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Letter from the National Spiritual Assembly
Dearly Beloved Friends:
We are now well into the second year of the Nine Year International Teaching Plan given to the Bahá’ís of the world by the Universal House of Justice. As we make our community and individual plans for the months ahead. it is imperative that we have clearly in mind the particular goals that are ours at home and abroad. The opportunities and responsibilities of the American Bahá’í community are truly awe inspiring.
First and foremost are our overseas responsibilities. These are many, varied and of the utmost importance. The achievement of these goals calls for pioneers to open unsettled areas and to assist in consolidating others, especially where mass conversion is already under way. Universal and sacrificial contributions are required for the several funds necessary to establish those physical institutions through which the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh may be channeled to all peoples of the ‘world.
Tasks on the Home Front
Second, but equally important are our tasks on the home front, covering every aspect of teaching, consolidation and proclamation. In these tasks every believer has a personal total obligation. Our progress toward expansion in the past year was a mere beginning. Whereas 29 new local spiritual assemblies were formed, 33 which were in existence a year ago were lost; therefore our total was 4 fewer than at Riḍván 1964, when we began the Nine Year Plan. Since our goal, as given to us by the Universal House of Justice, is 600 local spiritual assemblies by 1973 we must bring into being approximately 50 new assemblies each year while at the same time preserving every one now in existence. This means virtually that every existing local spiritual assembly must not only strengthen its own foundation but must also cooperate with every effort by the National Teaching Committee and with each other in raising up new local assemblies.
A second home front goal of the Nine Year Plan is to have an incorporated local spiritual assembly in each state. Progress in this area has been commendable, assemblies in all but 13 states having now achieved this status. Since the requirement for incorporation is that there shall be a minimum of fifteen believers permanently resident in the community, a number of the smaller communities now in existence or to be formed in the years immediately ahead must make maximum effort to qualify for this status.
A third goal is to increase the number of localities where Bahá’ís reside to 3,000. As of Riḍván 1965 there were only 1,900 such centers, but this was an increase of 200 over the preceding year. What this calls for is a strong program of dispersal from the larger communities and a conscious effort on the part of every Bahá’í who is obliged to move from his community for employment or professional purposes to go to a locality where he can become a channel for the outpouring of the Spirit of Bahá’u’lláh among a new group of people. Every locality where there is even one Bahá’í is a potential Bahá’í community. Local spiritual assemblies through extension and inter-community teaching should make maximum effort to assist isolated believers to raise up new assemblies.
Summons to All Bahá’í:
To all of these home front goals the National Spiritual Assembly with the assistance of the National Teaching Committee will direct its special attention throughout the remaining years of the Nine Year Plan. We call upon the wholehearted support and cooperation of every local spiritual assembly, Bahá’í group and individual believer, adult and youth alike. The Universal House of Justice summons the Bahá’ís of the world in the ringing words: “In the midst of a civilization torn by strifes and enfeebled by materialism, the people of Bahá are building a new world. We face at this time opportunities and responsibilities of vast magnitude and great urgency. Let each believer in his inmost heart resolve not to be seduced by the ephemeral allurements of the society around him, nor be drawn into its feuds and shortllved enthusiasms, but instead to transfer all he can from the old world to that new one which is the vision of his longing and will be the fruits of his labors."
Cleansing Humanity of Racial Preiudico
This is the time to take stock of our opportunities, decide where we will direct our teaching efforts, and act with all dispatch. Of preeminent importance is teaching the Faith among the Negroes, among the Indians, and among other minority groups specified in the Nine Year Plan. The Universal House of Justice has pointed out that this means not only teaching in one's present community but also the dispersal of believers from the large centers to the more backward and prejudiceinfested areas of the country.
