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Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Founder of Scientology's Celebrity Centre
Born	Yvonne Doreen Harding-Wilson October 20, 1927 Toowong, Queensland, Australia
Died	January 23, 1978 (aged 50) Clearwater, Florida, United States
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Scientologist
Years active	1953-1978
Spouse	Peter F Gillham (m. 1952-1971) Heber C. Jentzsch (m. 1972-1978)
Children	Peter (born 1953) Terri (born 1954) Janis (born 1956)

Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch (October 20, 1927 - January 23, 1978) was a major figure in the Church of Scientology. Yvonne was the founder of Scientology's Celebrity Centres. She was one of the most beloved people in Scientology. Yvonne devoted practically her whole adult life to the church, but sadly passed away at the early age of 50. Here-in lies the official family authorized biography of the lady affectionately known as Yvonne.

1 Lineage
2 Early Years (1927 to 1953)
- 2.1 Picture Gallery - The Early Years
3 Involvement with Scientology in Australia (1953 to 1965)
- 3.1 Picture Gallery - Scientology in Australia
4 Involvement with Scientology in England (1965 to 1966)
5 Involvement with the Sea Organization (1966 to the founding of Celebrity Centre)
- 5.1 Picture Gallery - The Sea Org
6 Scientology's Celebrity Centres (1969 to 1977)
- 6.1 Picture Gallery - Celebrity Centre
7 Director of the Public Relations Org (1977)
8 Yvonne's legacy
9 Notes
10 References

Lineage

Yvonne Doreen Harding-Wilson was born into a family that had a proud heritage of very important and prominent people of Australia.

Great Grandfathers

George Rogers Harding (December 3, 1838 - August 31, 1895). The only son of an English Vicar. He wrote and published his first book of law in 1860, moved to Brisbane, Queensland in 1866 and rose to the position of Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. With his first wife he had fifteen children, twelve of whom survived. His brother-in-law also had a law practice in Brisbane and owned two of the newspapers there. The Harding's were well known for their banquets and entertainments at their expansive home^[1]. Prince Albert and Prince George were entertained by the Harding's during their visit to Brisbane in 1881. Family members still have pieces from the 250-piece gold plate dishes that were made just for their visit (See a picture of one in - Picture Gallery The Early Years). Justice Harding published six more law books prior to his death at fifty-six years of age.

Walter Horatio Wilson (July 15, 1839 - February 28, 1902). Minister of Justice for ten years, Supreme Court Justice from 1866, Postmaster General and later the Minister of Education for Queensland^[2].

Grand Uncles

George Rogers Harding. Eldest son of Justice Harding. Justice of the Peace for fifty years. Owned one of the first cars in Queensland and the eleventh in Australia.

Walter Charles Harding. Third son of Justice Harding. Law practice for forty five years. Member of the old Toowong Town Council, responsible for the establishment of Anzac Park and the trees that he planted there in memory of the soldiers who fought in World War I.

Grandfather

Walter Frederick Wilson. Son of Walter Horatio Wilson. Judge of the land court and member of the Toowong Shire Council. Married to Ada Ethel Harding-Wilson, fourth child of Justice Harding^[3]. Their children were: Ethel Maud, Walter Horatio, Lionel (Yvonne's dad), Arundel Frederick Horatio and Ralph.

Uncle

Frederick Joseph Docker. He was known to the family as Eric as he was married to Ethel Maud (Lionel's sister). The Docker's were a prominent family in Sydney, Australia. Eric's grandfather was Joseph Docker, who was a surgeon, a politician and a landowner in Sydney. Eric's uncle was Judge Ernest Brougham Docker, who was a district judge. Eric was an author, having published two books, and a noted associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia).

