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1954 11 Dec
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The National Assembly received a message from the Guardian specifying that the Hazira and Temple property should be about 9 miles from the heart of Toronto. The issue was carefully discussed at the Assembly meeting and revised specifications were given the committee who were asked to make every effort to secure a suitable property at an early date. [CBN No61 Feb 1955 p1] | Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee; Toronto, ON | |
1954 4 Dec
195- |
December 4. On this date in 1954, Leroy Ioas wrote "The beloved Guardian has directed me to write you... that the Israel Branch of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada was to be established, and land on Mount Carmel registered in your name..." iiiii | Israel Branch of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 9 Oct
195- |
More than 20 believers attended the Maritime Fall Conference held in Charlottetown. Mrs. Peggy Ross of Scarboro highlighted the conference, the theme being "Augmenting the Dynamic Spirit in the Ten-Year Crusade". She discussed bridging the gap between thought and action, saying that a living sacrifice is required these days to prevent giving in to inertia. "Action towards what we believe in is like food in the hands of starving people." She discussed taking on the ways of the new Kingdom by learning the manners and customs of the Faith. [CBN No58 Nov 1954 p3] | Maritime Fall Conference; Peggy Ross; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
1954 1 Oct
195- |
Land on Mount Carmel, specifically Parcel No. 304, Block 10811, was transferred to the Israel Branch of the Canadian National Spiritual Assembly and registered. [CBN No 61 February, 1955 p1] | Israel Branch of the Bahá'ís of Canada; Haifa, Israel | |
1954 1 Oct
195- |
Auxiliary Board Member Florence Mayberry launched the first weekly fireside effort and the first public meeting when she returned in October, 1956. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] | Florence Mayberry; Auxiliary board members; Yukon, Canada | first weekly fireside in the Yukon; first public meeting in the Yukon |
1954 (In the year)
195- |
Canadian Bahá'ís who were studying in other countries this year were Joyce Noble (Devlin), New Westminster, who was awarded the Emily Carr Scholarship, and who was studying in England, Vicki Ogal, Steinbach, MB., who was in California at University, and Bruce and Loretta Francis, Etobicoke, who were doing postgraduate. [CBN No57 Oct 1954 p2] work in Ithaca, N.Y. | Joyce Noble; Joyce Devlin; Viki Ogal; Bruce Francis; Loretta Francis | |
1954 17 Sep - 6 Nov
195- |
Rex King from Tucson, Arizona arrived in the Yukon and stayed until the 6th of November. He also made two brief visits in April and May of 1955. He made the first Bahá'í radio broadcasts in the Yukon. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] | Pioneering, Yukon; Rex King (Reginald King); Radio; Yukon, Canada | first radio broadcast in the Yukon |
1954 12 Sep
195- |
Seventy Bahá'ís and their friends attended a picnic at Kappus Farm, near Newfan, N.Y. The day gave an opportunity to renew friendship "across the border". Mr Allan Reed, chairman of the U.S. National Bahá'í Press Service, spoke on "Proclaiming the Faith", with the use of Audio-Visual Aids. Mr A Tichenor, secretary of the U.S. National Audio-Visual Aids Committee, discussed the effective use of special days for attracting attention to the Faith. [CBN No57 Oct 1957 p2] | International picnic; Newfane, NY | |
1954 11 Sep
195- |
A detailed report on the findings of the Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee was sent to the Guardian with a request for further guidance on purchase of a site. [CBN No58 Nov 1954 p3] | Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee; Toronto, ON | |
1954 Sep
195- |
The annual publication of the list of National Committees and their mandates was published in the September edition of the Canadian Bahá'í News [CBN No 54 Sep 1954 p7-8] | National Committees | |
1954 29 Aug - 5 Sep
195- |
A summer school was held at the Banff School of Fine Arts attracting 41 adults and 12 children. Speakers were Florence Mayberry, who spoke on "Spiritual Dynamics", Ron Nablo, Rex King, (who had just recently pioneered to Anchorage. [CBN No 58 November, 1954 p4] | Summer schools; Florence Mayberry; Ron Nablo; Rex King (Reginald King); Banff, AB | |
1954 18 Aug - 6 Oct
195- |
Marjorie Wheeler of Chicago arrived in the Yukon but found it necessary to leave on the 6th of October because of her mother's ill health. [CBN No 117 October 1957 p1] | Pioneering, Yukon; Marjorie Wheeler; Yukon, Canada | |
1954 31 Jul - 7 Aug
195- |
The Ontario Summer Conference was held at Geneva Park in Lake Couchiching. Mr Curtis Kelsey lead a discussion on "The World Order Unfolds", Glen Eyford of Winnipeg gave a course on consultation called "The Living Framework" and Harriet Kelsey spoke on "Essential Principles of the Faith. Mr and Mrs Kelsey commemorated the 27th anniversary of their marriage. [CBN No 51 Apr 1954 p4; CBN No 53 Jun 1954 p2; CBN No 56 Sep 1954 p5] | Ontario Summer Conference; Lake Couchiching, ON | |
1954 24 Jul
195- |
At the meeting of the National Spiritual Assembly some proposed Temple sites were viewed but no final decision reached. The Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee was commended on its work. [CBN No 56 Sep 1954 p2] | Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee; Toronto, ON | |
1954 14 Jul
195- |
The first Bahá'í wedding in Charlottetown took place on July 14, when Muriel Sheppard and Elwood McLeod were united in marriage by Rowland Estall. They spent a nine-day honeymoon on the Magdalen Islands, where they were able to make some friends and visit Mrs. Kay Zinky, the pioneer there. [CBN No56 Sep 1954 p5] | Marriage; Muriel Sheppard; Elwood McLeod; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | first Baha'i wedding in Charlottetown |
1954 Jun
195- |
In June of 1954 it was announced in the American Bahá'í News that the following had been appointed to the Auxiliary Board in North America: Gayle Woolson, Margery McCormick, Katherine McLaughlin, Florence Mayberry, Sarah Pereira, and Rowland Estall by the three Hands of the Cause in North America, Corrine True, Horace Holley and Paul Haney.
