed Beauty is, in mysterious ways, working in the human heart, which He has designated in the Hidden Words as “the habitation of beauty and glory.”

For what is the source of all this turmoil if not a tremendous power released by Bahá’u’lláh as we approach the centenary of the proclamation of His Message to the kings and rulers of the world and the leaders of religions-—indeed to all mankind? The rulers failed Him and now it is the Bahá’ís alone who can proffer the water of life to the thirsty, dying people of the world and share with them, as a sign of gratitude for the blessings we have received, this wondrous System, “the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.”

The blessings bestowed on the North American Bahá’ís are tremendous. We were chosen to be the recipients of the Master’s Tablets of the Divine Plan. In all the campaigns inaugurated by the beloved Guardian and now in the Nine Year Plan given us by the supreme body of the Faith, the Universal House of Justice, “the source of all good and freed from all error,” we have been given the lion’s share of the responsibility for their success.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s affection and love for us is well known to the Bahá’ís of the world. “Could ye know how my soul glows with your love,’’ He said to us, “so great a happiness would flood your hearts as to cause you to

become enamored with each other. The range of your future achievements is still undisclosed. I fervently hope that in the near future the whole earth may be stirred and shaken by the results of your activities.”

This is what the beloved Master expected of us. Let us make ourselves worthy of His love by loving each other. Let us rise with all our hearts, our energies, our resources, nay, with our very lives, to appreciate His blessings.

Beloved friends, let us pray daily to Bahá’u’lláh and beseech His help in pioneering, in personal teaching, in cooperating in our communities, and in sharing in all Bahá’í activities — in short, in universal participation.

The Hands of the Cause of God in the Western Hemisphere are moved to urge the dearly loved friends to join them in repeating for one Bahá’í month the Tablet of Ahmad, which was revealed during Bahá’u’lláh’s imprisonment in Adrianople, where He began to address His Tablets to the rulers of the world. “Remember My days during thy days, and My distress and banishment in this remote prison,” He asks of us. How can we fail to respond? The bounties He promises each of us in that Tablet will enable us to play our part in the triumphant progress envisaged by the beloved of all hearts, Shoghi Effendi, when he foresaw that the Cause of God would “continue to forge ahead, capturing loftier heights and winning still mightier victories until its glorious mission, stretching into the dim ranges of time that lie ahead, is totally fulfilled.”

May these moving words from the Supreme Pen of Bahá’u’lláh create an unprecedented confidence and enthusiasm in all of us and open all the doors of victory:

“Verily, we behold you from our realm of glory, and shall aid whosoever will rise for the triumph of our Cause with the hosts of the Concourse on High and a company of our favored angels.”

— HANDS or THE CAUSE or Gon IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

[Page 2]Statement on Interracial Marriage

Sent to Major News Services

During its August meeting, held at the Geyserville Bahá’í School, the National Spiritual Assembly released a statement on the Bahá’í attitude on interracial marriage. This action was taken at that time in order to inform the public of the Bahá’í position on this subject in view of public interest in an important case soon to be decided by the United States Supreme Court. The statement was sent on August 15 by the Department of Public Information to all major news agencies in the country, including the wire services.

Since the contents of the release can be useful in local press interviews and in public teaching work, it is printed hereunder in full for the information and use of the believers.

Text of the Release

Wilmette, Illinois, August 15, 1966—Interracial marriage was defended in a statement by the governing body for the Bahá’í Faith in the U.S. issued today. “The basic Bahá’í principle of the oneness of mankind upholds the right to select a mate without regard to religious background, nationality, or race,” announced the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States, meeting August 12-15 at the school operated by this universal religion at Geyserville, California. This policy statement was prepared to clarify the Bahá’í attitude on interracial marriage, the subject of an important case soon to be decided by the Supreme Court.

“There is no evidence,” the statement continued, “that any race is superior or inferior to any other, and the fear that the offspring of interracial marriages is likely to be defective is completely unfounded. Geneticists have demonstrated that there are no deleterious biological effects from interracial unions as such. In fact, there is considerable anthropological and historical evidence that some blending of races has produced physical types in various areas of the world that have been superior to the parental stocks.