Parents

Lionel Sandys Harding-Wilson (February 8, 1893 - April 21, 1950). Born in Toowong, the second son of Walter Frederick and Ada Ethel Harding-Wilson. He went to work at the Head Office of the Queensland National Bank Ltd. on February 24, 1913. During World War I, he enlisted in the 1st Australian Division on August 18, 1914 (the very first day that enlistment opened in Brisbane, being one of the "first Anzacs") and served until 1918. He was seriously wounded on May 6, 1917, but healed well enough to go back to work as an officer in the Branch Accountants Department of the Q.N. bank2. a colloquial name for the reactive mind. This is what the procedures of Scn are devoted to disposing of, for it is only a burden to an individual and he is much better off without it. (Scn AD)...more on January 13, 1921. A car engine fell on his chest reopening his old war wound, rendering him an invalid and forcing him to take an early retirement on March 31. 1945. He died at the early age of 57 and was cremated.

Lionel Harding-Wilson served his country in the following conflicts;

Egypt. On September 24, 1914, his unit was shipped to Egypt aboard the Transport A5 S.S. Omrah, arriving December 2 as a member of the 9th Battalion (the 9th was the first one sent onto shore).
Gallipoli Campaign. April 25, 1915 - withdrawal, December 19/20, 1915. Lionel was one of the first soldiers on shore on April 25, 1915, arriving at 4:30 am at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli. (Lionel was treated for diarrhea/dysentery twice; August 23, 1915 to September 8, 1915 at the Australian General Hospital, Lemnos Island, Greece, near Gallipoli. Then September 22, 1915 - October 8, 1915 at the 2nd General Hospital, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England. January 1916 Lionel was admitted to the hospital in Cairo for Mumps, rejoining his unit on March 6, 1916.
France and Flanders. July 23, 1916 - September 3, 1916, Battle of Pozieres. Lionel was wounded in the buttocks on July 23, 1916 and was sent to Brook War Hospital, London, England from July 27, 1916 - October 14, 1916. He rejoined the 9th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces in France on November 17, 1916.
France. Lionel fought in the following battles in France, November 17, 1916 - May 6, 1917;
1. Capture of Ligny-Thilloy. February 25, 1917 - March 2, 1917. On March 24, 1917 Lionel was made a temporary Corporal. (Noted in Lionel's war record: On February 25, Cpl. Wilson was in command of a bombing team, worked down a portion of the enemyWhen a person is an avowed and knowing enemy of an individual, a group, project or org, a condition of enemy exists. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).'s trench and established a bomb-stop while under heavy artillery and machine gun fire)^[4]
2. German attack on Lagnicourt, April 15, 1917.
3. Second Battle of Bullecourt, May 3 - May 17, 1917. During this battle, on May 6, Lionel was seriously wounded with gun shot wounds to the chest. The small bible that he kept in his left chest pocket took most of the bullets and saved his life. He was left for dead on the battle field and not discovered until the bodies were being cleared off of the field. Lionel was promoted to Lance Corporal on May 7, 1917 and ended up at the Edmonton Military Hospital in England on June 7, 1917.

Irene Joyce Wotherspoon (August 23, 1903 - 1980). Born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wotherspoon. She was a nurse, and very involved, for over twenty five years, with the Red Cross; serving as president of the Toowong branch of the Red Cross in Queensland. On May 8, 1963 she received the International Red Cross Distinguished Service Award. In 1964 she was awarded a five month, around the world tour, meeting people that she knew or helped during her years of service to the Red Cross. During that trip she traveled to; Sacramento, California, Augusta, Georgia, Fort Gordon Red Cross Section, Georgia, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, DeKalb, Illinois, Lawton, Oklahoma, New York and the Worlds Fair, London, England, Rome, Carthage and Singapore.

Early Years (1927 to 1953)

Yvonne Doreen Harding-Wilson was born October 20, 1927, in Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to Lionel Sandys Harding-Wilson and Irene Joyce Wotherspoon. Her father came from a long lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976) of prominent and important people, which was not the casethe whole sum of past by-passed charge. (HCOB 19 Aug 63) on her mother's side of the family. Yvonne's mother, Miss Wotherspoon had married into high society to which she was neither raised nor accustomed, and it created friction in her family as time wore on. Her grandmother, Mrs. Harding-Wilson, would continually make it a point to impress upon young Yvonne that she was not just a Wilson, but a Harding-Wilson!