Because of the magnitude of our tasks it is essential
that our time and energy are efficiently used. Therefore, the primary justification we have for belonging to other organizations is that such participation affords increased opportunities to proclaim the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh and to demonstrate our belief in the oneness of mankind. However, because of the limited objectives of other organizations, including those that are a part of the civil rights movement, participation in their activities cannot attain the ultimate results which Bahá’ís seek. In a communication to the National Spiritual Assembly on this subject the Universal House of Justice on March 30, 1965 wrote as follows:
“In many letters and on many occasions the beloved Guardian warned that the disintegrating process will penetrate deeper and deeper into the very core of human society and that much suffering is in store ere mankind is fused by the fires of universal affliction into one organic commonwealth. Even when universal suffrage and all other rights presently sought by civil rights movements are fully attained, there still remains for the Bahá’ís the unaccomplished task of cleansing humanity by precept and example of every trace of racial prejudice. Nothing but the Faith of God can accomplish this.
Three Spiritual Weapons
“In The Advent of Divine Justice, Shoghi Effendi points out that the double crusade of the American believers consists of ‘first to regeneratepthe inward life of their own community, and next to assail the long-standing evils that have entrenched themselves in the life of their nation.’ To attain these objectives he considers three weapons: ‘A rectitude of conduct which, in _all its manifestations, offers a striking contrast to the deceitfulness and corruption that characterize the political life of the nation and of the parties and factions that compose it; a holiness and chastity that are diametrically opposed to the moral laxity and licentiousness which defile the character of a not inconsiderable proportion of its citizens; (and) an inter-racial fellowship completely purged from the curse of racial prejudice which stigmatizes the vast majority of its people . . .’ He goes on to state that it is the perfection of these three weapons, more than any other plan or scheme, which will prepare the American believers for the glorious destiny ahead.”
Yielding to Civil Authority
The Universal House of Justice further states that under all circumstances we must live the Bahá’í life, fully and continuously, unless prevented by authorities. We are reminded that the Guardian not only counselled obedience to established authority, but warned that the Faith should not become identified as merely a radical movement with just one focus in the southern states of our country. In this connection we quote the following statement by Shoghi Effendi in God Passes By: “To all administrative regulations which the civil authorities have issued from time to time, or will issue in the future in that land, as in all other countries, the Bahá’í community, faithful to its sacred obligations toward its government, and conscious of its civic duties, has yielded, and will continue to yield implicit obedience. Its immediate closing of its schools in Persia is a proof of this. To such orders, however, as are tantamount to a recanta AUGUST "65
tion of their faith by its members, or constitute an act of disloyalty to its spiritual, its basic and Godgiven principles and precepts, it will stubbornly refuse to bow, preferring imprisonment, deportation and all manner of persecution, including death—as already suffered by the twenty thousand martyrs that have laid down their lives in the path of its Founders — rather than follow the dictates of a temporal authority requiring it to renounce its allegiance to its cause.”
Concentration of Forces
Although a letter from the beloved Guardian to our National Spiritual Assembly on May 9, 1947 does not deal specifically with the subject of civil rights the Universal House of Justice points out that it conveys a broad principle of Bahá’í activity which is just as essential today as it was when written. This letter was in part as follows:
“He cannot urge upon you all sufficiently, . . . the importance of the Bahá’ís realizing that direct, concentrated and efficiently carried out Bahá’í work is not only their supreme duty but the best way they can serve the interests of humanity and hasten the day when at least the Lesser Peace will become a reality. We must always bear in mind that Bahá’u’lláh’s Order is the sovereign remedy, and all other measures,
. are in the nature of palliatives, however sound and progressive they may be. We must concentrate on perfecting our characters as individual Bahá’ís; and on maturing our still embryonic, and as yet improperly understood World Order; on spreading the Message, according to the provisions of the Divine Plan; and on building a tightly knit, world-wide Bahá’í community. We are relatively few in numbers, and have such a precious, unique and responsible task to carry out, we must concentrate our full forces upon it.”
