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[Page 1]U. S. SUPPLEMENT

Bahá’í News

No. 23 BAHA’I YEAR 116 JANUARY 1960

World Religion Day

In explanation of the statement on World Religion Day recently published in the BAHÁ’Í NEWS SUPPLEMENT by the National Assembly, the friends are informed that the essential purpose of World Religion Day is to promote the claim of Bahá’u’lláh that the Bahá’í Faith is the long-promised Universal Religion, and not to provide a platform for discussion of comparative religion.

Bahá’ís may arrange meetings with representatives of other religions at any time, but World Religion Day is reserved for exposition of the station of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh as the fulfilment of all prophetic religions of the past.

To promote this station and win the attention of a few seeking souls is far more important than to secure publicity involving the sects, churches, or synagogues of past eras.

—U.S. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

NSA-Sponsored Regional Conferences To Be Held in Twenty-Six Cities

The National Spiritual Assembly will sponsor another series of conferences for Bahá’ís only throughout the United States, most of them on January 30 and 31, 1960. As in the past, these conferences will be conducted primarily by members of the Auxiliary Boards of the American Hands of the Cause and of the National Spiritual Assembly itself.

Since this issue of Bahá’í News will go to print before all details have been completed, there may be a few changes in the localities chosen for the conferences; please watch your area teaching committee bulletin for full information.

The conferences will begin at 11:00 a.m. and continue to 3:30 p.m., with an hour’s luncheon recess. The agenda will be informal and there will be ample opportunity to discuss the teaching needs on the homefront, as well as certain administrative principles which need clarification and emphasis in order to enable all Bahá’í communities to become the “firmly grounded, well-functioning” local institutions upon which to rear the Universal House of Justice three short years hence.

Following are the host cities and dates for the conferences:

January 30 Seattle, Wash. Salem, Ore. Phoenix, Ariz. Springfield, Ill. Wilmette, Ill. Boston, Mass. New Haven, Conn. Philadelphia, Penn. Pittsburgh, Penn. Durham, N.C. Tampa, Fla.

January 31 Pasco, Wash. Berkeley, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Butte, Mont. Sioux Falls, S.D. Madison, Wis. New York, N.Y. Washington, D.C. Cincinnati, Ohio Syracuse, N.Y. Nashville, Tenn. Houston, Texas Miami, Fla.

February 7 Salt Lake City, Utah Jackson, Miss.

—U.S. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

Remind Aliens to Register With Government

The United States government requires all aliens to report their addresses in January. Forms for this purpose may be obtained at any Post Office or office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Willful failure on the part of any alien to comply with this requirement carries a penalty of possible fine and deportation.

—U.S. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

WORLD CRUSADE BUDGET
Seventh Year: 1959-60

Annual Budget .......................................................................................	$400,000.00
Total Requirements: May 1 to November 30.	233,330.00
Total Contributions: May 1 to November 30.	175,000.00
Requirements for November ...........................................................	33,333.00
Received for November ......................................................................	22,300.00
Special non-recurring gifts received during present Bahá’í year (not included above) ..	33,475.00
—U.S. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

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In Memoriam

Mrs. Eleanor Auler Wyandotte, Michigan No date

Mrs. Margaret L. Grosse Los Angeles, Calif. September 29, 1959

Mrs. Sally Ann McDermott Newark, Ohio October 18, 1959

Mrs. Daisy Tyler Rochester, N.Y. October 4, 1959

Mrs. Bonnie Bevan Santa Barbara, Calif. October 8, 1959

Mrs. Blanche V. Jackson Sweet Home, Oregon July 7, 1959

Mrs. Julia Mory Manitowoc, Wisconsin October 20, 1959

Harry E. Walrath Leesport, Penna. November 22, 1959

Mrs. Victoria Robarts Los Angeles, Calif. October 7, 1959

BAHÁ’Í DIRECTORY CHANGES

Omitted in Error From Bahá’í Directory Part II

Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States Mrs. Eunice Braun, Managing Director, 110 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Functions: To publish and distribute the Bahá’í Sacred Writings and books, pamphlets, and other material authorized by the National Spiritual Assembly.

ASSEMBLY SECRETARIES

Arizona Tempe: Miss Alice Tyler, 119 W. 6th St.