The family lived in Toowong, at the corner of Dean and Wool Street which was just across the street from Anzac Park. This area was where most of the Harding's and the Wilson's lived or had lived; notably her grand uncles G.R. Harding and W.C. Harding. When Yvonne was a little over three years old, her sister was born; Margaret Gwendoline Harding-Wilson (b. November 4, 1930, Toowong d. 1986, Toowong). On February 6, 1932, Yvonne was christened at St. Barnabas Angelican Church, Ithaca, which was 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles) from her home. Her Godparents were Uncle Arundell (Lionel's younger brother), Aunt Ethel (Lionel's sister) and Aunt Marj (Lionel's cousin). During Yvonne's youngest years, her closest relationships were with her father, her Aunt Ethel (Lionel's sister), and her grandmother, Ada Harding-Wilson (Lionel's mother), whom everyone called "EO", her childhood nickname.

At five years, four months, of age, Yvonne was admitted to a hospital to have her tonsils and adenoids removed. Five weeks later, on April 15, 1933, she started school at Leumeah High School and Kindergarten, Toowong, 1.9 kilometers (1.2 miles) from her home. The Harding-Wilson's had a second home in Redcliffe, a place where the adventurous Yvonne got into her first big misadventure, as evidenced by this entry into her family scrap book - "April 18, 1934. Being now 6 years old took Margaret now 3 years for 4 mile walk along beach at Redcliffe. Mum & Dad had all the town searching for us, result - put to bed!"

Yvonne started her primary school on February 5, 1935, at St. Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda, which was 7.9 kilometers (4.9 miles) from her home. She was very active in school sports. In May 1937, during a vacation in Redcliffe, Yvonne sprained her wrist while doing catherine wheels off a boat. Her first major boat trip was on December 17, 1938, when she was a passenger on the SS Canberra, sailing to Sydney where she spent seven weeks visiting several of her aunts. Her scrap book indicated that she loved every minute of the journey! Within a year, both of her grand uncles, G.R. and W.C Harding, passed away.

On September 3, 1939, Yvonne's scrap book noted that Great Britain had declared war on Germany. She and her mother became very involved with supporting the war effort through events that helped raise money for the Comforts Fund. During one event, Yvonne, nearly twelve years old by that time, performed the Snow Dance at a fund raising party held October 13, 1939. In 1940, her uncle, Eric Docker, published his second book^[5] and dedicated it to his brother-in-law, Lionel (Yvonne's dad). In May of that year, Yvonne went to Sydney on the "Flying Boat" to visit relatives for two months, and she returned home on the Douglas plane. Yvonne played in her first tennis match on November 25, 1940, and her team, St Aidan's, won 41 games to 36. One month later her Uncle Arundell took her on a motor tour to Sydney and back, a distance of 1848 kilometers (1094 miles), camping out at night along the way.

In early 1941, Yvonne was attended school, went to parties and worked at the Red Cross. She even had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Fleet when it came into the Port of Brisbane in March. Her Uncle Ralph, (Lionel's youngest brother) and grandmother, Mrs. Harding-Wilson, took her to see the squadron of U.S. Navy ships, consisting of two cruisers and five destroyers. Afterwards they went to One Tree Hill where they met Rear Admiral John H. Newton (in command of the squadron), Commodore Spencer Louis and Captain Bowman, all of whom autographed her two American flags. These flags are still in the possession of her family. Two days later, her family had the opportunity to get a close up look at the USS Chicago and the USS Portland just before the fleet departed. Yvonne was very active in school activities and sports. She went on her first hike in July of 1941, was chosen as captain of the netball team on August 23, and later on, the captain of the tennis team as well.

