OCTOBER — 1953
pacific yearly mee+ing of friends
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Pacific Yearly Meeting Of Friends and the Pacific Coast Association Of Friends
August 20 to 28, 1953
Epistle
To Friends Everywhere:
Pacific Yearly Meeting, in session among the sequoias near Santa Cruz, California, sends greetings to Friends around the world. The great sweep of our Meetings reaches from Vancouver to Mexico and from the Rocky Mountains to Honolulu, and although the number of our members cannot begin to compare with the number of square miles covered, this year’s Meeting reports an addition of five new Monthly Meetings and in- creases in membership in most Monthly Meetings. The wide reach of our Yearly Meet- ing makes us conscious that the whole world is one community, indeed, and we must recognize it as such if we are to hope for a solution to the problems which beset us as citizens of our respective countries.
We have been especially concerned for the many children within our Meetings, and have searched for light and for a way to open whereby we may meet their need for the sort of education that would lead them into a Friendly community of spirit.
We are deeply disturbed by the extent to which fear is shaping the polices of our na- tional and local governments. Whether in the great pressure exerted upon Japan and Western Europe to rearm, in continued preparation for war by our national govern- ments, or in the establishment of local “loyalty tests,” we feel that to act from fear is to build upon sand. Your epistles, read during our sessions, show that you share this concern.
Conscious as we are of our weaknesses, we are determined with God’s help to stand firm in the truth, for, as Jesus has said, ‘Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
On behalf of Pacific Yearly Meeting, Phillip H. Wells, clerk
Minutes
The seventh annual session of Pacific Year- ly Meeting of Friends and the twenty- third ses- sion of the Pacific Coast Association convened at Beulah Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, on August 20, 1953 at 7:30 p.m., with a period of cjuiet worship. The clerk out- lined a tentative agenda.
The reports of Monthly Meetings were pre- sented as follows: Victoria Monthly Meeting— Dorothy Lash; University Monthly Meeting, Seattle, (with Tacoma and Missoula Preparative Meetings) —Ruth Schmoe; Willamette Valley Monthly Meeting (with Corvallis Friends
Group, Eugene Preparative Meeting, Multno- mah County Friends Meeting (indulged), and Salem Friends Group— Robert Dann; Stockton Monthly Meeting, by Catherine Bruner, with the independent Delta Friends Group reported by George Burleson, and Chico Friends Group by William Connor; San Francisco Monthly Meeting— Marian Fields; Berkeley Society of Friends— Clarence Cunningham; Palo Alto Monthly Meeting (with Monterey Peninsula Meeting)— VTrn J.\mes; College Park Monthly Meeting, by Annabel Wilson, with Ben Lo- mond Meeting reported by llERBERr Krein-
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KAMP; Orange Grove Monthly Meeting— Edwin Sanders; Los Angeles Monthly Meeting— Al- bert Baez; Tueson Monthly Meeting — John Salyer; Santa Fe Monthly Meeting — Ruth Hatcher; Mexico City Monthly Meeting— Flor- ence May Smith.
The reports of the Meetings make vivid the youth and growth of our Yearly Aleeting as we hear of new members and attenders, and the many children sharing in our worship (an addi- tion of ten to San Francisco Meeting, which last year had no children, delights us). More than one meeting house has been outgrown. Re- sponsibilities of education and counseling of members are much with us, as is concern for family life and for a needed sense of commun- ity. Criticisms of our life are that it is not deep enough, that spoken messages in worship are too few, and that we are not close enough in spirit to each other. Work for the American Friends Service Committee is widespread and varied, and in California work in the Friends Committee on Legislation is developing. Ap- proach to Friends’ traditional testimonies is in terms of today and strikingly experimental. A pattern of growth through Preparative Meetings and numbers of small unorganized meetings for worship under the care of established Meetings is apparent.
We welcomed Friends from Pasadena Monthly Meeting (usually known as Villa Street), introduced by Lydia Michener, from Whittier unprogrammed Meeting, described by E. Roberts Richie, and from Salt Lake City Meeting, under the care of Friends Fellowship Council reported by Helen Scheiber.
After a short period of worship the meeting adjourned to meet the following morning at 9 a.m.
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The meeting on Friday morning, August 21, opened at 9 o’clock with a time of silent worship.
San Fernando and Santa Barbara Independ- ent Meetings reported. Al Jones reported for the former that there are thirteen families, com- prising a membership of fifty, including chil- dren. One of the significant things which San Fernando Meeting has done is prison visitation in the Deuel Vocational Institute, which has now moved to Tracy. The Meeting has a fund to be added to and given to the chief of police for the use of migrants traveling up the valley. Clarence George reported for the Santa Bar- bara group, which is a small informal Meeting just shaping and looking forward to gathering together the many residents with Friends’ back- ground and concerning itself with the problems of a city sharply divided between the rich and the poor.
Minutes of visiting Friends were read.
Helen Rigg of Christchurch Monthly Meeting of New Zealand, brought greetings, particularly from the South Island. Margaret Gibbins, with Minutes from Edinburgh Preparative Meeting, Society of Friends Peace Committee, and Meet- ing for Sufferings, London, to travel particularly among Friends of Pacific Yearly Meeting, spoke to our concern for children in our Meetings and told of Edinburgh’s creative experiments in hav- ing the children come into join in the latter part of the meeting for worship so that they come into a gathered meeting. She told of the intro- duction of a coffee hour to break down social barriers; of deliberately fostering friendship be- tween children and older members of the Meet- ing whom the ehildren said they would like to know better; of the development of very suc- cessful discussion groups; and of a plan to in- crease understanding of silent meeting for wor- ship among the new attenders by study groups which close with short periods of worship. Florence Adams, from Detroit Monthly Aleet- ing and the Lake Erie Association, which has fourteen independent Meetings, spoke of the desire to increase visiting among themselves and the Friends of all Yearly Aleetings.
The Meeting approved the proposal that returning Minutes be prepared by a committee composed of Tom Moore and Robert Dann.
Others introduced were Albert and Helen Bailey of Westtown Monthly Meeting and Phil- adelphia Monthly Meeting, Dryden and Marg- aret Phelps who will be succeeding Howard Thurman in the Fellowship Church in San Fran- cisco, and Mollie Nieland of Oak Park Monthly Meeting, Chicago. This last-named is a small Meeting concerned for the aged in Oak Park, the high-school-age peace problem, and educa- tion.
Report of the Interim Committee: Five in- dependent Meetings of Friends have requested recognition as Monthly Meetings of the Yearly Meeting. Committees have been appointed to inquire into their readiness and have reported back in each case, recommending acceptance as Monthly Meetings. These five Meetings, in or- der of their application, are:
1) Claremont Monthly Meeting, reported by Jeanette Griggs, organized as a Monthly Meeting six months ago, but has been a Wider Quaker Fellowship group for eleven years. Claremont Meeting is wisely emphasizing dis- cipline in Quaker ways through study and prac- tice, though engaging also in many shared ac- tivities.
2) Phoenix Monthly Meeting, reported by Cleo Cox, has been active particularly in Indian affairs, the creation of the Greer gathering, and in the Institutional Service Units of the A.F.S.C.
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Friends have been meeting together for four years in Phoenix.