Therefore, beloved friends, as we survey the tasks which believers in Bahá’u’lláh alone can perform in the establishment of the New World Order, let us devote our full energies, time and resources to the proclamation of those eternal principles by which human society will be transformed, and to the attraction of souls waiting to embrace these truths who will accept the Faith and join with us in helping to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
Faithfully in service to Bahá’u’lláh, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL Assnmsmr or rm: Bmivis or rm-‘. Unm-no STATES
Actions by the NSA on Convention Recommendations
At its June meeting the National Spiritual Assembly carefully considered all of the recommendations adopted by the 1965 National Convention. All those making suggestions for the conduct of next year's Convention have been filed for still further consultation when the time comes to make Convention plans for 1966. Among these is the recommendation for a pre-Convention teaching conference, for all delegates and non-delegates, and an all—day youth conference on Saturday in addition to the Friday evening social gathering.
One of the recommendations adopted by the delegates was that on the first day of the 1966 Convention
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two hours be provided on the agenda for general, frank and free consultation by the delegates on teaching and proclamation and on their experiences and problems, and that the National Spiritual Assembly and several national committees be represented by designated members to take notes of the tone ‘and content of the consultation, and to answer questions pertaining to the problems presented. Since the Convention is free to distribute its time and subjects as the delegates desire, the NSA does not feel it can act on this question.
The recommendation that a study be made of the Messages from the Universal House of Justice is already being carried out to some degree in the postConvention conferences at which half the time is to be devoted to consultation of the Nine Year Plan, but the recommendation has been referred to the National Teaching Committee and the Community Development Committee for fur'ther consideration.
Likewise the recommendation that special study he made by the Bahá’í community of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh and The Promised Day is Come has been referred to the Community Development Committee for action.
With regard to the recommendation that a study be made to determine why we lose newly formed assemblies, the NSA wishes to report that the Community Development Committee has begun to make such a study to see if there is a pattern which can be corrected
Also the recommendation that each local assembly send to the NSA at least twice a year a record of its attendance and activities and that training institutes be conducted for local assembly members, has been referred to the Community Development Committee for consideration and recommendation to the National Spiritual Assembly.
Regarding the recommendation that the National Spiritual Assembly study the possibility of redistricting assemblies, the National Assembly feels that it cannot attempt such a study at this time although it recognizes the reasons for the recommendation.
In response to the recommendation that the National Spiritual Assembly establish a new annual proclamation day, namely “Human Service Day,” the NSA feels that the Bahá’í calender of special events is already a heavy one and that no new national Bahá’í observances should be added at this time.
It was recommended that serious consideration be given to the publication of a comprehensive pamphlet presenting the principal points of the Faith, the laws and principles of administration so that all this information is in one booklet.
Since the National Spiritual Assembly is seeking from the Universal House of Justice further clarification and explanation of certain Bahá’í laws, this is not the time to issue any statements other than those published in existing literature. However, this does npt preclude constant education of the friends by local spiritual assemblies, through teaching conferences, and summer schools on all aspects of the Faith.
Another recommendation was that a National Youth Committee be established to correlate youth activities in the United States. After careful consideration of this recommendation, and fully recognizing the need for such correlation, the National Assembly found that it could not approve this recommendation at this time. However. it has asked the National Teaching Committee and the Community Development Committee to
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give the matter of better direction of youth activities further study and attention.
The Convention also adopted the recommendation that the NSA endeavor to secure through the State Commissioners or Departments of Education permission for Bahá’í children to be excused from classes on Bahá’í Holy Days. This will be done where feasible.
Following report of the decision in the naturalization case of Dr. Parvíz Meghnot, rendered by the Federal Court Judge of the Eastern District of Michigan, it was recommended that a printing of the decision be distributed to all Bahá’ís. The National Spiritual Assembly does not consider this feasible, but in the August issue of the U.S. SUPPLEMENT there appears a report of the case, quoting those points that are vital and instructive to Bahá’ís.