On September 30, 1941, Yvonne was confirmed by Archbishop Wand at St. Thomas Church of England, Toowong St. Thomas' Church of England, Toowong. (This was the same church that both the Harding's and Wilson's attended. Mr. Walter H. Wilson (Yvonne's great grandfather) had been its music director, and had donated his organ for their use. It was where Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wilson (Yvonne's grandparents) and Yvonne's parents were married, where Yvonne's father and her sister were christened, and where Yvonne and her sister Meg were to be married as well. It was located 1.35 kilometers (.84 miles) from Yvonne's family home). A few days after her confirmation, Yvonne had a gangrenous appendix removed, and celebrated her fourteenth birthday in the hospital! An entry in her scrap book notes that on December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Her whole family felt the effects of the war. Fifteen days later her Uncle Arundell, as acting Company Sergeant-Major, answered the call up of garrison reservists. On February 15, 1942, Yvonne's dad had an air raid shelter dug in their back yard in casethe whole sum of past by-passed charge. (HCOB 19 Aug 63) of a bombing attack by the "Japs". By this time her mother, a nurse, had become very active with the Red Cross and was a co-founder of the First Aide Papier Mache Auxiliary. Due to the shortages caused by the war, this group created many useful articles out of papier mache and shipped them to hospitals in Great Britain. The Auxiliary also sent many other items that were needed, in particular knitted baby clothes, some made from wool, and food. Yvonne's mother supervised a group of thirty-five workers at the first-aid postA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200) at Sherwood State School as well as a similar number at the Comforts Fund.

By January, 1944, Yvonne, now over sixteen years old, was a student at the University of Queensland, eventually enrolling in the Brisbane Kindergarten Training College; a branch of the University. On March 31, 1945, after twenty-five years of service with the bank2. a colloquial name for the reactive mind. This is what the procedures of Scn are devoted to disposing of, for it is only a burden to an individual and he is much better off without it. (Scn AD)...more, Yvonne's dad retired; the pain, from his WWI wounds finally becoming too much for him to work. Around Christmas of that year, Yvonne and her sister spent some time at the Docker's (Lionel's sister and brother-in-law) home in Cremorne. Yvonne was becoming more and more independent, and she enjoyed attending many social events. She still lived at home so that she could help her father as best as she could. She was on the St.Aidans' Old Girls dance committee in June, 1946, where over 200 guest were expected to attend, as well as the Kindergarten Students' Ball committee in August.

The highlight of August, 1947, was the United Service Club Annual Ball. Even though the United Service Club had recently moved into the prestigious Montpelier Building, this venue was not large enough for the occasion, and it eventually took place at the Cloudland Ballroom, which in its time was the best ballroom in the Southern Hemisphere. A long list of attending dignitaries included the Governor-General (Mr. McKell) and his wife, Governor (Sir John) Lavarack and Lady Lavarack, Rear-Admiral G.E. Creasy R.N., Rear-Admiral H.B. Farncomb R.A.N., and many other officers of the armed services. About two thousand dancers attended the event! Yvonne was one of the twenty-three attending debutantes. Yvonne's mother, unaccustomed to life in high society, become envious and jealous of her daughter, and she took it out on Yvonne in various ways. After Yvonne's outings, her mom would require her to dust and clean the whole house before she was allowed to go to bed.

During her college years, Yvonne was captain of the women's tennis team. In December, 1947, Yvonne was one of fifteen students who graduated from the Brisbane Kindergarten Training College. Her report card consisted of mostly B's and C's along with a note - "Yvonne has a happy friendly disposition which endears her to children and adults. She shows a deep and sympathetic interest in the children and is alert to their individual needs. She is resourceful in her efforts to make their environment attractive and she enters happily into play with the children".