3) Argenta, B. C., Monthly Meeting, brought a report read by John Stevenson. There are five families constituting the Meeting; they moved to British Columbia a year ago from the Tracy area of California, seeking freedom to grow inwardly, and are faced with the phys- ical problems of making a living. They have made the development of a community ceme- tery and the education of high school young people their particular projects.
4) La Jolla Meeting was reported on by James Riddles. La Jolla is known as a warm, friendly Meeting drawing its membership from the whole of San Diego County.
5) Santa Monica Monthly Meeting, re- ported by Ian Thiermann, with a membership from all over, has been meeting for some time but since this last spring feels that it is settling down to the condition of a Monthly Meeting. Its special projects have been clothing and shoes for the A.F.S.C. and the offering of friendship to the great number of foreign students at the University of Southern California in Los An- geles.
The Yearly Meeting approved these recom- mendations. These five Meetings will now be part of our Yearly Meeting and the committees appointed will continue to exercise oversight of the Meetings throughout the year, as provided in the Handbook. A separate Minute of accep- tance is to be sent to each Monthly Meeting.
The Yearly Meeting heard and approved the following report of actions and appoint- ments of the Interim Committee at their meet- ings held March 21, 1953, in Berkeley, and August 20, 1953, in Ben Lomond:
1) As a result of further study, it was rec- ommended to keep the Pacific Coast Associa- tion of Friends, since there are still some Friends for whom this has meaning.
2) The clerk reported that the appointees to the American Friends Service Committee are now members of the A.F.S.C. Corporation.
3) The Representative Committee approv- ed the clerk’s action in referring C. O. coun- seling and other concerns often dealt with by Yearly Meeting peace committees back to Monthly Meetings and to the A.F.S.C. regional offices to avoid duplication.
4) A letter from Paul and Jean Johnson was read requesting a letter to the new Leba- non-Jordan Yearly Meeting. A letter of en- couragement was sent.
5) The Representative Committee recom- mended that its name be changed to Interim Committee of Pacific Yearly Meeting to avoid confusion concerning representatives to Yearly Meeting and appointees to this committee. All Friends attending Yearly Meeting represent
their Monthly Meetings. Two Friends from each Monthly Meeting should be appointed for two-year terms to this committee and they are responsible either for attending its meet- ings or providing an adequate substitute.
6) Ruth Schmoe was appointed chairman of a committee on arrangements for Yearly Meeting in 1954.
7) The Nominating Committee was ap- pointed for the coming year, consisting of Lyra Dann, Ferner Nuhn, Asenath Young, Margaret Lorenz, and Russell Jorgensen.
8) Since many of the Finance Committee are not at Yearly Meeting, Hugh Hamilton and Carmelia MacNichols were appointed to meet with William Taylor, Robert Simkin and Vern James.
9) Jeanette Griggs was asked to serve as reading clerk to replace Margaret Simkin.
10) Francis Dart, Ruth Hatcher and James Riddles were appointed to prepare an epistle expressing the sense and spirit of this Yearly Meeting to send to Friends everywhere.
11) The American Friends Fellowship Council and the Friends World Committee for Consultation ( American Section ) recommend merging to form the American Section of the Friends World Committee. We approve the plan and recommend that Pacific Yearly Meet- ing continue as a member of the American Section. At the same time, we should continue to be represented by Edwin Sanders as a mem- ber of the formative committee of the proposed Pacific Area Section.
12) Traveling Minutes for Eubanks Cars- ner to Europe, and endorsement of a traveling Minute for Marian Arnold of Palo Alto Meet- ing, who is going to Africa, were approved.
The report of the Secretary on statistics of membership was read, accepted and included in the Minutes, with the question raised as to whether we should have the category of birth- right membership, but with discussion postpon- ed until a further meeting. There are 788 adult members of record.
Herbert Jones spoke on the bequest of John Beamish for a home for elderly Friends to be established in California. There is, so far, $3,500 to be held for 20 years by College Park Monthly Meeting, awaiting the addition of sufficient funds. Interested Friends should get in touch with College Park Meeting.
After a brief period of silence, the meeting adjourned to meet Frida>' e\ening at 7:30 p.m.
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At a specially scheduled meeting Friday afternoon, interested Friends had an oppor- tunity to hear Flo)cl Schmoe, just rehirned from Korea, and to see his mo\ie of se(M'.''s in Korea and a mo\ie recreating life in Hiroshima before and after tlie liomlv Flo\d Sifnnoi' said
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there was a need for five workers to go over immediately with the new project, Houses for Korea.
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The Friday evening session opened with a period of worship accompanied by children’s songs below us, in which we were reminded that we are not merely to be silent, but to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord.”
Two epistles were read from Young Friends. One from the Young Friends Fellow- ship of New York Yearly Meeting, and one from New England Yearly Meeting, Young Friends Group. They recalled to us what is expected of us as well as what they ask of themselves in quoting the words of George Fox, “Let our lives speak.”
Honolulu Monthly Meeting was reported on by Richard Burling. Honolulu naturally re- ceives a great many visitors and finds itself con- stantly a center for hospitality.
A traveling Minute was read for Lloyd Williams from Australia, who has just arrived by way of Honolulu on his way to study at Ore- gon State Gollege. He brought greetings from Australia.
John Way and his “motley crew” of young work campers, returning from a trip to Argenta, were introduced. Visitors from Whittier and Mrs. Manley of the Ben Lomond property were also introduced.
The report of the Educational Gommittee, given by Jennivieve Westwick, led into the sub- ject of the evening— Friends educational proj- ects. Those already under way in the Yearly Meeting were first described:
Pacific Oaks, reported by Frances McAllis- ter. There are 110 children in nursery school and kindergarten, college level courses and in- service training for teachers are given, and edu- cation for parents as well, since it is considered that families, not just children, are enrolled. There is pressure on the school to become even larger than it is, and the problem is, as always, accommodation to those who do not share our testimonies.
Pacific Ackworth, reported by Alice Way. Now having a student body of from fifty to fifty-five, the school was started in 1942 to re- lieve children of war pressures. A continuing problem is that of bringing children up to live in a culture within a culture. The school is very largely financed by parents and administered by the Parents Assembly as the final responsible body, with a circular relation among the staff and no director or authoritarian control.
The clerk reminded us that one of our big educational projects is the American Friends Service Committee, which takes the time and work of many of us.
Ben Lomond— Yern James traced the de-
velopment of the Ben Lomond Project, includ- ing the development of the boys’ camps, coop- eration with the Sequoia Seminars that have been held there, and the hopes for the develop- ment of Quaker conferences and retreats, and A.F.S.G. student groups.
Ben Lomond Summer Camps, reported by Josephine Duveneck. These camps were started five years ago for boys of varying backgrounds and races. Josephine Duveneck was asked to describe her own camp at Hidden Villa, which has been going for seven years with children also from various races, which, though charac- teristic of a Friends project, is promoted and administered privately. This summer the camp has the advantage of having an Indian family— a father, mother and three daughters— who are giving the campers some idea of a great spiritual heritage and reverence for nature which we should not lose from American life.
