On occasion Naw-Ruz, marking opening the second decade of the second
Baha'i century, inform National Assemblies of the Baha'i world that the
following pioneers scattered over twenty-one virgin areas have been
inscribed on the Roll of Honor since the fourth periodic announcement.
Otillie Rhein, Mauritius; Olga Mills, Malta; Peter Lugayula, Ashanti
Protectorate; Virginia Breaks, Caroline Islands; Dr. Fozdar, Andaman
Islands; Elly Becking, Dutch New Guinea; Andrew and Nina Matthisen,
Bahamas; Carl and Loretta Scherer, Macao; Gulnar Aftabi, Bahiyyih Rowhani,
Kaykhosrow Dahmobadi, Diu Island; Jean and Tove Deleuran, Charles Ioas,
Balearic Islands; Adib Bagdadi, Hussayn Halabi, Hadhramaut; Kenneth and
Roberta Christian, Eyneddin and Tahereh Alai, Joan Powis, Southern
Rhodesia; Hormoz Zendeh, Morocco International Zone; Howard and Joanne
Menking, Cape Verde Islands; Elizabeth Bevan, Rhodes; Matthew Bullock,
Dutch West Indies; Lillian Wyss, Samoa; Dulcie Dive, Cook Islands; Stanley
Bolton, Jr., Tonga Islands; Gretta Jankko, Marquesas Islands; Jean Sevin,
Tuamotu Archipelago; Alvin and Gertrude Blum, Solomon Islands; Bernard
Guhrke, Kodiak Island; John Leonard, Falkland Islands; Munir Vakil,
Kuria-Muria Islands; John and Audrey Robarts, Bechuanaland; Charles Dayton
and wife, David Schreiber, Leeward Islands; Faiborz Roozebehyan, Gambia;
Rahmat and Iran Muhajer, Mentawei Islands; Gertrud Ankersmit, Frisian
Islands; Shamsi Navidi, Monaco; Roy and Elena Fernie, Gilbert and Ellice
Islands; Qudratullah Rowhani, Khodarahm Mojgani, Mahe.
Ninety-one virgin areas have been opened to the Faith since the launching
of the Crusade. Total number of territories within its pale now raised to
two hundred nineteen. Remaining unopened territories, excluding Soviet
Republics and satellites, twenty-five.
Appeal to prospective pioneers whilst the opening year of the Ten Year
Crusade is speeding to its close, to expedite entry into unopened areas
contributing thereby to the enhancement of the celebrations of the coming
Ridvan rendered memorable by the swift, magnificent victories achieved in
the pioneering field, unsurpassed in the course of the eleven decades of
Baha'i history.
--Shoghi
[Cablegram, March 21, 1954]