Director of Ashgrove Kindergarten, Yvonne Harding-Wilson 1950

After her graduation, Yvonne went to work at the Ashgrove Kindergarten class, about 5.4 kilometers (3.4 miles) from her home, and became its co-director around her twenty-first birthday. It was during this time period that Yvonne started writing a kindergarten feature for the Sunday Mail of Brisbane. In all, Yvonne wrote on and off for a period of eleven years; the family still has copies of over three hundred of her children's stories.

On her twenty-first birthday, Yvonne's parents threw her a little dinner party at their home. Afterwards, a friend asked her to go for a walk to the Toowong Progress Hall, where she found fifty of her friends and a surprise birthday party and dance in her honor! That same year Yvonne was at a party where she was the winner of a party game. It consisted of the participants, in turn, pulling a letter out of a hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more, and within sixty seconds reciting off as many words as possible that started with that letter. Many new words were created that night, but Yvonne was the clear winner with a record score of forty-five words! In November, 1948, Yvonne attended her first horse race and later on the Melbourne Cup, which, for the first time, included a photo finish. Local newspapers frequently mentioned Yvonne and the events she attended, and that she was always immaculately dressed.

Yvonne's uncle W.H. Harding-Wilson (Lionel's oldest brother) passed away in September, 1949. Two months later, while on vacation with the Dockers in Cremorne, Yvonne was captivated by the songs of "Show Boat". In November, 1949, Yvonne took her Ashgrove kindergarten class to the Petrie Terrace police barracks where, for two hours, the police treated the children to a picnic. The next month Yvonne held the annual Christmas tree event at her kindergarten, where up to sixty children were to attend. In 1950, the three people that she was closest to passed away; Yvonne's Aunt Ethel (Lionel's sister) in March, her dad on April 21 and then her Grandmother Ada (Lionel's mother) in October. Despite these family tragedies, she kept on with her social activities; teaching, attending parties and tennis matches. Two of her cousins were Australian Tennis Champions! During this time, Yvonne reamined very active in setting up events. In 1951, She met her future husband, Peter F. Gillham, at one of her tennis functions. He was a chartered accountant working at R.G. Groom and Company.

Yvonne's mother was not fond of Peter, and even forbade Yvonne from dating him. One day Peter when called to ask Yvonne out, she replied that she could not, and was unwilling to give him a reason. Peter persisted and asked Yvonne what was going on. At that point, her mother took the phone from Yvonne and told Peter to never come to her house again. Enraged, Peter jumped into his car, drove over to Yvonne's home and knocked on the door. He kept banging and banging on the door until Yvonne's mother finally opened the door. She immediately pulled Peter inside and locked the door. Peter was bewildered by this action until he spied Yvonne walking back from the store. There he was, locked inside with Yvonne's mother and Yvonne locked out of the house! Peter pushed Yvonne's mother aside, unbolted the door, went out, took hold of Yvonne. They jumped into Peter's car and drove off. For a while, Yvonne stayed at the kindergarten. Later on, she moved in with Peter's mother until her own mother regained her sense of propriety. Yvonne's mother eventually realized that Peter and Yvonne were going to get married with or without her permission and, to save face, she sanctioned the marriage.

In September, 1951, the wedding was announced at a party organized by Mrs. G.F Thompson in Toowong for their tennis friends. It was one of many parties held for Yvonne leading up to her marriage. In December, after three years as director of the Ashgrove Kindergarten, Yvonne resigned due to her upcoming wedding. In January, 1952, Yvonne's mom arranged a trousseau party at her home. Finally, on January 19, 1952, Yvonne and Peter were united in happy matrimony at St. Thomas' Church of England, Toowong. Later that year Yvonne considered modeling, even posing for some modeling pictures (see gallery below). The next year, in March, the happy couple welcomed their first child, Peter Jr..