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Auxiliary board members; Gayle Woolson; Margery McCormick; Katherine McLaughlin; Florence Mayberry; Sarah Pereira; Rowland Estall; Elsie Austin; `Alí Nakhjavání; John Robarts; William Sears; Aziz Yazdi | |
1954 Jun
195- |
Ted and Joanie Anderson wrote the Guardian and asked him who they should teach. They received this reply:
It was through the participation of the Bahá'í in the Yukon Indian Advancement Association that many of the early Native people became Bahá'ís. [ibid p92] |
Ted Anderson; Joan Anderson; Teaching, Native; Whitehorse, YT | |
1954 May
195- |
The National Archives Committee made an appeal to all assemblies and individuals to keep and record all information relative to the early history of the Cause in their area and to forward copies to the National Archives. They repeated their appeal for the friends to send Tablets that had been received from the Master. [CBN No 52 May 1954 p4] | Archives | |
1954 May - Jun
195- |
Rosemary and Emeric Sala departed for their pioneer post in Africa via Cardiff, Wales, Oxford England, and Esslingen, Germany. In Europe they boarded the Kenya Castle and made a stop in Cairo before arriving in Mombassa and taking the train to Nairobi and back. They obtained visas for entry in South Africa in Mozambique, traveled to Durban by bus and then took a bus for the 90 some miles to their destination in Eshowe. [TG122-126]
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Pioneering; Rosemary Sala; Emeric Sala; St. Lambert, QC | |
1954 30 Apr - 2 May
195- |
The. seventh Canadian Bahá'í National Convention was held at Victoria Hall, Westmount, Montreal. followed by a Teaching Conference held Sunday, May 2nd in the Assembly Hall of the YMCA across the street. The following were elected to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly: Lloyd Gardner (chair), Allan Raynor, (vice), Audrey Westheuser (sec'y), Peggy Ross, (treasurer), Rolland Estall, Angus Cowan, Winnifred Harvey, Donald MacLaren, Albert Rakovsky. [CBN No 53 June 1954 p3; CBN No 54 July 1954 p1]
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National Convention; NSA; Lloyd Gardner; Allan Raynor; Audrey Westheuser; Peggy Ross; Rolland Estall; Angus Cowan; Winnifred Harvey; Donald MacLaren; Albert Rakovsky; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Westmount, QC | |
1954 Apr
195- |
They were unable to obtain visas for the Comoro Islands and so Rosemary and Emeric Sala set their new pioneering destination to Basutoland (Lesotho).[CBN No53 Jun 1954 p2] | Pioneer; Rosemary Sala; Emeric Sala; Basutoland | |
1954 Ridván
195- |
Twenty-six local Spiritual assemblies were formed in Canada. [CBN No 76 May 1956 p6] | Statistics; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation | |
1954 21 Apr
195- |
Bruce Matthew came to Canada in 1951 from Scotland via Hertfordshire and moved to Toronto in 1953 where he encountered the Faith after responding to a newspaper in The Toronto Star. The advertisement was for a talk by Laura Davis at a public meeting at the Bahá'í Centre. Willing to go "anywhere" he was asked to move to Goose Bay, NL and arrived on the 21st of April, 1954, the deadline established by Shoghi Effendi for being named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh by Shoghi Effendi. Bruce has an interesting story of his miraculous healing just prior to his boarding the plane for Goose Bay. [KoB270-271]
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Bruce Matthews; Knight of Bahá'u'lláh; Goose Bay, NL; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; St. Johns, NL; Windsor, ON; Moncton, NB | |
1954 10 Apr
195- |
The National Spiritual Assembly made a careful study of the Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee and new directives to the committee were formulated. [kCBN No 53 Jun 1954 p3] | Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee; Toronto, ON | |
1954 6 Apr
195- |
Shoghi Effendi called upon the Hands of the Cause to appoint, during Ridván 1954, five auxiliary boards to act as their adjuncts or deputies to work with the national spiritual assemblies to execute the projected national plans. [MBW44, BW13p335; CBN No 53 June, 1954 p6; MBW58-60] | Auxiliary board members; Haifa, Israel | |
1954 Apr
195- |
Howard Gilliland, an Air Force captain, arrived in Labrador and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. Because of housing difficulties his family was not able to join him. He left in February of 1955. [BW13:453; KoB269] | Howard Gilliland; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Labrador, NL | |
25 or 27 Mar
195- |
The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) at her pioneer post in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 87. She was born in Saint John, NB on December 1, 1866. [BWNS385, Never be Afraid to Dare p. 227; BW12p674-677]