During consultation on child education, it was recommended that the National Spiritual Assembly make available to summer schools, assemblies, and groups the “Do It Yourself Kit" which was on display at the Convention. This material is available through the Bahá’í Distribution and Service Department at 5 sets for $1.00.
In addition to the formal recommendations that were adopted by the Convention there were certain suggestions to which the National Spiritual Assembly also gave consideration during its June meeting. One was that committee reports and other items submitted for consultation at the Convention be submitted in advance of the Convention so that the delegates will have opportunity to study them and thus be prepared to discuss them intelligently during the consultation period. The National Assembly heartily approves this suggestion.
Another suggestion was that the methods presently used in teaching conferences and institutes be re-evaluated with the aim of having smaller groups and universal participation, thus making them more instructive and helpful to new believers. This item was referred to the National Teaching Committee and the Community Development Committee for consideration.
The suggestion that a course be presented at the summer schools on “How to be a Delegate” is not considered feasible.
Addresses of Bahá’í Centers Aboard Cannot Be Supplied
The National Spiritual Assembly frequently receives requests for addresses of local spiritual assemblies, Bahá’í centers, and even individuals in countries where believers plan to travel for various purposes. Sometimes these requests are accompanied by offers to assist with teaching work in these localities.
It is impossible to supply such information for the reason that the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States does not have addresses where Bahá’ís reside in countries having their own national assemblies. The only addresses that can be given are those of the headquarters of the national assemblies. Any offers or plans to teach in these countries should be cleared with the national assembly concerned. This does not preclude communicating with pioneers or other Bahá’ís abroad whose addresses are already known to the believers planning to visit the countries where they reside.
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Meeting the Challenge in Colleges
Non: The following articles are published for the benefit of those planning to attend college this fal and for those already in college who have not been aware of the National Teaching Committee College Bureau.
The Bahá’í College Bureau
Recognizing the need of an organized teaching effort in the colleges, the National Spiritual Assembly established the Bahá’í College Bureau. Its functions, which were later incorporated in those of the National Teaching Committee,’ are to coordinate and stimulate teaching activities on college campuses throughout the United States.
In furthering this objective, the College Bureau maintains records on all Bahá’í activities on each campus. It corresponds with students concerning their efforts, the functioning of their Bahá’í Clubs and is the clearing house for making these activities known to the American Bahá’í Community. The Bureau is thus in position to give ideas and make suggestions to the friends and to the students on the best college teaching methods and techniques of presenting the Faith to college people. It can provide speakers to colleges when requested and will supply model constitutions to students endeavoring to form a recognized Bahá’í Club.
Other activities of the Bureau are: (1) contacting colleges where no previous Bahá’í teaching has been done; and (2) placing books in college libraries if this cannot be done by a local group or assembly.
The field of college teaching is a challenge, and the challenge is great. It is only through coordinated effort that the challenge can be met successfully. Therefore, the College Bureau must have the cooperation of all the Bahá’í students wherever they may be, in carrying forward an effective college teaching effort.
Examples of how you can help:
1. By reporting college activities promptly to the Bureau.
2. By supplying up-to-date information on college teaching and students enrolled.
3. By supplying names of professors whose courses are compatible with the Bahá’í Teachings.
4. By consulting with the Bureau for your teaching activities and before contacting college professors and officials.
5. By applying for a model Bahá’í Club Constitution before approaching the authorities in order that proper information is transmitted.
Formation of a Bahá’í College Club
A few requisites have been established with the National Spiritual Assembly’s approval for the formation of a Bahá’í College Club:
Who May Establish a Bahá’í Club
A Bahá’í Club may include both Bahá’ís and others. If college rules permit, it is suggested that members of the faculty and staff also be invited to join, thereby increasing the membership potential. However, a club should not be established unless there are at least two Bahá’ís. It must be remembered that this is the Bahá’í
requirement and that on most campuses there is a higher minimum college requirement for official recognition. When it is not possible to obtain official recognition, it is still possible to organize a Bahá’í Club off campus, which can be recognized by the Bahá’í Administration. There is always an advantage in organized activity.
