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LSA Meetings Are Called for June
Bahá’ís and their communities are eager to become engaged, with minimum delay, in the attainment of the goals assigned to the United States in the Nine Year Plan. To help the friends obtain a clear vision of the blessings, privileges and responsiblities in this the second world-encircling enterprise, and to assist them to lay plans for their participation in this glorious mission, the National Spiritual Assembly has authorized the National Teaching Committee to call meetings of all local spiritual assemblies the latter part of June.
Materials for guiding the consultation will be supplied by the National Teaching Committee.
This notice is to alert local spiritual assemblies to these meetings and to request wholehearted response to the plans and suggestions communicated to them by the National Teaching Committee.
Following these meetings, each local spiritual assembly will be expected to present its plans to its own community for consultation at an early meeting or Nineteen-Day Feast.
UN Open Extra Hours
for World's Fair Visitors
For the benefit of World's Fair visitors, the United Nations, during the period of May 18 to September 15, 1964 and 1965, will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. for tours. Admission $1.00 for adults, 50c for students and free for servicemen.
Bahá’ís will want to visit the United Nations when coming to New York for the Fair.
Friends Invited to
Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The 52nd Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 1964 at Evergreen Cabin, 126 Evergreen Place, West Englewood, N.J. The event commemorates a Unity Feast given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on June 29, 1912. The main speaker at this year’s commemoration will be William Maxwell, Jr.
Race Amity Day June 14. ‘1964
A Special Event for1Proelaiming the Bahá’í Faith to the Public
Theme: Race Unity —Assurance of World Order
Suggested Materials: Radio and TV releases, TV slide of poster, RAD poster from Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department.
Man One Family, One World One Family, Bahá’í Answers from Bahá’í Publishing Trust.
Reports: Good photographs and reports of outstanding observances should be mailed to the Bahá’í News Editorial Committee prior to June 20.
Each one coming should bring his own lunch, but beverages will be supplied. This is not primarily a picnic, but a commemorative session; therefore good taste should be observed in dress.
Bahá’ís in Military Service
The military is often called a society within a society, having its own people, laws, communities, entertainment, and religious centers. The Bahá’í who finds himself or herself a member of this society, whether voluntarily‘ or forcibly enlisted, will find the advantages and opportunities for advancement beyond expectations.
There is a great need for a Bahá’í representation within the military. The Faith encompasses the world and everything therein, including all societies; therefore, can we not include the military society? The reasons for its inclusion are many. The main reason seems to be the enormous number employed in this manner, millions in the United States alone. These people should not be left without opportunity to gain the same knowledge of the Faith as their civilian counterparts. The military society contains as many waiting individuals
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as any other comparable group, perhaps more, because
of the nature of its missions.
Regardless of whether or not there is a reason for the Bahá’í to be represented here, the fact exists that there are and will be Bahá’ís in the military service. The purpose of this article is information rather than encouragement to join the service. There is a need to place before the young Bahá’í the true picture of this type of life so that a sudden call to the military does not leave him with a misconception that he cann-ot be of service to the Faith and that service life is one of hardship in living the life of a Bahá’í.
As Bahá’ís we are admonished to follow a certain pattern of behavior, namely, teach the Faith, gain an education, and follow a life of morality and health. In the military the goals are similar in many respects. Servicemen and women are offered opportunities to gain education, live their religion, and stay morally healthy and physically sound. It is a much easier task for the young Bahá’ís to folloyv this type of life, because they are already accustomed to it. Therefore, upon entering the service they automatically take advantage of the opportunities offered, to fulfill their Bahá’í obligations, and to gain maturity, judgment and experience while doing it. Thus the service is not the bleak life envisioned by many.
There is an excellent possibility that he will be sent to one of the many countries in which conditions are such that the pioneering Bahá’í finds it difficult or impossible to find work, and the military Bahá’í finds himself with a unique opportunity to carry the Bahá’í message to those souls who could only be reached at great pioneering sacrifice, or a severe drain on an already over strained teaching budget.
It is incumbent upon the Bahá’í entering the military society to request n-on-combatant duty. There is no reason apparent today for this request to be denied. The several branches of the service have many different jobs and the person can easily be placed in noncombatant status. It is, however, certain that there will -always be some exceptions to this rule. Then it is the Bahá’ís duty to serve as best he can, for in so doing he is only following his duty to be loyal and obedient to his government. Only by doing his best, regardless of the job, can he obey the following quotation . . . “in every country or government where any of this community reside, they must behave toward that government with faithfulness, trustfulness, and truthfulness.” Bahá’u’lláh (Gleanings p. 192)
Editors note: The above article was contrbuted by Bruce M. Palmberg, a former American youth who is now stationed with the United States Air Force in Tripoli, Libya, North Africa.