“While the Bahá’í Faith teaches that racial traits are not important in selecting a marriage partner,” the statement continues, “it is made clear that the good character of those betrothed and the support from their families is essential to a stable union. The racial diversity of Bahá’í communities throughout the world is a demonstration of the power of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh to remove prejudice and create respect for all human rights, including the right to marry without regard to race.”

The Bahá’í Faith is an independent world religion presently established in 305 countries and territories. Bahá’u’lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Faith, was born in 1817 in Tihran, fran (then Persia), and died a prisoner in the Holy Land in 1892. Bahá’í teachings revolve around the oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the oneness of mankind. U.S. Headquarters for the Faith is located in Wilmette, Illinois.

DECEMBER1966

The Guardian's Instructions Regarding Bahá’í Dramas

From time to time “pantomime” type plays are presented wherein children or youth portray the central figures of the Faith. Even though no words are spoken in this type of play, the guidance given by Shoghi Effendi on the question of Bahá’í plays is certainly applicable. The following quotation is from a letter of the Guardian published in Bahá’í NEWS, No. 90, March 1935:

“With reference to your question whether the figures of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh should be made to appear as characters in dramatic works written by the believers, Shoghi Effendi’s opinion is that such an attempt to dramatize the Manifestations would be highly disrespectful, and hence should be avoided by the friends, even in the case of the Master. Besides it would be practically impossible to carry out such a plan faithfully, and in a dignified and befitting manner.”

Southeastern Bahá’í Winter School Register NOW!

An international faculty will be teaching at the Southeastern Bahá’í Winter School, December 26-31, 1966. Some of the members will be: Mr. Zik’ru’llah Ifliadem, Hand of the Cause of God; Dr. Daniel Jordan, Chairman of the United States National Assembly; Mr. Mike Rochester, Chairman of the Canadian National Assembly; Mrs. Florence Mayberry, Auxiliary Board member from the U.S. and Mr. Fred Graham, Auxiliary Board member of Canada. The school will be held at the F.F.A.—F.H.A. State Camp near Covington, Georgia (some 36 miles east of Atlanta) in the pine-scented heartland of the Southeast. The facilities are deluxe and the environment ideal for an unusually outstanding winter session. There are accommodations for 600 people and it is hoped that Bahá’ís from every part of the country can attend.

For reservations, please write: Mr. Thomas Schwandes, 113 Franklin Street, McMinnville, Tennessee 37110.

Youth Conference to Be Held in Colorado

The local Assembly of Aurora, Colorado will sponsor a youth conference at a location to be selected in the Denver Metropolitan area on the weekend of Christmas, December 25-26, 1966. For details write to: Judy Dennis, Sec.; P.O. Box 126: Aurora, Colorado 80010.

Richard St. Cyr Deprived of

Bahá’í Membership

The NSA has found it necessary to deprive Richard St. Cyr of Winnebago, Nebraska of his Bahá’í membership and administrative privileges for actions unbecoming a Bahá’í. These include the borrowing of

money from believers and friends close to the Faith

under false pretenses.

[Page 3]U.S. SUPPLEMENT

Committee Appointments for Continuing and Expanding Function

The National Spiritual Assembly for the past several years has been developing a system of national committee appointments designed to produce continuity in committee work and vision. It is conceived that annual appointments tend to limit the initiative of committees in both thoughts and deeds. While short-term activities are characteristic of certain committee responsibilities, many of the most important committees, councils and departments obviously require the psychologic commitment and liberation of longer terms of projected service. Hence this new system of appointments is designed to assure constant new ideas on each committee, but also to produce that long-term energy and initiative which the growth of the national community requires. The principles and specific procedures adopted by the National Spiritual Assembly are defined for the u.nderstanding of the community.

l. Councils tor Trusteeships

In general, Council personnel for Trusteeships will be appointed for five-year terms, but on a rotating basis. Except in unusual cases, no individual will serve more than two consecutive terms. Appointments to vacancies will be recommended by the Council. Councils, as a body, will not be invited to submit recommendations for re-appointments to vacancies. This will avoid the problem of senatorial courtesy which often makes a council unable or unwilling to evaluate objectively the performance of any one of its own members. Rather, recommendations will be solicited from individual members of the Councils. At the time of appointment, each Council member will be notified of the effective date of the conclusion of his term, but also subject to the annual review of the Trustees, National Spiritual Assembly or other review which the Trustees deem necessary. Present Council members will be assigned staggered terms on a random basis. Those Council members who receive one or two-year terms will be specifically notified that it is anticipated that their appointments will be renewed, but subject to the same annual review as for all Council members. Annual evaluation by individual members will be solicited directly by the National Spiritual Assembly.

