r twelve consecutive years, he sent an
official message to St. Barbe's World Forestry Charter Gatherings attended
by Ambassadors from up to sixty-two countries each year. St. Barbe took an
active part on the Committee celebrating the Centenary of the Declaration
of the Bab in 1944. After his first Sahara University Expedition carrying
out an ecological survey of 9,000 miles in 1953, and in response to the
Guardian's desire, St. Barbe attended the First African Conference in
Kampala. In 1975 St. Barbe was called upon to advise on tree planting of
the site of the ?ihran House of Worship in consultation with Quinlan
Terry, architect. Afterwards, in collaboration with architect Hossein
Amanat, he recorded his observations for the Universal House of Justice
for the landscaping of their site on Mt. Carmel and for tree-scaping at
Bahji. St. Barbe attended the Intercontinental Conference Nairobi, in
October 1976 and still (1979) at almost 90 is introducing or teaching the
Faith in many lands and would be content to "lay down his bones in service
to the Faith" in his beloved Africa.

MISS JESSICA YOUNG

Historically was the first British pioneer to arise when she went for a
short time to Bristol.

KATHLEEN BROWN (LADY HORNELL)

Was elected to the National Assembly in 1936 and served until 1945. She
pioneered to Nottingham in 1946 where she later married Sir William
Hornell. Her next pioneer post was in Belfast in 1952, then to Venice
(1960-1965) and later to Sardinia (1965-1968). She returned to London to
live at the home of her son-in-law, Hand of the Cause, H. M. Balyuzi. She
passed away in September 1977 and the Universal House of Justice cabled:
"PASSING LADY HORNELL ROBS BRITISH COMMUNITY ONE OF FEW REMAINING LINKS
EARLY DAYS FAITH. HER UNWAVERING FAITH CONSTANT DEDICATED SERVICES PIONEER
TEACHING ADMINISTRATIVE FIELDS OVER SO MANY YEARS ASSURE HER HIGH STATION
ANNALS CAUSE PROVIDE SHINING EXAMPLE PRESENT FUTURE GENERATIONS. ADVISE
HOLD BEFITTING MEMORIAL MEETING. ASSURE ARDENT PRAYERS SACRED THRESHOLD
PROGRESS HER LOVING SOUL ABHA KINGDOM."

URSULA SAMANDARI (nee NEWMAN), Knight of Baha'u'llah

First served on the British National Assembly in 1945 and pioneered to St.
Ives in the same year. Ursula became pioneer member of the first Dublin
Assembly in 1948 and pioneered again, a year later, to Belfast. In Belfast
she became member of the first Local Assembly and worked with pioneer Dr.
Mehdi Sa