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NATIONAL B, No. 83 BAHA'I YEAR 13 1
Inset+ to The American Bah6'1 published by the National Spiritual As- sembly of the United States for BahB'is only.
Central California No. 2: new address447 W Barstow 93612
In Memoriam . Mr. John Tony Adams Mrs. Farangis Broumand Mrs. Maria del Carmen Reyes Mr. James Graddick Elloree, South Carolina Santa Barbara, California Larkspur, California Greensboro, North Carolina September 7, 1974 August 10, 1974 July 22, 1974 June 24, 1974
Mr. Seasi May
Martin Earl Adelman Mrs. Ida Callaway Mr. Gustave A. Dersch Mr. James Green ide, California Springfield, Massachusetts Peoria, Illinois Frogmore, South Carolina 3, 1974 January 1 1, 1972 September 25, 1974 1970
Mrs. Grace Anderson Mr. Mark Caton Waukesha, Wisconsin Dittmer, Missouri September IS, 1974 April 19, 1974
Mr. Albert Andrews , Mrs. Thelma Chandler Hartsville, South Carolina Parksley, Virginia Date unknown Date unknown
Mrs. Annis Tarbell Dobson Mr. Grant Hadden- Ormond Beach, Florida Honeybrook, Pennsylvania August 20, 1974 May 10, 1974
Mr. John H. Eddy Pontiac, Michigan July 30, 1974
Mrs. India Haggvy Carmel, California August 1974
Mr. Khan Baker Mr. Jesse James Charles Mr. Wanish Edwards Mr. Shade Harris Duarte, California Sierra Vista, Arizona Whiteville, North Carolina Fairmont, North Carolina August 15, 1974 August 19, 1974 Date unknown Date unknskrn
Mrs. Myrtte Bames Mr. Frank Collins Mr. Arthur Ellis 111 Mr. Charlie B. Harrison Beverly Hills, California Austin, Texas Klamath Falls, Oregon Winnsboro, South Carolina August 27, 1974 Date unknown August 22, 1974 January 1973
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Mr. Mou Eul y
Mr. Jonathan Reed Barrett Mrs. Anna D Mrs. Alice Fenger Miss Loretta Hart Jacksonville, Florida Racine, Wisc Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Dallas, Texas May 1, 1974 July 26, 197~ September 1 1, 1974 September 26, 1973
T Stephen E. Beers Mr. Carl Deese Miss Susan Fox im Hicks nt Vernon, Maine Parnplico, South Carolina Corpus Christi, Texa ~ d , Texas 3, 1974 Date unknown Date unknown onknown
Mr. J: Garla] Date I
DECEMBER 1974
Mrs. Estelle.Mikesell Mrs. Julia M. Strait Mrs. Beatrice E. Williams Mishawaka, Indiana Gainesville, Florida Lakewood, California
January 3 1, 1972 ' 1972 September 1 1, 1974
Mr. Nathaniel Hill Easley, South Carolina June 1, 1974
7 Mr. Roy Hocker , . Oden, Arkansas
August 20, 1973
Mr. Ernest Joseph Miller South Gate, California Date unknown
Mrs. Beatrice H. Taylor Los Angeles, California August 19, 1974
Mr. Henry Williams Winnsboro, South Carolina August 3, 1974
Mrs. Ola Thomas Richmond, Virginia Date unknown
Mrs. Janie Wilson Winnsboro, South Carolina Date unknown
Mr. Archie Moore Detroit. Michigan August 10, 1974
Miss Marcia Holman Minneapolis, Minnesota June 24, 1974
Mr. Elijah Walker Beaumont, Texas July 31, 1974
Mrs. Roberta Wilson Eureka Springs, Arizona August 10, 1974
Mrs. Dora Moore El Paso, Texas Date unknown
Mr. Benjamin James Ganado, Arizona Date unknown
Miss Mary Louise Morgan Mrs. Rebecca Jenkins Frogmore, South Carolina October 3, 1973
Ganado, Arizona Date unknown
Mr. Tony Nabby CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE West Allis, Wisconsin August 2, 1974
O m c ~ OF THE TREASURER POS~FIX Mr. Donald Nelson Jessup Anderson, Indiana August 4, 1974 Mr. Pete Net
Ganado, Arizona Date unknown Q. I am an isolated believer and am troubled about
an aspect of giving to the Fund and wonder if you could advise me on this matter. ],have a daughter, aged two, and a son, seven months. May I contribute to the Fund in their names? Because of their ages they are unable to make this decision for themselves. As they grow up I hope they will do this. But as for now I do not know if I have the right to do this for them. When they do have the responsibility of an allowance, I realize that I can only set an example atid explain the Fund to them, but whether they contribute or not will be their decision.