A. Internal Council Appointments of Departments and Other Subordinate Bodies

Councils are requested to make Department appointments on a three-year rotating basis, using the same general guidelines, i.e., “subject to the annual review of the Council." Councils are authorized to make appointments without initial consultation with the Trustees on the appointments. Personnel for the subordinate bodies will be reported to the Trustees after appointment. The Trustees thereafter reserve the right to change personnel if called for.

B. instructional Personnel of Schools Under the Councils Councils for schools, and their committees, are free to make use of and appoint teachers known to them personally, without prior consultation with the Trustees. Councils are also encouraged to exchange personnel lists so that a teacher who has been used or is personally known to another Council or its school committee may be appointed to that school's instructional

stafi without the Trustees’ approval. Instructional personnel not known to a Council or its committee, should be approved by the Trustees, when time permits, with maximal background data submitted on the person. Councils are to evaluate the performance of instructional personnel, such evaluation to be made in terms of the specific assignment of the individual, and, where possible, shared with the teachers themselves.

II. National Committees

National committees will be appointed for three-year terms on a rotating basis. Appointment letters will provide for sometime changes of committee locale, recognizing that it may become necessary, for a variety of possible reasons, to relocate the committee geographically. Since, for consultational reasons, appointments are made according to the location of the committce, when reorganization of any national committee SlZI‘Ll( occurs following annual review by the National Spiritual Assembly, a completely new membership may be designated. Committees are encouraged to make long-range plans over multiple-year periods, since the rotating appointments provide for continuity. New appointments will be recommended by the committee, but reappointments will be made on the basis of individual evaluations only. With the beginning of the rotational system, those committee members initially appointed for a single year will be reappointed for a full term.

Special committees and bureaus of the National Spiritual Assembly are appointed at the pleasure of the National Spiritual Assembly for indeterminate terms, unless otherwise specified.

lll. Advisory Committees or Boards

Advisory committees, or boards for the Trusteeships, will be appointed to advise the National Spiritual Assembly or specific Trustees, with the anticipation that they will meet at least annually for one day, probably prior to the National Convention. Each annual committee meeting will be prepared for with an agenda, a correspondent, and assigned working papers.

These committees will be true national committees drawn from the entire U.S. Bahá’í membership. Initially, advisory committees or boards of this category will apply themselves to special areas of national concern. These special committees will allow for the cross-fertilization of ideas from believers in widely different parts of the country and will receive appointments for three years. Occasional task committees will serve for one year only.

IV. Guidelines for the Appointment of Local Committees by LSAs

It is suggested that LSAs appoint committees on a long-term basis wherever appropriate. However, annual appointments are desirable in many instances. The local Assembly should not feel restricted to annual appointments, because of the obvious advantage of longer terms in continuity in personnel and in longrange planning. Where long-range appointments are made, they should be made on a rotating basis in order to ensure the continuous infusion of new ideas and new personnel for community stimulus and training.

[Page 4]Bahá’í Youth and the Peace Corps

The Peace Corps may well be remembered by history as the most favorable international step taken by the United States of America during its embattled sixties. Certainly the cumulative spirit and services of American Peace Corpsmen have been a significant contribution toward achieving the family of man in our world. The pioneering Bahá’í spirit of service to the Cause of God for this day is congruent at many points with the Peace Corps. Yet active teaching of any religion is prohibited to Peace Corpsmen, for what may seem to

' be obvious reasons. In a world starved for the creative

Word of God, direct Bahá’í teaching and consolidation is the cardinal need; and therefore, Bahá’í young people have not been encouraged to join the Peace Corps.