Published in the Rocky Mountain Bahá’í Youth News, March, 1964.
Annual Report of Bahá’í Service for the Blind
Members: Mrs. Amédée Gibson, Director; Mrs. Mary Francis Baral, Executive Secretary, Librarian; Irvin Bobo, Lee 0. Day.
Bahá’í Service for the Blind, a committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United
MAY ‘1964
States was established in 1933 under the name of Committee on Braille Transcriptions and charged with the production and distribution of Bahá’í literature for the blind.
Our main functions consist in the publishing of Bahá’í literature for the blind by any process; this includes the publishing of press-braille, of hand-copied and of duplicated books and pamphlets, the proofreading and binding of hand-transcribed manuscripts, the recording of Talking Books, the maintaining of our lending library and the distribution of brailled and recorded materials.
With the approval of the National Spiritual Assembly at the beginning of the year 1963-1964 plans were carried out for the expansion of our services, many books were moved to Tucson, letters were then sent to all 10cal assemblies listing the materials available for their teaching work and this announcement was published in the United States Supplement of Bahá’í NEWS. The committee now has two offices working in close cooperation: Director, Amédée Gibson, 842 North Hayworth Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90046 and Executive Secretary-Librarian, Mary Francis Baral, 3110 East Lester Street, Tucson, Arizona 85716. Production: The following titles were transcribed in English Braille: “The Reality of Man,” “Christ’s Promise Fulfilled,” “Christ and Bahá’u’lláh,” “Twenty-five Years of the Guardianship,” “Tribute to Shoghi Effendi,” “The Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh” by Rúḥíyyih Khánum, Excerpts from “Bahá’í World” Volume X11, and several copies of “Your Experience As a Bahá’í,” “The Tablets of Visitation,” “Bahá’í, World Faith for Modern Man,” “The Meaning of Worship” and “The Lord Is One.”
The transcribing of “God Passes By” in twelve volumes is progressing rapidly and four volumes have already been transcribed. Two copies of “Bahá’í Community,” 1933 edition and the changes in procedures requested by the National Spiritual Assembly were transcribed. The first copy of “Bahá’í Community” bound in two volumes was already in use when the changes in procedures were reported: to bring this book up-to-date presented problems which were successfully solved by Mrs. Baral.
Press-braille: Many difficulties had to be overcome before it was possible to use the braille plates embossed in 1947 for another printing of “World Order Through World Faith.” The 1964 edition was limited to forty copies, price per copy is $1.70.
In spite of the greatly increased cost of production another printing of the “Kitab-i-I'qan” was needed. Fourteen copies will be available before the Convention, price per copy consisting of two volumes each will be announced as soon as all details are worked out.
Sales: Though many price lists have been requested sales have decreased very much in recent years. The outstanding sale of the year was the Local Spiritual Assembly of Seoul, Korea. The Bahá’í community of Seoul has a very active blind Bahá’í taught by Miss Agnes Alexander, Hand of the Cause.
Distribution: A gift copy of “Bahá’u’lláh and the New
Era” in English braille was presented to the BlindenBibliotheck (Library for the Blind) in Hamburg, Germany and gratefully acknowledge. Members of the
committee have worked long and faithfully in anticipation of the time when through the teaching activities
of the friends many more blind people will be con
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U.S. SUPPLEMENT
tacted and brought into the Faith, they can be found in all walks of life, in public schools, colleges, universities and in the many trades and professions also opened to them.
Note: Report received too late to be included in collection of Annual Reports.
GREEN ACRE IN TRANSITION 1964 To Be a Summer of Rehabilitation and Renewal
Green Acre Institute will not hold regular classes this summer. Instead there will be an extensive work camp program of rehabilitation of the physical property and an intensive effort to develop a new academic curriculum which will speed Green Acre towards its destiny of becoming the first Bahá’í University of the West.
The daily schedule at Green Acre this summer will consist of a minimum of six hours developed to work projects for improving the buildings and grounds, or work in the kitchen and housekeeping departments to augment the efforts of the regular staff which will be present only in skeleton force this year; an evening seminar devoted to planning and development of future curriculum; an inspirational talk; and devotions. It is hoped that this year the lamp first lighted at Green Acre by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá may be relighted and that the school will attract people to come and give their talents, time and energy and who will share in the responsibility for insuring its growth and development.
