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1944 19 - 25 May
194-		 An international celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the Faith was held at the House of Worship in Wilmette.
  • For a description of this event see BW10:158–61.
  • For the programme see BW10:162–70.
  • For a list of the countries participating in the conference see BW10:168.
  • This event was attended by a number of Canadian Bahá'ís. iiiii

CANADIAN BAHÁ'Í WHO SIGNED THE 1944 CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION REGISTER

Note: The Register had been made by Charles Mason Remey. Approximately 941-971 Bahá'ís signed the Register out of the 1,484 Bahá'ís who registered for the 1944 Centennial Commemoration in Wilmette and Chicago, IL. Most Bahá'ís signed their name and put their city and state, province or country. 

    1. Charles N. Murray, Ottawa, Canada
2. Madeleine Humbert, Halifax, N.S.
3. Audrey Robarts, Toronto, Canada
4. Beulah S. Proctor, Halifax, N.S.
5. Doris Richardson, Toronto, Canada
6. Laura Romney Davis, Toronto
7. Ethel A. Priestly, Toronto
8. Rena Millie Gordon, Regina, Sask.
9. Siegfried Schopflocher, Montreal
10. Theresa Lillywhite, Regina, Sask.
11. Lotus Peterson, Regina, Sask.
12. Florence H. Cox, Regina, Sask.
13. Edna Colpitts, Moncton, New Brunswick
14. Anna A. McGee, Edmonton, Alta.
15. Emeric Sala, St. Lambert, Canada
16. John A. Robarts, Toronto, Canada
17. Helen Giddin, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
18. Anita Ioas, Edmonton, Alberta
19. Winnifred Harvey, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
20. Annie B. Romer, Halifax, N.S., Canada
21. I.J. Fox, Vancouver, B.C.
22. Zara B. Phonic, Regina, Sask. [spelling of last name uncertain]
23. Edna M. Hollaway, Charlottetown, PEI
24. Muriel Hutchings, Halifax, N.S.
25. Jean Mosher, St. Lambert, Quebec
26. Maiaret Laurie (Spelling?), St. Lambert, Quebec
27. Rowland Estall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
28. Doris McKay, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
29. Jean Johnston, Winnipeg, Manitoba
List prepared from the 1944 Centennial Commemoration Register by Roger M. Dahl, National Bahá'í Archives, United States, June 24, 2021. Some of the handwriting was difficult to read so some of the names or addresses may be misspelled. 		Centenaries; Chicago, IL; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette
1944 Ridván
194-		 Canada's tenth and eleventh spiritual assemblies formed in Charlottetown, PE and Regina, SK. [OBCC178, 180] Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Regina, SK
1944 Ridván
194-		 Completion of the Seven-Year Plan with 9 spiritual assemblies and 39 localities. (OBCC308] First Seven Year Plan; Statistics
1944 Ridván
194-		 Those elected to serve the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada were: George 0. 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 loss. The Assembly appointed Siegfried Schopflocher to serve as the Treasurer of the Canadian Bahá'í Fund. [BN No 169 July 1944 p2]
  • 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
 Amelia Collins; Dorothy Baker; Horace Holley; Leroy Ioas; Louis G. Gregory; National Convention; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; North America; Philip G. Sprague; Roy C. Wilhelm; Siegfried Schopflocher
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