Mrs. Janie Kennedy Winnsboro, South Carolina September 21, 1974 Mrs. Mary M. Norton
Forrest City, Arkansas July 10, 1974 Mr. Vafa Khavari
London, England (Formerly Salt Lake City, U July 17, 1974
l ~ h ) Mr. Mark Parker Iwine, California 1973
Mr. Edward Kurth f r Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 6, 1974
Mr. Clarence Pauling Winnsboro, South Carolina March 10, 1973
Mr. Claude C. Layman Miami, Florida August 22, 1974
Mr. William Pettit Tucson, Arizona April 5, 1974 A. Your practice of contributing to the Fund in the
names of your two children is. certainly acceptable and most welcome. The spiritual precedent you set will surely have a lasting effect on them as they grow older. You are most correct in pointingout, however, that when the children are old enough to have an allowance, you should discontinue contributing in their names and allow them to make the decision for themselves.
Mr. Albert Lightly Hartsville, South Carolina Date unknown
Miss Vera Richter San Diego, California March 10, 1974
Mr. Carl E. Robbins Nashua, New Hampshire Date unknown
Mr. Anders Ragnar Linder Costa Mesa, California
' November 24, 1973 Mr. Ben Shorty Blackfoot, Idaho Date unknown Mr. Benjamin Martinez
Houston, Texas 1965
Q. Please excuse the small amount enclosed. Hard times are upon us. We know that the only way we can hope of easing the way is by our meager contribu- tions to the Fund so that all may learn of the soothing Message of Baha'u'lla'h. In prayer with yougor us, for all!
Mrs. Joanna Shreeve Boulder City, Nevada August 4, 1974 Mr. Claude Maxwell
San Antonio, Texas Date unknown Mrs. Ruby Smith
Hartsville, South Carolina Date unknown
Mr. James McFadden Brooklyn, Michigan August 22, 1974
A. Thank you for your thoughtful note. You need not excuse the size of your contribution, for it is the many small gifts of love such as yours which, like the drops of rain, combine to make a mighty torrent that can sweep away all the obstacles impeding the triumphant progress of the Cause of God today.
Mr. David F. Stewart Sacramento, California June 18, 1969
Mrs. Julia B. Middleton r Frogmore, South Chrolina 1973
Mr. Gordon Campbell Strain West Linn, Oregon July 25, 1974
8 . REVIEW
Two commitments have priority To: All Local Spiritual Asselnblies and Bahi ' i plish, including pioneer deputization, the purchase of Groups foreign properties, the development of materials for
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Dear Baha'i Friends: Each Bahi'i month the National Spiritual Assem-
'-'-- sends more than $21,000 to the Baha'i Interna- la1 Fund and the Continental Baha'i Fund. This is 3bligation which we have pledged to meet before
,,,riding money for any other item in our budget. The reason for giving priority to these Funds among all our expeditures is twofold: First, our country shares only with Persia the honor of being the major source of support for the Continental and Interna- tional Funds of the Faith; second, most other Na- tional Spiritual Assemblies in the world depend largely for the progress of their activities upon the support which they receive from The Universal House of Jgstice through the Baha'i International Fund.
Because this commitment takes precedence over all others, we are left in a rather difficult position. '- :n if we met our full contribution goal each Bahi'i
nth, we would have onlv $1 16.000 to smnd on entire range of diverse goals we must accom-
mass-media proclamation, the increase and strengthening of Local Spiritual Assemblies, and others too numerous to tally. In fact, our monthly average of contributions so f a r this year has been well below even this amount.
The National Spiritual Assembly is deeply con- cerned about this situation. The Universal House of Justice assured us several years ago that we do in- deed have the capacity to meet our financial goals, even without sacrifice, but that we must grow spiritually in order to do so. We ask that you devote a portion of your consultation at this Feast to the ques- tion of how we may bring about this spiritual growth in our National Community and that you share the fruits of your discussion with the Office of the Treasurer.
With warmest Baha'i love, NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE BAHA'~s OF THE UNITED STATES Dorothy W. Nelson, Treasurer
Contributions may be addressed to: National Baha'i Fund, 112 Linden Ave.. WiImette, Illinois 60091; BahVi International Fund, P.O. Box 155 Haifa, Israel. and Continental BahH'i Fund, 418 ~ o r k s t Ave., ~ i l : rnette, Illinois 60091.
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