Other Friendly Projects: The Friends Semi- nar at Ben Lomond preceding Yearly Meeting was described by Margaret Gibbins who, travel- ing with Peggy Ghurch, had gone to spend the week there with about a dozen Friends. Those who were there found an experience of renewal which they will never forget. Gleo Gox gave us an idea of the character of the annual Greer Conference which began in 1951 and gathers Friends from a wide area for the deepening of spiritual life, for fellowship and the sharing of concerns. This year Indians joined with Friends in a mutually congenial atmosphere. We were reminded that John Way’s trips with young people are also a definitely educational venture that belong in a Friends’ list of going projects, as are the Seattle Friends Genter, the San Jose Play School, and the Gollege Park Quarterly Meeting Gamp for Junior High Young People.
Proposed Projects: George Petersen de- scribed the dream of a Friends’ secondary srhool on the coast and the proposal that 160 acres offered to Friends in Santa Barbara might be developed toward a graduate school somewhat of the type of Pendle Hill, or possibly a second- ary school or an old people’s home. Glarence George discussed further the proposal of de- velopment at Santa Barbara. A number of Friends who spoke to these proposals feel that there is a great need, whether it is Santa Bar- bara’s or the need of Friends for our own schools or for a center for education in international understanding.
Other Friends observed that the public schools and the community we live in are ours, and if they are failing the failure is also ours; that although it may be in the Quaker tradition to withdraw from public schools, we have not a tradition of withdrawal in other areas of life. Possibly we and our children can and should be a creative influence in public schools and
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our children gain inner strength and their own independence by not withdrawing to the shel- tering environment of a Friends school. A further point was made that we should not threaten the security of our homes by over- extending ourselves in projects. It is suggested that the words “the need in Santa Barbara” in- dicates that Friends should visit, help, and strengthen the group in Santa Barbara. Friends were reminded of the significance of two Quaker expressions: “Publishers of Truth” (the purpose of our projects) and “as the way opens” (indi- cating the manner in which it is carried out).
The session closed with a period of silence, to meet at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.
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The Yearly Meeting began its Saturday morning session at 9 o’clock with a period of silent worship. The reading clerk read the fol- lowing Epistles:
From Denmark Yearly Meeting, speaking of their longing to show a living silence which reveals the presence of God; from Sweden Year- ly Meeting, speaking of an “unarmed fellowship” which seemed to answer to messages in our own opening time of worship this morning; from France Yearly Meeting, expressing their sense of crisis but recalling, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world;” from Nether- la.nds Yearly Meeting, reminding us that ours is a cheerful faith, whatever the times; from Japan Yearly Meeting, a very moving epistle speaking again of their concern for the peace testimony against re-armament and calling on us all to stand with them; from Jamaica Yearly Meeting, repeating the theme of their meeting, “advanc- ing with Christ through the nurture of Christian persons;” from London Yearly Meeting, with their sense of responsibility to the world, re- minding Friends that “we are called to be living epistles of Christ.”
The meeting responded especially to the Japan Epistle and agreed immediately to ap- point a small committee of Eloyd Schmoe and Rega Engelsberg to gather ideas as to what we can do; also that our own Epistle Committee should take special note of the Japan Epistle.
Since the question of the meaning of mem- bership is probably the most widespread and most often asked in our Yearly Meeting, it was the topic of the morning, plirased as “What is a Eriend? To what do we belong?” Edwin Sanders, whom the clerk invited to open the discussion, set forth such question as not only “What is a Friend?” but “When is a Friend? How can you prove it?” “When the American Friends Service Committee and the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the book The Quaker Approach are put forward as repre- senting Friends, do they?” In what sense are Quakers Christian, and how do we relate our-
selves to other Christians (a question which is not academic to European Eriends), or to the Fellowship of Friends of Truth in India? There is the question of a bridge back to China by way of Korea. Also what do we teach our chil- dren about being a Friend? Ed Sanders’ an- swers chiefly were: Doctrine and belief in our point of view have not been the basis of mem- bership, but we should not therefore underesti- mate their importance. There is certainly noth- ing more important to talk about than the nature of the universe, but this as a basis creates our schisms. The basis is our common life, common discipline and testimonies. The local meeting for worship, its time and place, the families constituting it, are the guides to the meaning of membership.
In the long and searching discussion which followed, more of value was offered than can find its way within the limits of a Minute. How- ever, these themes constantly recurred:
The Inward Light is a universal light given to all men, religious consciousness itself being basically the same wherever it is found. Our difficulties come when we try to express it. We cannot express, we can only experience God. Therefore we must always remember tolerance, humility and tenderness with others whose ways and views may differ from ours.
What we are as the Society of Friends and what we invite others to share with us is a way of seeking the will of God, within the Christian tradition. Our manner of worship, our way of doing business, makes us in some sense a pe- culiar community. Being a Friend is never fin- ished. We are a company, not of saints, but of sinners. In becoming Friends we do not auto- matically lose our hostilities and love everybody. But again, “There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to avenge any wrong.” We must be humble seekers with one another for the experience of that spirit. Therefore we must move slowly as Meetings and prospective members to find perhaps that the moment for membership comes when it can be said simply, as one Friend put it, “I felt that I was a Friend and the Meeting agreed.”
The dilemma of recognizing the universality of the Spirit and at the same time defining the limits of ourselves and our Meeting community was expressed by the clerk, quoting the lines from Robert Frost:
“Something there is that does not lo\e a wall,
That wants it down . . .
Good fences make good neighbors."
The meeting closed after a period of silent worship to meet again at 2:00 p.m.
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The Saturday afternoon session of Yearly Meeting l^egan at 2:05 with a period of worship.
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The reading clerk continued the reading of Epistles:
From Canada Yearly Meetings in joint ses- sion, reminding us that God’s love and the Light are available to us and that in meeting needs about us we find meaning; from Philadelphia General Meeting of the two Yearly Meetings, speaking of the need of us all for the inner growth to be found in worship, praying that all of us across the world may enter into a living unity; from New England Yearly Meeting, in its 293rd annual session, warning of inertia and com- placency, and calling to a disciplining of our- selves to meet a world that has become strange.
Newly arrived Friends from our own Meet- ings and Richard Blass from Shrewsbury Meet- ing in New Jersey were introduced.
The report on the American Friends Serv- ice Committee was given by Russell Jorgensen, beginning with the comment that much of the reporting had already been done by the hard- working Meetings. The praises of non-Friends encourage, but what does the A.F.S.C. mean to Friends? He asked some very pertinent ques- tions: Is the A.F.S.C. taking over the Society of Friends? What contemporary problems should the A.F.S.C. be working on— what prob- lems should they not be working on? The serv- ices today are chiefly these: 1) relief and re- habilitation; 2) education in international affairs presenting all points of view, including our own; 3) work designed to resolve differences. The Service Committee is and must be dependent upon the Society of Friends. Its moral sanction is gone unless it is found in worship, from which is drawn the peace testimony or pacifist tradi- tion, which is as old as the Society itself. Serv- ice is the fruit of love, yet there are two clear dangers; it may become an end instead of a means, and it may substitute for reform, A.F.- S.C. work must be an expression of religious feeling and motivation hewing to Quaker tradi- tion and belief.
Some Friends’ comments were: Opportuni- ties for leadership should be widened to include Friends of all nationalities; service must not become a way to run away from personal re- sponsibility-being honest and a person of integ- rity comes first; we must become something in ourselves before we can give.