Despite two negative aspects of Corps service —prohibition of the teaching of religion, and removal of volunteers from pioneering for two years (which a young man usually can not do in any event because of military service) —certain positive factors should be adduced. Peace Corps service may well provide opportunity for some few Bahá’í volunteers who will perform useful Bahá’í service, and at the same time become trained for pioneering in hardship posts. Although the Peace Corps is not accepted as a substitute for military service, yet two years of duty abroad may go far toward aiding the Cause. The public image of the Bahá’í Faith will benefit from the example of our

- devoted young people serving in this humanitarian

Cause. Trained and assigned to underdeveloped lands where Bahá’ís may live, or where the Faith is not yet established, Bahá’í Peace Corpsmen will be able to live the Bahá’í life, learn the indigenous language, become acclimated and favorably known to the local inhabitants. Perhaps later some can return as resolute Bahá’í pioneers. In any event, each can teach his fellow Peace Corpsmen freely; he can, in his free time, associate with the Bahá’ís of the area; forbidden to become a public teacher of a new religion, he yet can support the work of Bahá’í consolidation and deepening which in some areas is a far more crying need. Following service, the Corpsman will be a useful teacher of pioneers, will have acquired personal maturity for further study for an advanced degree, and will have become a true Bahá’í citizen of the world. In short, if the youth can pioneer, they should do so. If for individual reasons Peace Corps service seems good, it can yet be of some limited value to the Faith.

At this crossroads of history Bahá’í youth could be the enzymes of many Peace Corps missions. Through loving service they may sow seeds and even harvest many positive fruits of Bahá’í teaching.

DECEMBER 1966

World Religion Day January I5, 1967

A Special Event for Proclaiming flle Bahá’í Faith to file Public

Theme: Religion— Foundation of World Civilization

Suggested Materials: News and Radio releases from Public Information Department. Poster Kit from Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department. The Future of Mankind, Bahá’í: World Faith for Modern Man and One Universal Faith from Bahá’í Publishing Trust

Note: Please refer to U.S. Supplement of Bahá’í News no. 82, December 1964 article, “Purpose of World Religion Day.”

Reports: Reports and good photographs of outstanding observances should be mailed at once to Public Information Department, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

Needed4—Pioneers Who Speak French

Among the unfilled goals which are the responsibility of the United States are countries where French is used. Three of these goals are in Africa and one in the Caribbean area. Pioneer couples are also especially needed, and there are areas other than these French speaking countries where Bahá’í couples can do an especially needed service by going to establish themselves. Those who wish to pioneer to a foreign area, and particularly those knowing French or having an ability to master a foreign language quickly should apply at once to: FOREIGN GOALS COMMITTEE, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

Notice

Wanted: A Bahá’í couple or single man to fill the position of year round manager-caretaker at the Geyserville Bahá’í School, Geyserville, California. The manager will be expected to supervise the maintenance of grounds and buildings; to oversee the kitchen facilities and help (in cooperation with the session coordinators); to supervise bookkeeping and registration, and to welcome visitors to the school between sessions. Applicants should send statement of qualifications and salary required to: Geyserville Bahá’í Council, Mrs. Joyce Dahl, Secretary, Box 566, Pebble Beach, Calif. 93953.

[Page 5]U.S. SUPPLEMENT

Treasurer's Message to the 1966 State Conventions

Dearly Beloved Friends:

What a joy to be able to present to you a first halfyear report that is solidly in the black! True, this is possible because of the receipt of_a_ single large bequest. But no matter. This reflects the bounty of Bahá’u’lláh, and we feel sure that it is indicative of a new spirit in the American Bahá’í community, in which the magnificent challenges open to us will be fully understood and grasped, and deficits will be a thing of the past.

Following are the totals for the first six months of the Bahá’í year:

Regular Contributions $222,101.44 Special Contributions 26,056.25 Estate Bequests 135,336.96 $383,494.65

Expenditures 374,339.03

Balance $ 9,155.62

Among the several bequests, without which we could not have achieved this splendid result, $113,491.10 represents a portion of the amount made available from the estate of one dedicated believer. Since we feel that bounties of this magnitude should be shared with our sister institutions, additional allocations from the estate will be made as follows:

World Center Fund $ 75,000.00 Hands in the Holy Land 25,000.00 Panama Temple 15,000.00 Infirm Pioneers Subsistence 20,000.00

In addition to these outright bequests already received, this estate made two other allocations for the benefit of the Bahá’í Faith, both in the form of trusts. One is to remain in existence fifteen years, to be used for the Geyserville Bahá’í School, and consists of stock and cash with a current market value of approximately $450,000.00. The other is for the benefit of the Los Angeles Bahá’í Center. Both are in the care of the same three Bahá’í Trustees. Assuming reasonably successful management of the investments, the ultimate benefit from these trusts can be tremendous for the institutions involved.