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Marion Jack; General Jack; In Memoriam; Jan Teofil Jasion; Sofia, Bulgaria | |
1954 Mar - Apr
195- |
Albert Rakovsky, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly 1953-1956 was the first Bahá'í to visit Anticosti Island. [MtB192-193] | Albert Rakovsky; Anticosti Island, QC | the first Bahá’í to visit Anticosti Island |
1954 14 Feb
195- |
The National Spiritual Assembly gave the Manitoba Regional Teaching Committee to prepare translations of approved literature into Ukrainian. [CBN No 50 Mar 1954 p2]
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* Translation; Ukrainian; Polish language; Winnipeg, MB | |
1954 6 Feb
195- |
A detailed report on Hazira and Temple properties was presented at the National Spiritual Assembly meeting. A letter from the Guardian requesting purchase by the end of March if possible was discussed. On February 13, three properties were visited and further discussion took place. Suggestions for the Hazira building were examined. It was arranged to send the Guardian immediately a detailed report on progress to date with information on properties believed suitable and on tentative Hazira plans. The Hazira and Temple Committee were asked to prepare additional information on the proposed building and on properties available. [CBN No 50 Mar 1954 p3] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Toronto, ON | |
1954 (Early in the year)
195- |
A by-election was held to replace National Spiritual Assembly members John Robarts, Rosemary Sala and Emeric Sala who had planned on leaving Canada for the Comoro Islands. The new members selected were: Angus Cowan, Peggy Ross and Alan Raynor. Rowland Estall was elected a chairman of the Assembly and Winnifred Harvey was elected to serve as vice-chair. [CBN No 50 March 1954 p2] | National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Angus Cowan; Peggy Ross; Alan Raynor; Rowland Estall; Winnifred Harvey; National Spiritual Assembly, By-election; Toronto, ON | |
1954 (Early in the year)
195- |
Florence Mayberry made a tour of Eastern Canada with stops in Bellville, Kingston, Montreal, St Lambert, Westmount, Quebec City, Charlottetown, Ingersoll, Hamilton, and Peterborough. [CBN No 51 April, 1954 p5] | Florence Mayberry; Travel Teaching; Belleville, ON; Kingston, ON; Montreal, QC; St. Lambert, QC; Westmount, QC; Québec City, QC; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Ingersoll, ON; Hamilton, ON; Peterborough, ON | |
1954 14 Jan
195- |
Miss Lilian Wyss, a former member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand, arrived in Samoa and became an adopted Canadian pioneer. She hoped to obtain employment so that she could remain and hold the goal when Emmanuel Rock's contract expires next January. [CBN No 49 February 1954 p2]
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Samoa; Lilian Wyss; Pioneer; Apia, Samoa | |
1954 14 Jan
195- |
Miss Greta Jankko sailed from Vancouver on the S.S.Oronsay - destination the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. [CBN No49 February 1954 p2]
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Pioneer; Greta Jankko; Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | |
1954 Jan
195- |
It was announced that Angus Cowan had been chosen in a by-election to replace John Robarts on the National Spiritual Assembly. [CBN No 49 January 1954 p3] | Angus Cowan; John Robarts; National Spiritual Assembly, By-election; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Toronto, ON | |
1954 Jan
195- |
John and Audrey Robarts with their two younger children, Patrick and Tina, left Toronto for their pioneer post in Mafeking (later Mafikeng), Bechuanaland (later Botswana and formerly Bophuthatswana). Older children Aldham and Gerald pioneered to Nigeria and a homefront post respectively. [LOF485-6]
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* Hands of the Cause; John Robarts; Audrey Robarts; Patrick Robarts; Tina Robarts; Gerald Robarts; Auxiliary board members; Canada; Botswana; Nigeria; - Africa | |
1954 Jan
195- |
The Hazira and Temple Grounds Committee called for suggestions and preliminary designs for the Canadian Haziratu1-Quds to be built on the site for the Mother Temple of Canada. [CBN No 48 January 1954 p4] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Toronto, ON | |
1954 (In the year)
195- |
The passing of Christine Monroe at the age of 94. She was the first Bahá'í in West Vancouver. [CBN No 80 September 1956 p2] | Christine Monroe; West Vancouver, BC | first Bahá'í in West Vancouver |
1954 (In the year)
195- |
The passing of Mrs Christine Monroe, the first Bahá'í in West Vancouver. She passed away at the age of 94. [CBN No 80 September, 1956 p2] | Christine Monroe; In Memoriam; West Vancouver, BC | first Bahá'í in West Vancouver |
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