Needed are dedicated, strong, willing, indefatigable workers. If you can paint, do carpentry, gardening, landscaping, tree planting, sewing, dishwashing, road repair work, lawn mowing, electrical wiring or work in the library on book repair and organization, please apply to the manager, Mr. Emmanuel Reimer, Green Acre Bahá’í Insitute, Eliot, Maine. Green Acre will be open to willing workers from July 3 to August 30.
Weekly rates will be: $35, adults; $22.50, youth 12-18 years; $12.50, children 5-11 years; $7, toddlers 2-4 years. Children and youth under 18 years may come only with a parent or legal guardian.
NORTH AMERICAN BAHA'l SUMMER SCHOOLS
Davison Bahá’í School
Davison, Michigan
August 2 to September 7 Junior Youth Session—August 2 to 8 Senior Youth Session——August 31 to September 5
Daily rates: Adults $5.00 to $6.00; junior youth $3.00.
Reservations to be sent in advance to: Registrar, Davison Bahá’í School, 3208 South State Road, Davison, Michigan.
Geyserville Bahá’í School
Geyserville, California
July 12 to September 6
Weekly rates: Couples, $40.00 to $62.50; single adults, $26.50 to $42.75; youth 15 to 18 years, $14.00; junior youth 10 to 14 years, $11.00; children 6 to 9 years, $7.75; 2 to 5 years, $5.75. Rates for board only and room only will be announced in the printed pro gram. There is also a registration fee of $1.00 per person.
Reservations to be sent in advance to: Geyserville Bahá’í School, Geyserville, California.
Green Acre Bahá’í Institute Eliot, Maine Rehabilitation session —— 8-week work program July 3 to August 30—by advance application only. Weekly rates: Adults, $35.00; youth 12 to 18 years, $22.50; children through 11 years, $12.50; toddlers 2 through 4 years, $7.00. Reservations to be sent in advance to: Mr. Emanuel Reimer, Green Acre Bahá’í Institute, Eliot, Maine.
Southern California Bahá’í School
Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Conference Grounds, 15601 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, Calif.
July 5 to July 11
Rates: In line with other schools.
Reservations and request for other information to be sent to: Mrs. Manila Lee, 1625 W. 35th St., Los Angeles, California 90018.
Northwest Children’s Bahá’í School
Astoria, Oregon
July 19 to July 25
Rates: $10.00 per person plus $1.00 registration fee (not refundable).
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Reservations (deadline July 1) to be sent to: Mrs. Ethlyn Lindstrom, 4874 Cedar St., Astoria, Ore.
Northwest Bahá’í Youth Conference
Millersylvania State Park Youth Camp (South of Olympia, Wash.)
June 19 through June 22
Rates: Single, $4.00; Family, $16.00.
Open to Bahá’ís and non-Bahá’ís, except children under 3 years. Cabins unheated.
Reservations should be sent to: Mrs. Velda Pifl‘, 6723 Steilacooom Blvd, S.W., Tacoma, Wash. 98499.
Rocky Mountain Bahá’í School
Mountainside Lodge, Y.M.C.A. Conference Camp
Estes Park, Colorado (capacity for attendance is 75)
June 28 to July 4
Rates: Adults (18 years and over) $42.00; 7 to 17 years, $36.00; 3 to 6 years, $30.00.
Reservations with $500 deposit to be sent to: Mrs. Gladys Roberts, 915 N. Hancock Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903.
Southeastern Bahá’í School
Camp Dorothy Walls, Black Mountain, North Carolina 121/2 miles southeast of Asheville, N.C., on Cragmont Rd.
June 28 to July 4
Rates: Adults, $24.00; 7 to 18 years, $20.00; 2 to 6 years, $11.00; under 2, no charge.
Reservations to be sent to: Ashburn Searcy, 119 McElmurray Drive, Augusta, Ga.
Southwestern Bahá’í School
Soroptomist Crippled Children’s Camp, Lewisville, Texas
August 29 after lunch to September 6 after breakfast
Rates: 15 years and over, $32.00; 10 to 14 years, $22.00; 3 to 9 years, $12.00; family of 5 or more,
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$99.00.
Reservations to be sent to: Mrs. Pauline Koskie, 415
East 5th St., Edmond, Oklahoma.
Monmouth Bahá’í School
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. Approximately 70 miles west of Peoria, Ill.
June 19, 20 and 21 (Friday evening through Sunday noon)
Rates: Adults, $11.25; children under 10 years, $9.25.
Advance registration required. Write to: Miss Hazel D. Skiles, 915 N. Maplewood, Peoria, Ill.