Georges Weber described the Friends Com- mittee on Legislation in California, organized first in the San Francisco region but represented now also by an office in Southern California. The functions are two: to give the Friends Com- mittee on National Legislation a local office, and to work on state issues on which Friends testimonies particularly bear. During the last California legislative session Georges Weber was in Sacramento as a registered lobbyist— one among more than 400. The committee’s chief
undertaking was to oppose the numerous “loy- alty” bills, with no visible success as everyone knows. The needs of the committee are finan- cial, more members always, and for the partici- pation of all Friends who feel their responsibility as citizens.
Georges Weber introduced Trevor Thomas, the Northern California executive secretary, who quoted from the Canada epistle, “Evil flourishes when good men do nothing.” Con- structive legislation failed in this last session because of lack of support from the people. Trevor Thomas told us a little of the tenth anni- versary conference of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in Washington and spoke of some of the Washington work, particularly against the McCarran Bill and for the resolution on disarmament. Three areas of particular con- cern are: I) peace in Korea, settlement in Europe and disarmament; 2) freedom to speak and work on these problems, or civil liberties; 3) economic considerations — U. N. technical assistance and reciprocal trade.
The discussion of the problem of following consicience in face of government regimentation began with a presentation by Beach Langston of the Minute of Orange Grove Monthly Meet- ing on California Assembly Bill 923, which re- quires a declaration of non-disloyalty in order to claim property tax exemption. Orange Grove Meeting feels that because of confusion of meanings and possible legal implications not forseeable, it cannot make such a declaration. Questions raised by Orange Grove members in- cluded these: Aside from this bill, is not tax exemption too special a privilege? How can Friends speak the truth in love? If we do not speak in this situation have we not failed in our responsibility to others?
Friends have been traditionally opposed to “loyalty” oaths. Some Friends in Yearly Meet- ing who have had an opportunity to speak con- cur in these misgivings. A useful contribution was the reminder of Gandhi’s principle govern- ing social atcion— that the minimum must be the maximum and vice versa ( i. e., take no position from which you might have to retreat).
An urgent proposal came from Ed Sanders to the effect that, since this is the most import- ant issue arising in our relation to the larger community this summer and is far more than local, it seems the time to call a national confer- ence on religious freedom. We are facing the time for a new kind of conscientious objector. If we wait as churches did in Germany, when our turn for repression comes it will be too late.
On the other hand it was suggested that in refusing to take “loyalty” oaths we may be add- ing to the fears in others that bring repression and not meeting them in the way that leads to understanding. If this undertaking leads in the
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direction of civil disobedience it must be on a very clear-cut issue, as, for example, the matter of the draft. It is a serious thing to take a step which is not going to be understood by the community.
It was agreed to continue the discussion Sunday morning from 9 to 10 as a regular ses- sion of the Yearly Meeting.
The meeting adjourned, after a period of worship, to meet at 7:30 p.m.
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The Saturday evening session opened with a period of silent worship.
Epistles were read: from Ohio Yearly Meet- ing, reminding us that divine love must reach down to enable us to reconcile enmities; from North Carolina Yearly Meeting, troubled by the threat of war and feeling a strong sense of urgency to seek God’s will; from New York Yearly Meeting, recalling that the destiny of Friends is eternal seeking. Epistles were also received from the following Yearly Meetings: Baltimore Junior Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Homewood); Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Stony Run); General Meeting for Australia; Illinois Yearly Meeting ( General Gon- ference); Junior Yearly Meeting of New York Yearly Meeting; London Junior Yearly Meeting; Mid-India Yearly Meeting, Sohapur, M. P., In- dia; New East Yearly Meeting, Ramallah, Jor- dan; New England Junior Yearly Meeting; North Garolina Yearly Meeting ( Gonservative ) ; Ohio Yearly Meeting (Independent); Philadel- phia Yearly Meeting (Arch Street); Western Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting); Wil- mington Junior Yearly Meeting; Wilmington Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting); Yearly Meeting of Friends, Pemba, Zanzibar; Young Friends of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Home- wood and Stony Run).
Esther Richards gave the report for the Bulletin Gommittee, concluding with a word of appreciation for Margaret Jump’s guidance as chairman of the committee. The Meeting gave enthusiastic approval of the interesting report, which is attached to these Minutes.
Robert Simkin presented the report of the Treasurer (copy of which is attached to these Minutes), incorporating the accounts of both the Bulletin and the Yearly Meeting. It is the first time in the memory of our treasurer, who has served for six years, that we have finished with such a balance as this one, $527.86 in the hands of the treasurer, $133.17 in the hands of the editor. The Meeting commended the treas- urer for his work.
William Taylor, in the absence of Ellis Jump, chairman of the Finance Gommittee, pre- sented the budget for the coming year. He spoke of two suggestions of the chairman which have proved helpful: that committee chairmen
authorize payments, and that Meetings make semi-annual payments.
The budget as presented called for an allo- cation of $25 to Ben Lomond. It was pointed out in the meeting that contributing to the Ben Lomond project was a departure from our policy of expenditure hitherto. But if Ben Lomyjnd is of value to the whole Yearly Meeting, it would seem that $25, which has been described as “a way of introducing Ben Lomond,” is too little. The conclusion of the discussion was that since there was not unity on the contribution to Ben Lomond, the $25 be dropped and the Yearly Meeting give its blessing to the project now go- ing forward. The $25 was added to the allot- ment for the Education Gommittee.
The Meeting approved the budget with this revision. The revised budget follows:
1. Cash on hand at beginning of fiscal year,
1953: Treasurer $ 527.86
Editor: 133.17
2. Income during year, 1953-54:
Individual contributions 100.00
Monthly Meeting Contributions
(850 adult members at $3 each) 2,550.00
Bulletin subscriptions 1,100.00
$ 4,411.03
3. Expenditures during 1953-54:
a. Bulletin:
Editorial work $ 1,200.00
Printing, office, mailing 1,300.00
2,500.00
b. Secretary 100.00
c. Handbook 100.00
d. Visitation Committee 500.00
e. World Committee and Fellowsliip Coun
cil 150.00
Education Committee 75.00
g. World Conference ( accum- ulative 50.00
h. Reserves:
Cash on hand at end of fiscal year, 1954:
Treasurer 836.03
Editor 100.00
$ 4,411.03
Robert Vogel gave the report of the Visi- tation Gommittee, beginning with the comment that because of our distances this was the first time the committee had been able to meet. Ho- berto Sein characteristically sent with his regrets two Quaker thoughts taken from his reading of Radhakrishnan: “If you look deeply into the heart of your enemy you will find there the heart of your twin brother. The problem before the world is therefore not one of crusading against the enemy but of manifesting good in ourselves.” “We must recognize that spark of spirit in man and bind the world on this recog- nition.” The full report of this committee is at- tached to these Minutes.
