magnificent services" see "Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In Memoriam.
43 William Sutherland Maxwell--architect of the Shrine of the Bab,
appointed a Hand of the Cause of God in 1951, died in Montreal in
1952. His "saintly life" is described in "Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In
Memoriam.
44 Miss Marion Jack--"immortal heroine" and "shining example to
pioneers", who remained at her post in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1930
until her death in 1954. Her imperishable services are recorded in
"Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In Memoriam.
45 The resurgence of persecution of the Baha'i community in Iran during
1955 is described in the booklet "Baha'i Appeal for Religious
Freedom in Iran".
46 Mrs. May Ellis Maxwell--spiritual mother of the Canadian Baha'i
community, became a believer in 1898, visited 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1899
and returned to Paris to found the first Baha'i centre on the
European continent, married Sutherland Maxwell and settled in
Montreal in 1902, achieved "the priceless honor of a martyr's death"
in Argentina in 1940. For a review of the vast range of her
contributions to the Faith in Europe and America, see "Baha'i World"
Vol. VIII, In Memoriam.
47 Sutherland Maxwell and Siegfried Schopflocher.
48 William Sutherland Maxwell--architect of the Shrine of the Bab,
appointed a Hand of the Cause of God in 1951, died in Montreal in
1952. His "saintly life" is described in "Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In
Memoriam.
49 Allan Raynor--member of the National Spiritual Assembly 1954-60.
50 Miss Mary Zabolotny (now Mrs. Kenneth McCulloch)--first pioneer to
Anticosti Island (1956).
51 Iceland appears to have been visited first by Mrs. Amelia Collins in
1924. Miss Martha Root spent a month in Iceland in 1935.
52 Miss Marion Jack--"immortal heroine" and "shining example to
pioneers", who remained at her post in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1930
until her death in 1954. Her imperishable services are recorded in
"Baha'i World" Vol. XII, In Memoriam.
53 Allan Raynor--member of the National Spiritual Assembly 1954-60.
54 Allan Raynor--member of the National Spiritual Assembly 1954-60.
55 Miss Winnifred Harvey--member of the National Spiritual Assembly
1950-61.
56 Miss Winnifred Harvey--member of the National Spiritual Assembly
1950-61.
57 Mrs. Peggy R
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