Can we accept this good fortune as a symbol of a change in the American Bahá’í community, as a financial coming of age? We face exciting challenges, great

opportunities to push forward on all fronts, and to generate a strong momentum of growth. In less than a year we will be entering into the proclamation phase of the Nine-Year Plan, for which the Universal House of Justice has such high hopes. We have a solid base laid with our efficiently operating Department of Public Information, which has already capitalized on several opportunities to gain widespread publicity for the Faith. But money is needed to take fullest advantage of all opportunities when they occur. Our expanding pioneer program is operating at full steam, with many goals filled, but others still urgently needing settlers. What better way can those who are unable to go themselves serve the Faith than to make possible the movement of those who can go? With the formation of the State Goals Committees under the revised national teaching structure, new life is being breathed into home front -teaching. We will see plenty of action in the months and years ahead. This also is worthy of the fullest support.

Our membership is now up 13%, so that we have a broader base on which to build our financial support. Of particular note is the fact that youth declarations now account for one third of our new enrollments. Individual youth may not be able to give a great deal, but their numbers are now such that if all youth regularly gave what they could, the cumulative total would be substantial and of real help in meeting the budget. In addition, lifetime habits in keeping with the Bahá’í teachings would be cultivated which would benefit them and their Faith in the future. Universal participation in giving is a goal for all communities to pursue; the Fund is one essential way to participate.

With this great present bounty of bequest funds, we must hope that regular contributions will now generally oversubscribe the budget for the second half of the year. May we record a fiscal triumph at the National Convention 1967!

Lovingly, ARTHUR L. DAHL, Treasurer, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY October 1966

(For charts showing current contributions see page 8)

Preparation for Centenary ls Announced

We are delighted to share with the friends an advance notice of a study outline to be available through the Bahá’í Publishing Trust about the middle of January 1967. This outline study on The Promised Day Is Come by Shoghi Effendi, our beloved Guardian, has been prepared by Dr. Peter Khan.

This helpful aid in studying Bahá’u’lláh’s Proclamation to the kings and rulers of the world will assist the believers to inform and prepare themselves for a meaningful participation in the Centenary celebrations and the accompanying proclamation of the Faith which the Bahá’í world will embark upon next September/

October, as called for by the Universal House of Justice. (See the November Bahá’í News, page 3.) Community and individual study of The Promised Day Is Come, which contains many excerpts of Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablets to the kings and rulers of the world, will be followed in early spring by nation-wide Institutes, emphasizing further the unique significance of this special period of commemoration and proclamation which will begin next fall and extend into 1973. Please watch your BAHA'I NEWS for further announcements when the study outline becomes available. DEPARTMENT or COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

[Page 6]DECEMBER 1966

BAHA'l DIRECTORY CHANGES

ASSEMBLY SECRETARIES Northern California Healdsburg: Mrs. Jean Houg, 12575 Los Amigos Rd.. 95448 Los Gatos: Mr. Earl Mock, Jr., 95 Fairview Plaza, 95030 Sacramento Municipal Court District: Mrs. Patricia Fanning. 6258 Oak Park Ct., Carmichael 95608 Southern California Dist. No. 1 Bakersfield: Mrs. Bessie S. Powers, 1920 B St., 93301 San Luis Obispo: Mrs. Jan Williams, P.O. Box 105, 93401 Santa Barbara: Mrs. Virginia R. Zimmerman, pro-tem, 1217 Punta Gordo St., 93103 Southern California Dist. No. 2 Corona J. D.: Mrs. Anna M. Rehling, 3495 Barker Lane, Corona 91720 Florida Hillsborough County: Mrs. Shirley H. Mason, 7915 Rideout Rd., Tampa 33619 Sarasota County: Mrs. Jean Dobbs, Chairman, 5227 Calle Menorca, Siesta Key, Sarasota 33581 Northern Illinois Waukegan: Mrs. Annabel Whittier, 2037 Linden, 60085 Kentucky Louisville: Dr. Nasser Bashirelahi, Chairman, 4820 Southern Pkwy., 40214 Maryland Howard County: Mrs. Teresita Myers, Rt. 2, Box 281, Jessup 20794 Massachusetts Boston: Christopher Wade, 687 Boylston St., Rms. No. 201202, Z. 16 (add room Nos. to address) Michigan Ypsilanti Township: Mrs. Sundra Moyyad, 1126 Levona, Ypsilanti 48197 Montana Great Falls: Mrs. Jeanne Engle, pro-tem, 2001 4th Ave., S., 59401 New Mexico Gallup: Mrs. Billie Bennett. P.O. Box 928, 87301