Margaret Gibbins reported delightfully on her e.xperiences in traveling in the Yearly Meet- ing and in attending our sessions, which she has
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found refreshing. She has become tremendously aware of the problems of distance in visitation but feels that nothing matters so much as “folk,” whatever the difficulties. People are isolated and in need of visitors. One caution given is: don’t promise to come unless you really come. She described a significant plan of group visita- tion in Britain as follows: Normally a group
writes to Ministry and Counsel saying they have problems with which they would like help. Suit- able visitors are chosen, prepared to speak to these problems, and then go for a week or ten days to the locality, meeting as many Friends as possible for at least a full day in each place or family. There are meetings for worship, of course, and open or closed meetings as seems advisable. Upon return, the visitors meet again with Ministry and Counsel. Margaret Gibbins pointed out that in all of this the visitors make their visits to learn as much as to give.
One Friend spoke for all, of the blessing of the visit among us of Margaret Gibbins, which has deepened our faith in God who directs us.
The session closed with a few moments of silent worship, to meet at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.
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The Sunday Morning session of Yearly Meeting opened with a short period of worship at 9 o’clock.
The clerk reopened the discussion of Satur- day afternoon by asking two questions : 1 ) What do we do about our consciences, our own inner peace, in the face of encroachments on liberty? 2) What is the most creative approach we can use to overcome the fears of those who feel we need armaments, repression and reassurances of loyalty?
In the discussion we agreed that in today’s atmosphere of fear and in the face of spreading restriction of liberty, we cannot appeal to the position of early Friends on test oaths. Our condition now is different; but they did by suf- fering forge our modern right to publish Truth. If we do not have the testimony for religious freedom we should start one. However, we should not be so much concerned for our own liberties as for the injustice being done to men and women everywhere, in its character an es- sential insult to human dignity. The statements of European Friends were recalled that if they had to go through their experiences again they would take their stand for freedom earlier, be- fore suppression had touched them. What we are experiencing in the United States today is widespread and speading farther; and no one knows where it will stop. Yet fear has not taken hold so thoroughly that it could not be dis- pelled if only those concerned could confront it with self-discipline, with love, with courage to stand on what they feel is right without be-
ing pushed from it, nor drawn into futile argu- ment. The freedom that we as a Society of Friends still possess implies responsibility for the liberty of others, as well as our own, and for our own self-discipline as we seek ways to make our testimony for freedom an active force in a fear-ridden society.
The Meeting approved the proposal that as a Yearly Meeting it send a letter to Ghet Hunt- ley, to the radio station and his sponsors, strongly commending him for his lucid and courageous stand against attacks on liberty.
The Meeting also appointed a committee, consisting of Robert Vogel, Stella Toogood, Jeanette Griggs, Thornton Gonrow and Robert Simkin, to formulate a Minute on this exercise to go to Friends everywhere and to the press.
Ed Sanders was requested by the clerk to write a Minute on his proposal for a national conference on religious liberty to be presented to the Yearly Meeting at the Sunday afternoon session.
The Sunday morning session closed with a short time of silence.
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The closing session of Pacific Yearly Meet- ing opened with a period of worship in which we received messages of faith and of the need to keep sensitive, and to work together toward a perfect whole.
John Salyer reported for the Gommittee on Indian Affairs in the absence of Randolph Jenks. He included reports of the Seri Indian project, the work with the Papago Indians, the Navajo- Hopi visitation project, the Los Angeles Indian Genter and the close association of Tucson Friends with the neighboring Indians. We hope that the Indian Affairs committee will keep us aware of the problems arising from the gradual withdrawal of government support and care of the Indians.
Ferner Nuhn presented the report of the Nominating Gommittee. After one or two addi- tions and changes, the Meeting accepted the re- port and the following Friends were appointed:
Presiding Clerk: Phillip H. Wells
Alternate Clerk: Eubanks Carsner
Recording Clerk: Catherine Bruner
Reading Clerk: Clarence Cunningham
Secretary: Isabel Fothergill Smith
Treasurer: Robert Simkin
Rulletin Committee: Grace Lawrence, chairman, Esther Richards, Russell Thornburg, Ferner Nuhn, Pauline Henderson, Gretchen Tuthill, Jane Baumann, Cleo R. Cox, Martha Vallance.
Finance Committee: Harold Barton and Hubert Arnold, for one year; Vern James, chairman, and Hen- rietta Darling, for two years; Charles Kelly and James Riddles, for three years.
Visitation Committee: Peggy and Fermor Church, co-chairmen; E. Roberts and Dorothy Richie, Robert and Lyra Dann, Josiah and Ruth Russell, Heberto and Suzanne Sein, Robert and Etta Vogel, Russell and Mary Jorgensen, OHvia Davis.
Education Committee: Lois Bailey, chairman, Polly
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Hare, Jennivieve Westwick, Sara Conrow, Jeanette Griggs, Frances McAllister, Dorothy Lash, Lois Scholl, Julia Jenks, Eugenia Sorensen, Robert Barns.
Indian Affairs: John and Ann Salyer.
Discipline Committee: Eubanks Carsner, ehainnan, Frederick Tolies, Pliillip Wells, Asenath Young, Vern James, Elizabeth Owens, Robert Dann, Erancis Dart, Margaret Lorenz, Ruth Schmoe, Benjamin Darling.
Representatives to Friends Organizations: to Pacific Area Section of Friends World Committee for Consultation; Edwin Sanders; to Friends World Com- mittee for Consultation — Fellowship Council: Floyd
Schmoe and Ben Darling, for one year; William James and Leslie Spelman, for two years; to American Friends Service Committee: Robert Young, for two years, Cath- erine Bruner, for one year; to Friends Committee on Legislation; Georges Weber, Eleanor Ashkenazy, Lois Barton.
The Nominating Committee, said Ferner Nuhn, wanted committee chairmen to feel free to co-opt other members they may want. If the Education Committee wishes more men mem- bers it should exercise this privilege.
The chairman, Robert Dann, gave the re- port of the Discipline Committee. Having the Handbook in print, the committee has ques- tioned whether it had more to do. The com- mittee feels that it would be a mistake to go on adding to our Discipline merely out of words of early Friends, yet it also feels that additions can usefully be made as our own experiences, recall and correlate what the early Friends have left us.
Floyd Schmoe and Rega Engelsberg pre- sented the following letter, prepared at the di- rection of the Yearly Meeting:
Dear Eriends in Japan:
At our Yearly Meeting held Eighth Month 22, in California, your general epistle was read and reminded us of your appeal at the time of the Peace Conference in San Francisco. We feel, as we did then, in full agreement with you.
We would vigorously support a program of dis- armament in any part of the world. So we are dismayed to see the opposite trend in Japan, following so closely on the noble experiment in disarmament embodied in the Japan constitution,
We of Pacific Yearly Meeting feel deeply our share of the guilt where rearmament is being pressed upon you. In attempting to make effective our protest we shall appeal to Friends everywhere to let their repre- sentatives in government know our feeling in this mat- ter.
A copy of this letter is being sent to the Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1000 Eleventh Street, N. W,, Washington, D. C., for their advice and action.
The Meeting approved and directed that it be sent to Japan Yearly Meeting and the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
Edwin Sanders presented the following Minute, which was approved by the Yearly Meeting, and the clerk was directed to send it to the Friends World Committee for Consulta- tion, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Friends Committee on National Legis- lation.
Pacific Yearly Meeting is seriously di.sturbcd by
tendencies current among us and throughout the world, to restrict the freedom of men and women to pursue and publish Truth.
We would call Friends everywhere to consider how far these pressures toward conformity have affected our Meetings, the lives of our members, and the human dignity of all people.