Where May a Bahá’í Club Be Established
When membership is drawn from college sources, it may be established on any college campus or off campus.
Jurisdiction for a Bahá’í Club
Before a Bahá’í Club obtains a college charter, the constitution must be approved by the National Spiritual Assembly (by first submitting it to the National Teaching Committee College Bureau, which forwards it to the National Spiritual Assembly for final approval). The same procedure applies to amendments to the constitution.
If the college campus lies within the jurisdiction of a local spiritual assembly, the club will be directly responsible to it. If this condition does not exist, the club will be directly responsible to the National Teaching Committee. In either case, it is desirable that local communities and Bahá’í clubs cooperate quite closely for through such cooperation activities will be more successful. Whenever an activity is sponsored off campus, it must be coordinated with any local spiritual assembly or Bahá’í groups involved.
Principles Underlying Establishment of a Bahá’í Club
A Bahá’í club must obviously be entirely consistent with Bahá’í principles. The following points are particularly brought to your attention:
1. There must be no compulsory dues; financial contributions can be received from all members on a voluntary basis and used solely for club‘s activities.
2. Method of selecting officers must be in accordance with procedures of Bahá’í elections —no nominations and no campaigning.
3. The Club as a body cannot officially endorse any partisan group, even on a campus level. It must not become involved in any campus politics.
4. When those other than Bahá’ís are part of membership, the constitution must clearly provide that officers and policy-making bodies be restricted to Bahá’í members, so that the club cannot be perpetuated in the name of the Bahá’í Faith when there are no longer any Bahá’ís on campus.
5. Activities in which the club engages must at all times be consistent with Bahá’í principles and in some way contribute to the progress of the Faith.
6. Care must be taken in establishment and function of the club not to unduly antagonize college authorities.
7. No discriminatory restriction, expressed or implied, may be imposed on club membership. All interested persons who are members of the college community must be invited to join.
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8. Since only original members of the club are to sign the constitution, it would be highly desirable for additional members to sign a card or form to be kept in the records of the club stating their assent to the constitution, or Articles of Association, and the By-laws, and their intentions to abide thereby.
Histroic Federal Court Decision on Bahá’í National Loyalty
In a recent decision handed down by Hon. Theodore Levin, Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, the naturalization of Dr. Parvíz Meghnot was ordered. Far beyond the importance of granting citizenship to a worthy physician, with his American wife and family providing strong reasons for such naturalization, Judge Levin affirmed the vital principle that a Bahá’í, believing in a world federal system to come, can indeed offer full loyalty to the country of his adoption, including obligations for military service. Portions of Judge Levin's order would appear officially to establish and record the position of Bahá’í subjects loyal to their several nations, during that period of evolution which we are promised will be crowned by the establishment of a world government.
“The allegiance required for citizenship is unquali fied,” states Judge Levin. All American citizens must be “attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and be well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States . . .” Since “the Bahá’í religion affirmatively ‘requires that followers of the Faith obey the government under which they live, . . .' ” there would appear to be “nothing in the philosophy, concepts, or basic tenets of the Bahá’í Faith which would prevent petitioner from taking the oath of allegiance to the United States without reservation. Nor does the fact that petitioner’s religion requires him to make an effort to secure non-combatant status if called to serve in the armed forces raise a bar to acquisition of citizenship. Section 6 (j) of the Selective Service Act of 1948 affirmatively recognizes that some individuals are opposed by religious training to participation in direct combat and permits such individuals to apply for‘non-combatant service." Quoting Justice Douglas in a 1946 decision on conscientious objection, the principle of loyalty in wartime is clarified: “Devotion to one’s country can be as real and as enduring among non-combatants as among combatants. Qne may adhere to what he deems to be his obligation to God and yet assume all military risks to secure victory. The effort of war is indivisible; and those whose religious scruples prevent them from killing are no less patriots than those whose special traits or handicaps result in their assignment to duties far behind the fighting front. Each is making the utmost contribution according to his capacity. The fact that his role may be limited by religious convictions rather than by physical characteristics has no necessary bearing on his attachment to his country or on his willingness to support and defend it to his utmost."