Picture Gallery - The Early Years

Photo of one of the gold plates that Judge G.R. Harding made for the Princes' visit in 1881.
Ada & Lionel Harding-Wilson
USUnited States. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). flag that Yvonne had signed when she was 13.
USUnited States. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). flag that Yvonne had signed when she was 13.
The new home of the United Service Club in 1947.
The United Service Club Ball was held here in 1947.
Yvonne visiting the horse races for the first time, November 1948
Peter & Yvonne Gillham’s Wedding, 1952
Yvonne's wedding picture, January 1952
Yvonne's modeling picture, early 1952
Yvonne's modeling picture, early 1952
Yvonne and her son, Peter Jr., on the beach in 1953

Involvement with Scientology in Australia (1953 to 1965)

In 1953, the Gillham family was living happily in Brisbane, with Peter still working for R.G. Groom & Company (located in the T&G building at the corner of Albert and Queen Streets, Brisbane). That was the year when Yvonne's future was laid out before her, all because of one book! She was given the book Dianetics by her friend Mildred, who had been Yvonne's assistant director at the Ashgrove Kindergarten. Once Yvonne read the book she became very excited about Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more, even though her husband had no interest in it. That is, until one evening when Mildred showed up at their home and insisted on going over the book with him. After that both Peter and Yvonne formed a group of people who practiced Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more, in the evening at their home. On May 19, 1954, L. Ron Hubbard (LRHL. Ron Hubbard), who was in Arizona at the time, created a corporation, called the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).), which was a professional organization of auditors. Peter wrote to Hubbard in August of 1954, asking where he could get more training in the subject. By late 1954, auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more training had been set up in Sydney and Melbourne, so plans were made for the family to move. But their move had to wait, because in November the Gillham family welcomed a daughter, Terri, to their family.

In January, 1955, the Gillham family moved to Sydney where Peter and Yvonne could further their studies in Scientology. For the next six months they stayed with Yvonne's Uncle Eric, who was seventy three years old. The team of Yvonne and Peter quickly became part of a prominent group of Scientologist's, who had opened course rooms and had begun delivering auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) to the general public from one of their offices on Bathhurst Street. However, by June Peter, who had been having difficulty making enough income to support the family, answered an advertisement for an accountant position in Euroa and moved the family there. Peter took over the clients of an accountant who operated in Shepparton. In Euroa, Peter started giving lectures on Scientology and advertising in the local paper. In his first week of doing this eight people showed up, but by the end of the week there was only one person left (that one person remains today as a friend of the family and has, as of 2012, two children still in the Sea Org). In May, 1956, the Gillhams welcomed another daughter, Janis. By June, Peter was doing so well that he bought out the accountant in Shepparton and owned the business outright. He was very active in the community; for example in July, he was teaching the basic steps of Judo to the boys of the Euroa Youth Club. Towards the end of 1956, the Euroa Free Kindergarten lost its director. They were very happy, after the first of the year, when Yvonne volunteered to fill that position.

Late 1958, the family moved once again, after adopting out three cats that the family had raised. The family moved to Melbourne where Peter started working for Hills Hoist, whose accounting was six months in arrears. When the Gillhams arrived in Melbourne they quickly made friends, one of which was Wally Burgess, who was working for HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Melbourne at the time. This organization had registered in Victoria as a foreign company and had practiced and applied Scientology at its location at 157 and 159 Spring street, Melbourne, since about 1957. On December 13 & 14, 1958, the HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). conducted a Clearing Congress, complete with six hours of color films by L. Ron Hubbard. It was held at the Public Lecture Theater of the University of Melbourne; Yvonne helped with this event. Peter and Yvonne created The Melbourne College of Personnel Efficiency on February 17, 1959, in which they disseminated and practiced Scientology. During this time both Peter and Yvonne were very active in their community, plus Yvonne had partnered with Mrs. Roger Meadmore in a new wedding planning service. At Hills Hoist Peter took only two months to catch up all their accounting, all without staying for any overtime, and by mid 1959 had their books in such good order that there wasn't enough work to keep him busy. Peter then opened his own accounting firm, in an office on Collins Street, in the financial district of Melbourne. By this time Peter and Yvonne's Scientology franchise was up and running well. In fact at one lecture Peter had so many people that he had to assign some of the attendees to Yvonne. She hated standing up in front of people and would rather sit around a coffee table with cups of tea to disseminate. This was to be her first time to lecture in front of people, so up she stood and down she promptly went. Yvonne had fainted and Peter had to be called in to bring her back around! Their Scientology franchise had become so successful that Yvonne had to quit the wedding planning business so that she could devote more of her time to Scientology. By November 1959, Yvonne and Peter had their wish for further training come true in a major way. L. Ron Hubbard came to Melbourne and delivered six lectures at the Melbourne Congress on November 7 and 8. He then delivered thirty two lectures from November 9 to November 30, at the 1st Melbourne Advanced Clinical Course.