Green Lake Bahá’í Institute
American Baptist Assembly Camp, Green Lake, Wis. Approximately 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee, Wis.
November 13, 14 and 15 (Friday evening through Sunday noon)
Rates: Adults, $16.00 to $18.00; children 3 to 12 years, $8.00 to $9.00; children under 3, no charge.
Advance registration required. Write to: Thomas A. Schwandes, 1807 E. Olive St., Milwaukee, Wis. 53211.
Alaska Bahá’í School
National Guard Armory, Juneau, Alaska
June 20 to 24, with arrivals permitted the day before and departures the day after.
Rates: $9.00 for 5 days (includes registration fee).
For reservations and information write to: Mrs. Patricia. Talcott, P.O. Box: 1553, Juneau, Alaska.
Yukon Bahá’í Conference
Upper Jackson Lake, 12 miles west of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
July 1 to 5
No charge, no reservation fees. Limited housing, so bring small tents and camping equipment if possible.
For information write to: Ted Anderson, Boa: 748, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
Western Canadian Bahá’í School Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada August 13 to August 23 For reservations and rates write to: Mrs. Laura de Cocq, Box 557, Sherwood Park, Alta., Canada.
Laurentian Bahá’í School
Beaulac, via Rawdon, Quebec, Canada
July 18 to August 1
Rates: Adults, $31.00 per week; youth over 16 full rate; 12 to 15 years 31; rate; 8 to 11 half rate; 4 to 1 ‘/4 rate; campers, $5.00 per camping unit.
I./lake reservations with: Mrs. Priscilla Waugh, 49 rue Orsali, Beloeil, Quebec, Canada.
Ontario Bahá’í School Woodview, Ontario, Canada (location and accommodation arrangements have not been finalized at this time) August 1 to August 8 For detailed information write to: Mrs. Ruth de Carlo, 1232 Royal Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
MAY 1964
In Memoriam
Mrs. Edith King Akana San Francisco. Calif. January 22, 1964
Robert A. Baumer Cromwell, Connecticut February 17, 1964
Mrs. Ruth Hagenbaugh Sharon Center, Ohio March 3, 1964
Mrs. Florence B. Hayes Wilmington, Delaware February 4, 1964
Mrs. Helen G. Michaels North Augusta, S.C. February 16, 1964
W. Hamlin Bigelow Seal Beach, Calif. February 10, 1964
Mrs. Frieda Riefschneider Milwaukee, Wisconsin February 20, 1964
Dexter S. Schifler, Sr. San Francisco, Calif. March 3, 1964
Miss Margaret E. Shanks Hinsdale, Illinois March 5, 1964
John H. Wilcott Great Falls, Montana February 28, 1964
Mrs. Mary L. C. Burnet New Rochelle, N.Y. March 10, 1964
John R. Butah San Francisco, Calif. March 6, 1964
Miss Mary Louise Fischer Bensonville, Illinois March 4, 1964
Daniel G. Gimlin Riverton, Wyoming February 26. 1964
Raymond Greenberg West Hollywood, Calif. February 28, 1964
Bahá’í Marriages Los Angeles, Calif.: Mrs. Gail Morine Roberson to Don Charles Lang on February 2, 1964
Honolulu, Hawaii: Miss Linda Louise Craig to Allen Leonard Martin on February 29, 1964
Wilmette, Illinois: Miss Caryl Fuller to Donald E. White on October 26, 1963
Waterloo, Iowa: Miss Eunice Saundra Eaddy to Dr. Roger Rolan Rolf on March 9, 1964
Eliot, Maine: Mrs. Elaine K. Ballou to Arnold F. Wearo on March 1, 1964
Boston. Mass.: Miss Jean Mary Hood to James H. Dunton on February 8, 1964
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Miss Sandra J. Cassell to Tobias Peterson on February 1, 1964
Detroit, Michigan: Mrs. Camilla J. White to George H. Hutchinson on February 15, 1964
Flint, Michigan: Miss Mabel Kitchenmaster to Albert Frey on January 25, 1964
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Mrs. Betty Gene Gooden to Melvin W. Lewis on March 8, 1964
Reno, Nevada: Mrs. Lois L. Cazier to Simon J. Buquet on February 14, 1964
New York. N.Y.: Miss Helen A. Troy to Frank J. Winters on March 2, 1963
New York, N.Y.: Mrs. Irene Gantt to Howard T. Graham on December 21, 1963
Salem, Oregon: Miss Alice M. Wood to Conrad Lewis Kerr on February 22, 1964