North Dakota Fort Yates: Correct zone number to 58538 South Carolina Greenville: Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, 118-A Buena Vista, 29607 Virginia Fairfax County: Mrs. Sheila Cowan, 6334 Edgemoor Lane, Alexandria 22312 Eastern Washington Spokane County Commissioners Dist. No. 2: Mrs. Mildred White, 12920 E. Mission, Spokane 99216 Western Washington Issaquah: Mrs. Geraldine Ward, pro-tern, 606 Evans St., 98027 West Virginia Charleston: Mrs. Marian C. Lippitt, 1556A Quarrier St., 25311

STATE GOALS COMMITTEES

Arizona

Add name of: Phillip Lucas California

California Victory Committee

Delete name of: Mrs. Sheila Banani

Add names of: Mrs. Sara Kenny, Albert Reed Florida

Delete name of: Mrs. Jane McCants Maine

Add name of: Miss Ellen Struven Maryland & District of Columbia.

Delete name of: Mrs. Florence Avis

Add name of: Alvin Joseph Gufiey Massachusetts

Delete name of: Mrs. Helen Sousa

Mrs. Helen C. LaVey,'Secretary pro-tem, 360 Woodland

Rd., Chestnut Hill 02167

Nevada

Delete name of: Mr. Ben Ogron Eastern New York

Add names of: Howard Graham, Mrs. Josephine Lasofl’,

Alan J. Rabin, Raymond H. Rouse

Utah

Delete name of: Mr. K. Dean Stephens, Jr.

INDIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. Edwin N. Patton, San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Katherine T. Patton, San Diego, oalir.1g",.§°“”.‘e“‘ Mr, Fred Schechter, LaMesa, Calif. I 5” °““a

Your Zip Codea MUST

Due to Post Office regulations, we must include a Zip Code number in the address of all mail. Without your Zip Code your Bahá’í NEWS and other mail will not be deliverable.

If your Zip is not correct when your magazine is delivered, or if you should move, be sure to see that we are provided with your correct Zip Code number. All correspondence must also contain your Zip number. Send your code number to: National Bahá’í Office, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

in Memoriam

Earl Coles Metairie, Louisiana October 8, 1966

Miss Isalyn Edwards St. Kitts, B.W.l. September 25, 1966

N. Mehdi Firoozi Geneva, N.Y. October 12, 1966

Mrs. Lillis Crampton Binghamton, N.Y. September 14, 1966

William D. Gardner Riverside, Calif. September 24, 1966

Mrs. Lydia Cummings Perris J. D., Calif. September 28, 1966

Miss Marie Hesson Louisville, Kentucky October 23, 1966

Mrs. Marguerite Dallas Hamden. Connecticut July 14, 1966

Mrs. Loulie Mathews Colorado Springs, Colo.

Mrs. Grace Peterson Rogers, Arkansas

John Richards Benton Harbor. Michigan

Mrs. Florence Rolfe Peoria, Illinois

Grover C. Shank Sacramento, Calif. October 14, 1966 Mrs. Martha Skillin Portland, Maine October 8, 1966 Mrs. Rosemary M. Somerhalder Knightsen, Calif. October 24, 1966 Mrs. Katrina Valentine Temple City, Calif. September 28, 1966 Cecil Wentzel Scranton, Penna. October 15, 1966

October 2'7, 1966

September 20, 1966

October 21, 1966

October 7, 1966

[Page 7]U.S. SUPPLEMENT

Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department

“Do It Yourself” Poster Kit: This kit contains the basic material for preparing posters for each of the six national Proclamation Days listed in Bahá’í News for July, 1966 (U.S. Supplement). Each re-usable poster has a picture of the Bahá’í House of Worship on the upper portion and in the upper right is printed in large letters “Bahá’í Faith” with the principles listed below. Accompanying the pester and printed on the same colored heavy paper is a layout printed sheet. In bold type are the six proclamation titles, and in smaller print such words as: You are Invited; Public Meeting: Time, place and date. This sheet may be cut and attached as needed for each announcement. Also included is the re-usuable plastic adhesive material for aflixing the printed strips. Each kit contains: six reusable posters, 22” by 14"—in six different colors; six sheets of printed layout material in same colors, plastic adhesive; and instructions for use.

