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1996 25 Jun
199-		 The Quebec City Bahá'í Centre on rue d'Auteuil, situated just within the walls of Old Quebec, has been reopened after a devastating fire two years previous. . The interior of the Centre had been almost completely destroyed by an electrical fire. Although none of the books or records were destroyed and the outer walls as well as some of the beautiful old woodwork on the main floor remained, most of the inside had had to be rebuilt. The architects succeeded so magnificently in duplicating the molding on the walls and ceilings that gave the building its historic character, that the building is now even more beautiful than it has ever been in recent memory.

Several practical touches were also added, such as a kitchen on the second floor and security exits, lovely carpeting laid throughout most of the building, as well as ceramic tile and hardwood, The roof and windows were replaced. The door and surrounding woodwork is original, but was refinished, a painstaking job to protect the detail in the moldings. All destroyed equipment such as computer systems had to be replaced with the latest technology.

The building will house two administrative offices, including that of the Regional Teaching and Administrative Committee Quebec, a large room for public meetings, two smaller rooms which can be used for a variety of purposes, a library and bookstore on the main floor and two rented apartments on the upper two floors of the five-storey building, which was originally purchased by the National Spiritual Assembly in the early '80s.

During the repairs, a temporary centre located about a kilometer away in a newer part of the city was used. [BC Vol 3 No 3 September 1996 p15]

 Fire; Québec City, QC
1996 (In the year)
199-		 The publication of The Origins of the Baha'i Community of Canada, 1898-1948 by Will C. van den Hoonaard. It was published by the Wilfid Laurier University Press.
  • See a review by Mike McMullen.
  • The book is available at BahaiWorks.
    		•  Michael McMullen; The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada (book); Will C. van den Hoonaard
    1996 16 Jan
    199-    		 The passing of Vivien Combe (b. 23 June 1903 in Lee, Surry, UK) in Victoria.
  • Her unpublished biography, The Story of Vivien, was written by Guy Barcley.
    		• - In Memoriam; Vivien Combe
    1996 10 Jan
    199-    		 The passing of Ruth Eyford in St. Albert, AB. (b. Ruth Monk 12 June, 1930, NS). [Find a grave]

    She became a Bahá'í in Montreal in 1956 and married Glen Eyford in 1957. She and Glen served in Iceland and in India. Returning to Canada she served as an Auxiliary Board Member and as chair of the National Spiritual Assembly as well as a number of local and national committees. [BW1995-1996p313]

    		 - Biographies; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; - Pioneers; Auxiliary board members; Canada; Iceland; India; Montreal, QC; Ruth Eyford; St. Albert, AB
    1996 13 Jul
    199-    		 The passing of Novella Rose Hyde at home in Courtney. She was buried at the Courtenay Civic Cemetery. Novella was the wife of Eric Hyde and the mother of Karyne, Sharle and Valery. [Comox Valley Obituaries 1986-2008]
  • Novella was the daughter-in-law of Maisie Hyde who enrolled in the Faith in 1936.
    		•  - Biographies; - In Memoriam; Comox, BC; Novella Hyde
    1996 7 Jan
    199-    		 The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mary Zabolotny McCulloch (b. 9 November 1918 in The Pas, MN). As a single woman she had fulfilled the difficult goal for the Ten Year Crusade in Anticosti because the entire territory was under the control of the Wayagamack Pulp and Paper Company and residence on the island would necessitate employment by that company. She was only able to stay for a few months but nonetheless won the accolade. She visited the island on three occasions in later years.

    She married Ken McCulloh in 1958 and they settled in Baker Lake in 1958 where Ken had been pioneering. They stayed until 1979 [BWIM277]

  • Find a Grave
    		•  - Biographies; - In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Baker Lake, NU; Mary Zabolotny McCulloch; The Pas, MB; Winnipeg, MB
    1996 (In the Year)
    199-    		 The memoir To Diffuse the Fragrances was the unpublished memoir of Bahá'í life in the Arctic completed in 1994 and written by Ken and Mary McCulloch. [Bahá'í Community of Canada: A Case Study in the transplantation of Non-Western Religious Movements by Dr Will C. Van den Hoonaard, bibliography] Bahá'í House; Baker Lake, NU; Canada; Ken McCulloch; Mary McCulloch; To Diffuse the Fragrances
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