Northern California Healdsburg: Paul Jones, chr., 218-A First St.

Southern California Escondido J. D.: Mrs. Frances Godwin, 215 E. Vermont Glendale: Mrs. Garnette Whitefield, 315 W. Lomita Ave., Z. 4

New Jersey Dumont: (new address) P. O. Box 133

Eastern New York New York: Miss Helen Greg, 57 W. 75th St., Z. 23

Texas University Park: Harry Craig, 2809 Rosedale St., Z. 5

Wyoming Laramie: Mrs. Charlotte Orlick, pro-tem, 714 Lewis St.

ADDITIONS TO COMMITTEES

Western Hemisphere Teaching Committee Paul C. Ioas Miss Viola Turney

American Indian Service Miss Alice Tyler

Area Teaching Committee—Central Atlantic States Gerald Curwin

Area Youth Committee—North Atlantic States Mrs. Pearl Yates

Area Youth Committee—Northwestern States Miss Loretta Marilynn Neff

RESIGNATIONS FROM COMMITTEES

Hawaii Teaching Committee Miss Gertrude Garrida

Western Hemisphere Teaching Committee Miss Gale March

National Bahá’í Youth Committee Miss Gail J. Meyer

National Child Education Mrs. Marjadene Konishi

Area Teaching Committee—South Atlantic States Mrs. Lucille Barrett

BAHÁ’Í SUMMER SCHOOL COMMITTEES — 1959-1960

Green Acre Bahá’í Institute Program Committee Mrs. Joan Appleton, secretary, Box 363, Ipswich, Mass. Theodore Lucas Dr. Sam McClellan Mrs. Mimi McClellan Mrs. Ethelinda Merson Harry Merson Mrs. Irene Miniutti Mrs. Leonora Norman Mrs. Bertha Harmon

Davison Bahá’í School Program Committee Earl A. Herider, chairman Mrs. Elta Herider, secretary, 4685 Gertrude St., Dearborn 9, Mich. Mrs. Toluiya Avaregan Mrs. Geraldine Barber Miss Edna Winona Cliff Mrs. Helen Eggleston Miss Susan Foster Mrs. Muriel Foy Alan Higgins Mrs. Laura Post Mrs. June Richardson Mrs. Elizabeth Springston Miss Vivian Taylor Mrs. Barbara Willson

Davison Bahá’í School Maintenance Committee (officers to be reported) Fred Dillingham Robert Hammond Mrs. Marjorie Johnson Harold Johnson Miss Aleta Mallory Miss Mae Mallory John Nash Clint Weideman Mrs. Barbara Willson Robert Z. Willson

Southeastern Bahá’í School Program Committee (formerly Blue Ridge) Mrs. Gail Curwin, chairman Miss Kathryn Potter, secretary, 124 Oak Court, Greensboro, N.C. C. Newell Atkinson Gerald A. Curwin Mrs. Corrine Bowman F. Kimball Kinney Ronald S. Knowles Mrs. Victoria Richards Dr. William Tucker Harvey Wiener

Southwestern Bahá’í School Program Committee John Thomas, chairman Mrs. Betty J. Hopkins, secretary, 2314 Klondike Dr., Dallas 28, Texas Jack E. McCants Mrs. Allene Squires Leo Squires Raoul Walls

Geyserville Bahá’í School Program Committee Jerry Bolibaugh, chairman Glenn K. Lissner, secretary, 11482 Alford Ave., Los Altos, Calif. Dwight W. Allen Mrs. Doris Bolibaugh Miss Susan Fletcher Mrs. Elizabeth Greene Mrs. Lois Lissner Fred Littman Mrs. Hazel Littman Mrs. Eva McAllister Mrs. Pauline Menser Mrs. Adrienne Reeves Mrs. Beatrice Rinde

Geyserville Bahá’í School Maintenance Committee Dwight W. Allen, chairman Mrs. Mary Ellen Zamzow, secretary, Rt. 1, Box 452, Boulder Creek, Calif. John deVictoria Richard Groger Fred Littman Barry Matteson James S. Morgan Iraj Radpour Mrs. Beatrice Rinde Irvin C. Somerhalder Adolph Wielk Frank Wilson Dr. Manuchir Yavrom James Zamzow