Complete Poster Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.00 Order through your Librarian

Bahá’í Music. “Sounds of Victory” by the California Victory Chorus. This recording, announced as a longplaying record in Bahá’í News, November, 1966 is now available as a tape.

5 inch reel, 33,41, i.p.s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$3.00

The picture of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette shown on the first page of this issue of Bahá’í News is a recent picture and is available for purchase from Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department. The price is $.50 per copy.

Order from: Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department; 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.

Jim, 6/zildz. Man

A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

Published bi-monthly by The Child's Way Editorial Committee with the help of all Bahá’ís.

“They (teachers) must encourage and stimulate by every means at their disposal, through subscription. reports and articles, the development of the various Bahá’í magazines.” —SHOGHI EFFENDI Bahá’í Administration. page 38

MANAGING EDITOR: CORRESPONDENCE AND Mrs. Jean Hutchinson SUBSCRIPTIONS: ASSISTANTS: The Child’s Way

Mrs. Sylvia Dennis Box 245

Mrs. Rosemary Eller Wilmette, Illinois 60091

Mrs. Bette Duiker

COST: In the United States — $2.00 a year Outside the States — $2.50 a year Sets of six back issues when ordered by Bahá’í year — $1.00 everywhere Single copies — 30c

Bahá’í Marriages

In accordance with Shoghi E;I}endi’s instructions, the U.S. SUPPLEMENT reports only those marriages which are carried out by local assemblies authorized by civil law to perform such ceremonies.

Marriages which embody Bahá’í ceremonies but which are not legally recognized under state law are not published.

Los Angeles, Calif.: Miss Judy Koncz to Shahrokh Banayan on September 21. 1966

Victor J. D., Calif.: Mrs. Geneva Evelyn Sawyer to Frank Scott on September 17, 1966

Maywood, 111.: Miss Carol Joy Haywood to Thomas James Mason on September 30, 1966

Oak Park, Il1.: Miss Elizabeth Morgan to Robert Reed Klingston on September 24, 1966

Oak Park, Ill.: Miss Frances Karen Beardsley to John Para on October 1, 1966

Wilmette, 111.: Miss Maria Jose Carneiro Frota to Herbert G. Vaughan on October 6, 1966

Wilmette, 111.: Mrs. Natalie M. Owen to Victor A. DiBuono on October 9, 1966

Greenfield, Mass.: Mrs. Mary P. Gates to Carl Suchanek on October 13, 1966

Detroit, Mich.: Miss Nancy A. Hart to Willie Lee Robertson on September 10, 1966

Detroit, Mich.: Miss Susan Slavin to David W. Pauls on October 14, 1966

Rochester, Minn.: Miss Cheryl Korber to John R. L. Berry on September 24, 1966

Las Vegas, Nevada: Miss Yvonne J. Willis to Leroy F. Segundo on October 12, 1966

Teaneck, NJ.: Miss Catarina Biviano to Carmine Maceri on September 24, 1966

Cleveland, Ohio: Miss Jackie Dell Hinman to Bruce Smith on September 22, 1966

Astoria, 0re.: Miss Phyllis Shatto to Michael Moore on August 28, 1966

Eugene, Ore.: Miss Virginia Sue Carpenter to Russell W. Busey on September 9, 1966

Portland, Ore.: Miss Lyndelle Blickstead to Robert J. Coley on October 6, 1966 (non-Bahá’ís)

Salt Lake City, Utah: Miss Janet Strickland to Michael Rene Jackson on October 1, 1966

[Page 8]NATIONAL BAHA'I FUND Monfhly Income: ‘1966-‘1967

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150

100

50

DECEMBER ‘1966

Local Assemblies Coni-ribufing Each Month

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