“The Bahá’í Faith specifically states that a member must seek non-combatant service only if the
law of the government to which he owes allegiance permits such action; and if the claim for exemption is denied, the Faith recognizes the duty of its members to serve in any capacity to which they might be assigned. In fact, the Faith specifically declares that each member owes to his particular government ‘the obligation for military service.’ ”
In hearing of the possible conflict between loyalty to the United States and loyalty to a supranational government, Judge Levin quotes from a Department of State publication on the function of the United Nations today. He states that, “in any event, allegiance owed by members of the Bahá’í Faith to any contemplated world government does not arise until such a government is created and then only through the consent of sovereign nations. The establishment of a world government presupposes the voluntary agreement of every government to its formation. In such an eventuality, the citizens of each individual government or nation within the world federation would owe certain duties and obligations to the world federation and be subject to the powers granted to it by the voluntary agreement of its members. Any agreement or treaty on the part of the United States would have to be in accordance with the Constitution of the United States, which provides that all treaties must be ratified by the American people through the Senate of the United States, Article II, Section 2.”
In conclusion, the judge comments that “I am satisfied that the petitioner may take the oath of allegiance to the United States and that he can foreswear all allegiance with no mental reservation. . . . the petitioner will have no divided political allegiance and he can in good faith and will, without reservation and compromise, willingly perform duties inherent in allegiance to the United States.”
The case is instructive for all Bahá’ís. It demonstrates clearly the vital importance of knowing the Bahá’í position of loyalty to government. Since military service is the most extreme demand of such loyalty, the rightness of our position in relation to requested non-combatant status is here defined clearly, and affirmed unequivocally. This judicial order may well be historically far-reaching. Dr. Meghnot mm’ have gained for himself an American citizenship, but he has also gained for the Bahá’ís a most vital legal position.
Bahá’ís Should Avoid Giving Offense
From time to time the National Spiritual Assembly has been asked to take steps to forbid smoking by the believers at Bahá’í gatherings on the grounds that it is out of keeping with the atmosphere that should prevail at these meetings and that it is offensive and discomforting to non-smokers. There is no Bahá’í law forbidding the use of tobacco, therefore the National Spiritual Assembly asked the Universal House of Justice for permission to publish the following letter to a believer who asked the Universal House of Justice for advice and guidance on this subject:
“As you have rightly noted in your letter of 27th February, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá advised against the smoking of tobacco. While the Teachings strongly condemn its use, they do not forbid it. To letters inquiring about this subject. the beloved Guardian replied through his secretary that we had no right to prevent anyone
from smoking; that Bahá’ís‘were free to smoke but it was preferable for them not to do so; and, that this question should not be made an issue.
“The use of tobacco, in common with other personal practices, should be subject to considerations of courtesy. The Bahá’í in his daily life, whether smoker or non-smoker, should always be conscious of the rights of those about him and avoid doing anything which would give oflense.
“With reference to smoking during the various types of Bahá’í meetings you mention, it is the responsibility of the Assembly, local or national, to decide on the matter for meetings under its direct control.”
The types of meetings referred to and which are under the direct control of the local and national spiritual assemblies are assembly meetings, NineteenDay Feasts, conferences and conventions. Therefore, where this subject has become an issue in a community the local spiritual assembly should act in accordance with the foregoing instructions.