To tills end we urge a conference to be held not later than early 1954 and suggest that the Friends World Committee through its American Section enable such consultation by Friends, in cooperation with the Ameri- can Friends Service Committee and the Friends Com- mittee on National Legislation and their regional offices.
The following Minute was prepared at the direction of the Yearly Meeting:
The spirit of Christ by which we are guided leads us to stand for religious freedom and obligates us to pursue Truth wherever it may lead.
We regard the current restrictions on hberty of thought and speech— as evidenced by the abuse of legis- lative investigations and laws requiring declarations of non-disloyalty to the State— as a danger to our basic freedom to differ and to explore truth.
Neither these efforts to enforce loyalty nor the weapons of armed might will bring security or peace to this or any other nation. Only reliance on the power of love and good will can bring true peace freedom from fear.
We affirm our unchanging conviction that our first allegiance is to God, and if this conflicts with any compulsion of the State, we serve our countries best by remaining true to our higher loyalty.
The Yearly Meeting approved this Minute with minor changes in wording, commended the committee for its work, and directed that it be sent to Friends everywhere and to the press. Virginia Brink was selected to give this to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Returning Minutes for Helen Rigg, Flor- ence Adams, Lloyd Williams, and Margaret Gib- bins were read expressing our appreciation of their participation in our Yearly Meeting. We also expressed appreciation to Peggy Church for bringing Margaret Gibbins to us and for travel- ing with her through our Yearly Meeting.
The Epistle to Friends Everywhere was read and approved. (This Epistle appears on the first page of this Bulletin.) The clerk was directed to send it to Friends everywhere.
Ruth Schmoe reported that Pacific Yearly Meeting is invited to meet in or near Seattle on August 12 to 15, 1954. The invitation was ac- cepted by the Meeting.
The Yearly Meeting was warmly grateful for the work of Vern James and his committee of Bay Area Friends for all that they have done for our comfort. Arrangements have made it possible for us to have a large measure of free- dom and leisurely times together with a mini- mum of confusion.
We wish Vern James to convey our appre- ciation to the cooks who have provided us with good meals and to the management and em- ployees of Beulah Park who received us and made us feel so at home under difficult circum- stances.
Friends are also thankful for the generous
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hospitality of Sequoia Seminar, Ben Lomond, and the Ben Lomond Boys Camp in affording an excellent meeting place for the Interim Com- mittee.
Friends of Pacific Yearly Meeting and the Pacific Coast Association have met and lived together among the redwoods of California. We have enjoyed a deepening sense of fellowship and understanding as we have struggled with problems that beset us both from within and without. After a period of worship we ad- journed to meet again in or near Seattle, Wash- ington, August 12 to 15, 1954.
Phillip H. Wells, clerli Catherine Bruner, recording clerk
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 1953
Seventeen member Alonthly Meetings of Pacific Yearly Meeting replied to the question- naire sent by the secretary May 15, 1953.
The forms sent this year asked for the num- ber of adults and children of actual record, also number of adults and children who are attend- ers. The following tabulation is the result:
Total adult members of record 788
Total children of record 212
1000
Adult attenders 245
Children attenders 182
, 427
Additions in membership:
By convincement 41
By transfer 54
By birth 21
116
Losses:
By death 9
By transfer 13
By release 12
34
Gain in membership; 82 Number of First-day Schools: 9
(Two others meet for portions of the year) Meetings which read the Queries regularly, or por- tions thereof: 13
Beports were received from a number of Meetings not holding regular affiliation with us. Two of these, Claremont and Phoenix, have ap- plied for membership in Pacific Yearly Meeting. The recorded membership of these two Meet- ings is fifty-four and thirty-eight respectively.
Friends’ groups in Santa Monica, La Jolla, and Argenta are also considering affiliation with Pacific Yearly Meeting. The number of mem- bers of these Meetings is not available at this time.
A few of the interesting facts which these reports reveal are: Tucson, with a recorded membership of 34, plus 37 attenders, reports an average attendance of 45. Berkeley, with a re- corded membership of 40 children, records 80
who are not members. The average attendance in all our Meetings is 514.
Elizabeth M. Lantz, secretary
VISITATION COMMITTEE REPORT
We are happy to report that all the mem- bers of the committee are present at Yearly Meeting, with the exception of Heberto Sein. They are Peggy Church, William James, Russell Jorgenson, Carmelia MacNichols, E. Roberts Ritchie, and Marion Werner. Heberto Sein sends his greetings.
The duties and responsibilities of the com- mittee have been as follows: 1) to visit Meet- ings and isolated Friends or arrange for such visitations; 2) to encourage other Friends, par- ticularly those moved with concerns, to visit Friends within or outside our Yearly Meeting; 3) to serve as a clearing house for traveling Friends in our Yearly Meeting; 4) to arrange meetings, assist in travel and hospitality and funds as the way may open.
During the past past year, the committee has arranged or assisted financially in the visits of Ruby Dowsett of New Zealand, Christopher Holdsworth, a young Friend from England, and Margaret Gibbins of Scotland. In addition it has helped liberate Peggy Church to accom- pany Margaret Gibbins in a rather extensive two-month’s visit in the Yearly Meeting. It has assisted in a small way in meeting part of the travel costs of members of the committee and has provided the hospitality for some visiting Friends to this Yearly Meeting.
Members of the committee have visited most of the Meetings and groups in their re- gions. Friends who were in Europe last year visited Friends in England, Denmark and Swe- den. Friends have also visited in other Yearly Meetings in the United States and Canada. But it is quite apparent that some Meetings and groups, particularly in British Columbia, Ari- zona, New Mexico, Northwestern United States, and Mexico have been negelected.
Several members of this Yearly Meeting now possess travel Minutes. These include Mar- ian Arnold, who is going to Africa; Ellis and Margaret Jump, who are going to Germany; Eubanks Carsner, who is now in Europe; and Paul and Jean Johnson, now in the Hashamite Kingdom of Jordan.
Problems and Recommendations
The Visitation Committee recommends that: a) greater use be made of the Bulletin both in stimulating requests for visits and for reporting visits made; b) each Meeting or group compile a list of Friends’ homes where hospitality could be extended; c) since some Friends are reticent to visit without invitation, Alonthly Meetings consider issuing invitations for visits at specific times; d) Monthly Aleeting finds ways of liber-
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ating Friends for travel and visitation; e) Monthly Meetings adopt a practice of approv- ing traveling Minutes for their members who are visiting.
The problems which the committee would like to share with the Yearly Meeting and on which we need help are two: a) Although there is obvious need for visitation in the Yearly Meeting, the committee has re- ceived no request from any Meeting or group to arrange visits. Most of the visits made have developed out of individual concern on the part of the visitor. Query. If visits are needed or de- sired, how can this information be made known
to Friends, and invitations from Monthly Meet- ings stimulated? b) Such visits as have been made, with a few exceptions, have been limited to attendance at meeting for worship. Yet all agree that the most meaningful visits cover longer periods periods of time and include leis- urely visits to individuals in their homes. Query. Would Friends like the committee to arrange for group visitation? Under these cir- cumstances, probably the Yearly Meeting visita- tion budget could handle travel expenses and the local Meeting would be asked to arrange hospitality.
