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Date 1944-05-19-01, descending sort earliest first

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1944 19 - 25 May
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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; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Chicago, IL
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