The next year the family took a vacation to Brisbane in their Holden. On the way back from Brisbane they stopped in to see Uncle Eric for a few days. Eric tried teaching the children the game of billiards. He took to handing out money to them like it was nothing, which Yvonne felt was too much. She had her children give part of the money back to her and then she would sneak it back into Eric's drawer! On June 1st, 1961, the Gillhams moved their Scientology franchise, now known as the Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency, to an imposing house at 39 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn. The house used to be a toll house and a place for travelers to stay during the days of horse and carriages. The house had two huge rooms which were used for the mission class rooms and reception, plus a garage as well as stables in the back. The Gillhams moved there and used the three bedrooms, a game room and a living room for their personal use. The owner of the house, a little old lady, had two rooms and a living room for herself. The family acquired Snowy (the budgie), a turtle as well as some guinea pigs.

In early May 1962, Peter closed his accounting office so that both he and Yvonne could travel to England for the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course (SHSBC).

Yvonne and Peter with L. Ron Hubbard in 1962

Hubbard had purchased the Saint Hill Manor in 1959, which then became the headquarters for Scientology. He created the in March 1961, which at the time was the pinnacle of training in Scientology. Noel Barton was hired to the Gillham's Scientology franchise while they were in England. The Gillhams took their daughters', Terri (7 years old) and Janis (6 years old), to stay at Peter's parents (Frank and Jean Gillham) home in Brisbane so that Peter, Yvonne and Peter Jr. (9 years old) could go to England. Peter's parents, having raised only boys, were delighted to keep the girls. Yvonne's mother still had issues with Peter and even more issues with their involvement with Scientology, but despite this the family did stop by Yvonne's mother's house for a visit. During the winter of 1962 Peter's dad fell ill and had to be hospitalized, at which point Terri and Janis stayed with Yvonne's sister for a few weeks and then with Peter's older brother while Jean cared for her husband. Unfortunately Frank Gillham passed away in August of 1962, while Peter and Yvonne were still in England; the girls then returned to the care of their Grandmother Jean.