Robert S. Vogel, chairman
YEARLY MEETING ROSTER
ADAMS, FLORENCE G.
130 Farrand Park Highland Park 3, Mich.
ANDERSON, RICHARD So. Pasadena, Calif.
ATLEE, BIDDLE and SUSAN Santa Barbara, Calif.
BAEZ, ALFRED and JOAN and three girls 921 Campus Ave.
Redlands, Calif.
BAILEY, HARRY and LOIS,
TEANNE and GLENN 13864 Sayre St.
San Fernando, Calif.
BARNS, ROBERT 2337 Grant St.
Berkeley 3, Calif.
BASTIN, DOROTHY and MURIEL Ben Lomond, Calif.
BLASS, RICHARD Shrewsbury, N. J.
BRINK, PAUL and VIRGINIA,
AUSTIN and PAULA 2471 Ross Rd.
Palo Alto, Calif.
BRUNER, CATHERINE, and DICK 1603 Woodland Dr.
Stockton, Calif.
BROWN, CLARA 2330 Larkin St.
San Francisco, Calif.
BROWN, HUGH CAMPBELL 3009 31st Ave.
Vernon, B. C.
BURCK, CLARENCE and MILDRED, and GORDON Rt. 1, Box 167 Monmouth, Oregon BURLESON, GEORGE and VONNIE Rt. 8, Box 1059 Modesto, Calif.
BURLING, RICHARD and MARIE and children Rt. 8, Box 1059 Modesto, Calif.
BURTON, LOIS 350 N. Bayshore San Jose, Calif.
CARLEY, LEON and LUCILLE and child. 2340 Cowper Palo Alto, Calif.
CHINN, ELEANOR and daughter 2251 College Ave.
Berkeley, Calif.
CHURCH, PEGGY Box 63
Ranchos de Taos, N. M.
CLINE, PLATT and BARBARA and sons Flagstaff, Arizona COATS, ELISE 68 John St.
San Francisco 11, Calif.
CONNOR, WILLIAM and SELMA, RODNEY, SUSIE and JIMMY 1440 Laburnum Ave.
Chico, Calif.
CONROW, THORNTON and SARA 1132 Webster Palo Alto, Calif.
COX, CLEO R.
729 E. Pierce St.
Phoenix, Ariz.
CROSBIE, RUTH
6th and Highland Springs Rd. Beaumont, Calif.
CUNNINGHAM, CLARENCE and ELIZABETH 310A Moraga Hgwy Orinda, Calif.
DANN, ROBERT and LYRA 725 N. 29th St.
Corvallis, Oreg.
DART, FRANCIS and ALICE,
ELEANOR, HELEN and PAUL 2705 Emerald St.
Eugene, Oreg.
DAVIS, OLIVIA W.
1058 Cypress Way San Diego 3, Calif.
DIETERICH, FRANCES C.
1225 Hedcling St.
San Jose, Calif.
DORN, NELLIE C.
2672 Filbert St.
San Francisco, Calif.
EDINGER, CAL and RUTH 8.5.51 La Madrina Dr.
S. San Gabriel, Calif.
ELDER, MIRIAM 2568 Ohio Ave.
South Gate, Calif.
ELLISON, ALRENA B.
660 Naomi Ave.
Arcadia, Calif.
ENGELSBERG, REGA 964 N. Holliston Ave.
Pasadena 6, Calif.
ERSKINE, ANDREW and HANNAH 1649 San Lorenzo Ave.
Berkeley, Calif.
FIELD, MARION L.
1024 Junipero Sierra San Francisco 25, Calif.
FISCHER, MARGUERITE Menlo Park, Calif.
FITINGHOFF, LAURA 948 Brown Valley Rd.
Watsonville, Calif.
FLETCHER, LONDA 1030 Parkinson Palo Alto, Calif.
FREEDMAN, STELLA, and SUSAN 37 Vallecito Lane Orinda, Calif.
GEORGE, CLARENCE and EVA First Ave. and Mar Vista South Laguna, Calif.
GIBBINS, MARGARET 28 House o’ Hill Ave.
Edinburgh 4 Scotland
GOODEN, MARIAN P.
2666 Olive Ave.
Altadena, Calif.
GRIGGS, JEANETTE S.
1011 Berkeley Ave.
Claremont, Calif.
HAMILTON, HUGH 1269-C Harvard Ave.
Claremont, Calif.
HANSEN, MARY M. G.
911 Chaiming Way Palo Alto, Calif.
HARE, PAULINE and children 13880 Sayre St.
San Fernando, Calif.
HATCHER, RUTH L.
Box 394 Taos, N. M.
HENDERSON, PAULINE 1830 Sutter St.
San P’rancisco, Calif.
HORNING, CHARLES and FLORENCE and children 583 Minnesota Ave.
San Jose. Calif.
HOUSE, HARVEY and GERRI, SYLVIA and FREEMAN 923 E. California Pasadena 5, Calif.
JAMES, VERN and EDNA 604 Tennyson Ave.
Palo Alto, Calif.
TAMES, WILLIAM and ANNA 670 San Luis Rd.
Berkeley, Calif.
TONES, ALBERT and MILDRED, JEFFREY and ERIC 14717 Saticoy St.
Van Nuys, Calif.
JONES, HERBERT and PAULINE 1295 Hedding St.
San Jose, Calif.
JORGENSEN, RUSSELL and MARY and children 919 Creston Rd.
Berkeley 8, Calif.
KELLY, CHARLES A.
P. O. Box 843M Pasadena, Calif.
KENNEDY, MABEL Los Gatos, Calif.
KENNEDY, ROBERT and BARBARA and daughters 320 Kellogg Ave.
Palo Alto, Calif.
KERSHNER, GLORIA and MARY 1511 West 49th St.
I.os Angeles 62, Calif.
KETT, CHARLOTTE 50 El Camino Real Berkelev 5, Calif.
KINNEY,' ETHEL 1110 Bieber Menlo Park, Calif.
KNAPP, DICK and FAY 6025 Vassar Ave.
Seattle 5, Wash.
KREINKAMP, HERBERT and RUTH 1295 Davis St.
San Jose 11, Calif.
LANGSTON, BEACH and CATHERINE, and DOTTIE 334 S. Parkwood Ave.
Pasadena 10, Calif.
LASH, DOROTHY Box 2255, R. R. 5 Victoria, B. C.
LENNARTSON, JOHN and GRACE 334 N. 14th St.
San lose, Calif.
LONGSHORE. ALLAN 550 Bancroft Rd.
Concord, Calif.
LORENZ, MARGARET M.
836 I'erris St.
Vancouver 5, B. C.
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MARRIAGE, PERSIS 145 Corbett Ave.
San Francisco 14, Calif.
MARSHALL, ELMA G.
133 S. Washington Ave.
Whittier, Calif.
MECKLER, IRMA San Francisco, Calif.
MICHENER, LYDIA 48 S. Lotus Ave.
Pasadena 8, Calif.
MOORE, TOM
528 Ohio St., Gridley, Calif. MULFORD, GERTRUDE and family 14363 Collins St., Van Nuys, Calif. MURRAY, DOROTHY 928 N. California Ave.
Palo Alto, Calif.
McAllister, Frances and johnny
1417 Wilson Ave.
San Marino, Calif.
