Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 20
19th JALSA SALANA-1966- DAYTON, OHIO Our 19th Convention, held at our newly built Mosque in Dayton, Ohio, on September 3 and 4, 1966 was, by the grace of Allah, a great succes. . . . Delegate'> from great distances like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Youngi-,town, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Tennessee, etc. , attended. It was a cosmopo litan gathering of lovers of Allah belonging to differenl races, nationalities, faiths and cou ntries. All guests were served with breal. - fast and dinner daily. The service was done this year very satisfactorily by the Lajna lmm a ll ah, Pittsburg. The members of the Dayton Mission and some from other Missions also extended their services. A great e nthusiasm prevailed. There were spontaeou'> expressions of felicitation on every tounge and every face. The special feature of this year's Convention was the highly im. piring message recei\'ed from our present Belmed Leader, Hadhrat Khalifatul-Masih Ill (RT), which was read out at the opening of the Convention. Two other inspiring Messages. one from the Acting \!aki/-111-Tabshir and the other from the President, Central Khuddamul-Ahmadiyya. were recei\ ed and read out to the audience. Instructive and enlightening speeches on spiritual, moral and social topics were deli,ered by some learned member-,, including Brs. Syed Abdur Rahman, Muhammad Sadiq, Ahmad Shaheed, Bashir Af1al, Muhammad Qasim, Dr. Bashiruddin Usama. Dr. B. A. Munir, and Missionaries, namely Major Abdul Hamid, Syed Jawad Ali and A. R. Khan Bengalee, in the three Sessions presided over by Brs. Ahmad Shahid, Syed Abdur Rahman and Bai-,hir Af1al, respectively. The Conference ended with prayer and a farwe ll address by the Missionary-in-Charge. 22nd JALSA SALANA -1969- DAYTON, OHIO The Missionary-in-Charge, Maqbool A. Qureshi, hoped and expected that each and every mem- ber would attend the Convention. which was held on August 30 & 3 1. This blessed ga thering was the image of the Annual Gathering start ed by the Promised Messiah (AS), 78 years ago in 1 89 1. At that time he himself directed all the mebers to hold it regularly in the future. Those who, in con - formity with his instructions and desire. participated in it wi ll ce rtainly recieve blessings and reward from Allah. The program consisted of 5 Sessions. including Speeches, Mission Repo11s, Auxilli ary Meetings and Panel Discussions. The main speakers were: Br. Maqbool A. Qure-,hi (Missionary in Charge), Muhammad Qa. . . im (Dayton) Munir Ahmad (St. Loui-,). Syed Jawad Ali, Bashir Afzal (New York), Dr. Bashiruddin Usama (Cleveland), Ahmad Shaheed (Pittsburg), Abul Kalam (Pittsburg), Yahya Abdullah (Baltimore). Abdul Karim (Chicago), Abid Hanif (Boston), Dr. Khalil A. asir (New Yori. ). Munir Hamid, (Philadelphia), Ahmad Wa. . ,im (C l eve land), H anif Ahmad (Milwaukee), Muhammad Sadiq (New Yori. ). Rashid Ahmad (St. Louis), Abdur Rahman (Balti more) and Fail Omar (Waul. egan).