Necessity of Obedience
to Bahá’í Marriage Laws
Local spiritual assemblies and all Bahá’ís are reminded of the supreme importance of obedience to the Bahá’í laws governing marriage. These laws should be explained by the local assembly several times each year at Nineteen-Day Feasts. In addition, the L.S.A.s should make certain that any individuals in their communities contemplating marriage fully understand their obligations. After free choice of the individuals concerned, free consent to the marriage by the parents of both partners, whether all or none are Bahá’ís, is essential, whether or not there is a legal Bahá’í ceremony. Local spiritual assemblies are obligated to have valid evidence of such consent in hand before conducting a Bahá’í marriage.
If there is to be a civil marriage or another religious ceremony besides the Bahá’í marriage, both ceremonies must take place on the same calendar day. This means the business calendar date generally used in this country and not the Bahá’í calendar day which begins with sunset on one day and ends at sunset on the next.
BAHA'I DIRECTORY CHANGES NSA-STATE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
Georgia Delete name of: Miss Nell Golden
Indiana . Delete name of: Mrs. Roberta Mitchell
Iowa Mrs. Virginia Finch, P.O. Box 513, Fayette 52142
Louisiana _ Miss Helen Stute, 114 Hilton Ct., Pineville (to correct address) '
Minnesota Robert T. Cameron, 2418 E. 4th St., Duluth 55812
Virginia Mrs. Dawn Belcher, 7706 Poplar Tree Lane, Falls Church
AUGUST I 955
Pioneer Committees for
Foreign Goals Consolidated
To expedite the processing of applications and the placement of pioneers under the Nine-Year Plan, the National Spiritual Assembly has appointed one single committee designated as the U.S. Foreign Goals Committee to replace the former U.S. International Goals Committee, the Caribbean Goals Committee and the Western Hemisphere Representatives. Henceforth all persons wishing to pioneer outside the United States, no matter where, should communicate directly with the U.S. Foreign Goals Committee, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.
Bahá’í Marriages
Montgomery County, Maryland: Miss Sharon Lynn Stewart to Amarjeet Singh Basra on January 9, 1965
Phoenix, Arizona: Mrs. Genay Thomson to Donald Richard Newby on April 15, 1965
Los Angeles, Calif.: Miss Nina Badiee to Charles D. Strickland on April 16, 1965
Aurora, Colorado: Miss Ann H. De Lapp to Charles R. Hook on March 20. 1965
Denver, Colorado: Miss Michelle Ashley to Harry Gordon Walker, III on May 9, 1965
Suburban Colorado Springs. Colo.: Miss Elizabeth L. Creitz to James S. Smith on April 18, 1965
Suburban Colorado Springs, Colo.: Miss Delila June Wallace to Gordon Hall Jackson on April 18, 1965
Highland Park, Michigan: Miss Vivian Ann Crawford to On-ail Jerome Dykes on January 30, 1965
Reno, Nevada: Mrs. Joanne A. Farrar to William Edward Hamilton on April 10, 1965
Teaneck, New Jersey: Miss Lindsay Keith-Beattie to Barry Alton Rusler on May 14, 1965 ‘ _
Buffalo, New York: Miss Carole Jeanne Wooster to Fred L. Lewis on March 28. 1965 New York, N.Y.: Miss Kim Elizabeth Voelz to Gary C. Hankins on April 27, 1965
Philadelphia, Pa.: Miss Delara Sarafi to Manoochehr Vahidi on April 8, 1985
Amarillo, Texas: Miss Joyce Parker to B. C. Carlton King on April 25, 1965
in Memoriam
Miss June Jeanne Miller Peoria, Illinois May 29, 1965
Ben C. Paxton Tulare. Calif May 22, 1965
Philip J. Schott Ossian. Indiana May 18, 1965
Miss Jennifer A. Twitchell Columbus, Ohio May 29. 1965
Joseph Andersen Wauwatosa, Wisconsin May 24, 1965
Mrs. Emma E. Dearnbom Oakland, Calif. May 19, 1965
Mrs. Margaret E. Flock Depoe Bay, Oregon May 28, 1965
Lester W. Long I-luancayo, Peru April 11, 1965