McCULLY, KATHRYN 510 Evergreen Rd.
Pacific Grove, Calif.
McHEMER, MARIE Altadena, Calif.
McLANE, VICTOR and MARCIA and cliildren
415V2 Spencer, Modesto, Calif. MacNlCHOLS, GEORGE andCARMELIA 6020 Palatine Seattle 3, Wash.
NELSON, AX and CAROLINE and children .501 Ren venue Ave.
Los Altos, Calif.
NIELAND, MOLLIE B.
.5436 Ferdinand St.
Chicago 44, 111.
NUHN, FERNER and RUTH 420 West 8th Claremont, Calif.
OETTINGER, MARGARET 1395 S. High St.
Salem, Oreg.
OSSIPOFF, GLAFIRA 274 Kuakini St.
Honolulu, T. H.
PARKER, ANNE R.
1180 Palm Terrace Pasadena, Calif.
PARKER, BETTY 6037 N. Kauffman Temple City, Calif.
PENERY, JOHN and ANNE, and JOHN, RUTH, SUSAN and TOM 8407 Tobias Ave.
Van Nuys, Calif.
PHELPS, Mr. and Mrs. DRYDEN Fellowship Church San Francisco, Calif.
POLLARD, MARY G.
10803 Townley Dr.
Whittier, Calif.
PORTER, PERRY San Francisco, Calif.
PREISING, RURA San Francisco, Calif.
RAITT, WALTER and MARY, and JUDY, RONNIE, HEATHER and SALLY 602 Hurstview Ave.
Monrovia, Calif.
RATHBUN, HARRY and AMELIA 575 Kellogg Palo Alto, Calif.
RENNE, LOUIS and ELSIE 114 Cornell Rd.
Menlo Park, Calif.
RICHARDS, ESTHER C.
2814 N. E. 27th Portland 12, Oreg.
RICHIE, E. ROBERTS and DOROTHY 980 Dorothea Rd.
La Habra, Calif.
RIDDLES, JAMES and MARGE 1209 Klauber Ave.
Sau Diego 14, Calif.
RIGG, HELEN H.
Biological Station U. of Montana Big Fork, Mont.
RIPPIN, DON and NAOMI Rt. 1, Box 73.5 Tracy, Calif.
ROBBART, EDWARD and MILDRED 1051 Kagawa St.
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
ROCKWELL, AMELIA 167 N. Myrtle Ave.
Monrovia, Calif.
ROCKWELL, SYLVIA Monrovia, Calif.
RUDNICK, GRETCHEN 40.5 Vincente Way La Jolla, Calif.
RUSH, OLIVE 630 Canyon Rd.
Santa Fe, N. M.
SALMON, ELOISE Palo Alto, Calif.
SALYER, FANNIE 1417 N. Stone Tucson, Ariz.
SALYER, JOHN and ANN 745 E. 5th St.
Tucson, Ariz.
SALYER, Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM 1127 Hellam Monterey, Calif.
SANDERS, EDWIN and children 6208 N. Temple City Blvd.
Temple City, Calif.
SCHAFFRAN, E. MORTON and
HARRIET, and BARBARA and STEVEN
700 Hancock Way El Cerrito, Calif.
SCHEIBER, HELEN and son 1340 S. 2nd, East Salt Lake Citv 1.5, Utah SCHMOE, FLOYD and RUTH 13434 40th, N. E.
Seattle, Wash.
SCHOOLER, RUTH 2509 54th St.
Sacramento, Calif.
SCHWIESO, CHARLES 2132 Klayton Dr.
Menlo Park, Calif.
SHOEMAKER, ALICE 405 Burchett St.
Glendale, Calif.
SIMKIN, ROBERT 10.32 West 36th St.
Los Angeles 7, Calif.
SMITH, ISABEL F.
4252 Via Padua Padua Hills, Claremont, Calif. SORENSEN, EUGENIA, and CHRISTIAN 1127 Greenwood Palo Alto, Calif.
SPERRY, EDITH G.
1907 12th St.
Santa Monica, Calif.
SPOELSTRE, ROCKY El Monte, Calif.
SMITH, DON and HARRIETTE and children
30 McGinnis Rd.
W atsonville, Calif.
SMITH, FLORENCE M.
Campeche 262 Mexico 11, D. F.
STANISLAWSKY, MARGARET 1226 Glen Ave.
Berkelev, Calif.
STEVENSON, JOHN Argenta, B. C.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM and JEAN and children
1275 Morada PI.
Altadena, Calif.
THIERMAM, IAN 2628 Fourth St.
Santa Monica, Calif.
THIERMANN, STEVE and MILDRED and children 1111 Greenwood Palo Alto, Calif.
THOMASSON. ELWOOD and MARY 1921 Peck Rd.
Monrovia, Calif.
TOLLES, FREDERICK and ELIZABETH, and JIMMY and KATIE 582 Castano Ave.
Pasadena, Calif.
TOOGOOD, STELLA 2228 McKinley Berkeley, Calif.
TOWNSEND, GENEVIEVE 40.5 Burchett St.
Glendale, Calif.
TRICKEY, MAY San Jose, Calif.
TUTHILL, GRETCHEN Rt. 1, Box 3206 Carlsbad, Calif.
ULLMAN, JOHN E.
Rt. 2, Box .56.5 Vista, Calif.
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VOGEL, ROBERT and ETTA, and
JANICE, DAVID and JOHNATHAN 1678 Casitas Ave.
Pasadena .3, Calif.
WALMSLEY, LEWIS and FAYE 5250 Alta Vista St.
San Diego 9, Calif.
WARDLAW, BILL and ADA Hidden Villa Los Altos, Calif.
WATSON, DYREKE 2519 Ridge Berkeley, Calif.
WAY, JOHN and ALICE, and ALLAN and PHILIP 6210 Temple City Blvd.
Temple City, Calif.
WEBER, GEORGES and MARJORIE 915 Oak Lane Menlo Park, Calif.
WEGER, VICTORIA 2855 E. Colorado Pasadena, Calif.
WELLS, PHILLIP and MARGUERITE, and JANE and MARTHA 516 W. Longden St.
Arcadia, Calif.
WERNER, MARION 1648 Lincoln Ave.
San Jose, Calif.
WESTWICK, JENNIVIEVE, and LAUREL and MARIAN 1745 Lincoln St.
Berkeley, Calif.
WHITTERN, JESSIE 219 Hawthorne Ave.
Palo Alto, Calif.
WILLIAMS, LLOYD 725 N. 29th St.
Corvallis, Oreg.
WOLFRAM, MARTHE C. and JEANNE 149 27th Ave.
San Francisco 21, Calif.
WOODSON, FRANCES 2597 Redondo Ave.
Long Beach, Calif.
WOOLFOLK, ANNE Peninsula School Menlo Park, Calif.
WONG, VICK
San Fyancisco, Calif.
.WYETH, ROSAMUND 343 Clifton San Jose 28, Calif.
YOUNG, ASENATH and daughter 855 N. Mentor Ave.
Pasadena 6, Calif.
ZACHERT, ADELINE 410j^ Montgomery Santa Barbara, Calif.
FRIENDS BULLETIN 2814 N. E. 27th Avenue . Portland 12, Oregon
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