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Date 1944-04-21, sorted by date, descending

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1944 Ridván
194-		 The thirty-sixth National Convention was held in Wilmette and hosted representatives of the Bahá'í communities of Central and South America.

Those elected to serve the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada were: George O. Latimer (Chairman), Allen B. McDaniel (Vice), Horace Holley (Secretary), Louis G. Gregory (Recording Secretary), Roy C. Wilhelm (Treasurer), Dorothy Baker. Amelia E. Collins, Philip G. Sprague, Leroy Ioas. The Assembly appointed Siegfried Schopflocher to serve as the Treasurer of the Canadian Bahá'í Fund. [BN No 169 July 1944 p2; BN No285 Nov 1954 p3-4]

  • Prior to 1944 delegates to the National Convention were chosen from local communities by proportional representation. [BN No 16 March 1927 p1 refers] After this point delegates no longer represented Local Assemblies but were chosen on a provincial (or state) basis. [MA70-71; OBCC157, 174n2]
  • In 1944 there were 35 delegates to the National Convention. iiiii
    		• Allen B. McDaniel; Amelia Collins; Canada; Conventions, National; Dorothy Baker; George Orr Latimer; Horace Holley; Leroy Ioas; Louis G. Gregory; North America; Philip G. Sprague; Roy C. Wilhelm; Siegfried Schopflocher; United States (USA)
    1944 Ridván
    194-    		 The first Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Paraguay. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb] Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Paraguay First Local Spiritual Assembly in Paraguay
    1944 Ridván
    194-    		 The first local spiritual assembly in Peru was established in Lima. [Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p10; The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America: Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb] Lima, Peru; Local Spiritual Assemblies first Local Spiritual Assembly in Peru
    1944 Ridván
    194-    		 The first local spiritual assembly in Jamaica was established in Kingston. Kingston, ON; Local Spiritual Assemblies first Local Spiritual Assembly in Jamaica
    1944 Ridván
    194-    		 The Bahá'ís of the British Isles launched a Six Year Plan, the British Six Year Plan (1944-1950). [Ruhi 8.2 p46]
  • The homefront goals were to:
    • To raise to nineteen the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies
    • To double the membership of the community
    • To settle pioneers in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire
    		• * Teaching Plans; British Isles; British Six Year Plan; United Kingdom
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