Right before Christmas 1962, after spending months doing the SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor., the Gillhams returned from England and Peter started up a new accounting practice in Melbourne. Shortly afterwards, on December 31, 1962, Uncle Eric passed away, leaving an inheritance to Yvonne and Peter, which was partly used, in April 1963, to purchase their first house at 33 Kingsley Street, Camberwell. The family wanted Peter Jr. to be in the Camberwell school system when he entered high school (7th grade). Part of the inheritance included the furniture, gold plates, and silver serving ware that used to belong to Judge Harding which became part of the Gillham household. The Gillhams still had the Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency, even running ads for it in the Age. Peter got a second car and let Yvonne have their white Simca for use in and around the city. One time Yvonne was in a hurry to get the children to swimming practice, so to avoid rush hour traffic she took the back streets. However that route just happened to include a big ditch right in the middle of the road, in which Yvonne ended up. As the car had no seat belts, Yvonne hit the steering wheel with her head, cracking the plastic on the steering wheel and giving her a huge black eye, while the children in the back seat all hit the roof with their heads. Peter had to hire a tow truck to get the car out of the ditch. Yvonne was very active in the mother/daughter swim races at the Olympic Women's Swim Club while Peter was involved in the men's Olympic Swim Team. In every father and son swim race that the club put on, Peter and Peter Jr. always won, as a team they were unbeatable! Now that the family had their own home the children were allowed to have a dog, in addition to the cat, Tibbsy, that they had already adopted. However the first dog, Midget (an Australian Terrier), hated the children and only liked Yvonne! One day the side gate, to the back yard, had been left open and when Midget made her escape none of children minded at all. Yvonne ran ads looking for Midget to no avail; however someone called and had found Herbie (a Scottish Terrier) with no one claiming him, so Herbie became their new pet. One day Yvonne was walking past a pet store and spied a Cocker Spaniel puppy looking at her. His eyes told her to buy him so she did; right on the spot without even consulting anyone in her family. She told everyone that Herbie needed a friend, even though the two of them, Herbie and Cuddles, didn't get along! As a homemaker Yvonne made Terri and Janis's play clothes and also taught them how to sew on her sewing machine and to knit. Unfortunately for the family, Yvonne's culinary skills needed some improvement. Food was usually burnt, including toast, and she was one for experimenting and adding things not called for in the recipes.

By the end of 1963, dark clouds were beginning to form over Scientology in Australia. The medical profession, in particular the Mental Health Authority, was taking a dim view of Scientology; so much so that an Order in Council created a Board of Inquiry into Scientology on November 27, 1963. The board convened on December 6, 1963, at the Flemington Court House, Flemington, Australia and after certain formalities took place the board reconvened at HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Melbourne on Spring Street where the contents of thirty five filing cabinets were tendered into evidence. The records were left at the HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., with the understanding that they would be produced when needed. The next year the inquiry really got down to business, it reconvened on February 17, 1964, in the National Herbarium, Birdwood Avenue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. Yvonne and Peter testified before this board of inquiry, often ending up getting themselves in the newspapers and on TV. At the time Rosemary Stevens worked for the Gillhams as their full time secretary/receptionist and averaged only four pounds per week. On March 13, 1964, Rosemary's mother testified before the board that her daughters reserves were quickly being depleted due to the low wages. Yvonne's mother did everything that she could to distance herself from all this controversy. After winning an award from the Red Cross, Yvonne's mother left Australia in May 1964, and embarked on a five month around the world trip; at one time, near the end of June, spending two weeks with a couple in DeKalb, Illinois.

Meanwhile the inquiry dragged on and on. The board had come to HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). and witnessed several auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) sessions, listened to tapes by Hubbard, confessional folders were read, and a thorough investigation of the financial affairs of the Scientology organizations in Victoria had been done. The board of inquiry recorded in detail the income of the Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency all the way back to 1958. Initially the Scientologists welcomed this investigation, but as time wore on it was evident that the results would not be favorable to them and so on November 30, 1964, they formally withdrew from participating in the inquiry. The negative publicity stemming from this inquiry created a substantial curtailment of Scientology; staff were let go and the Academy of Scientology at 2 Coates Lane, Melbourne, was closed. In school the Gillham children were ostracized for being Scientologists, their friends parents telling their children not to play with the Gillhams. Yvonne set up the 8-80 club, with monthly gatherings at different peoples home, in order to keep the group going. Peter and Yvonne moved their College to 235 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn on December 12, 1964, with ads being placed for their Scientology franchise, as late as February 1965.

The final sitting of the Board of Inquiry was held on April 21, 1965. In all; 151 witnesses had been interviewed (100 pro Scientology), 8,920 pages of transcripts had been recorded over the 160 days that the board had been active. On September 28, 1965, the board submitted the Anderson Report, which contained 173 foolscap pages along with 19 appendices, to the Victorian legislature. The report stated that Scientology was evil and without any worthwhile redeeming features. By that time it was evident that things were going to get ugly for the Scientology community in Victoria, as Victorian Premier Sir Henry Bolte had publicly announced that the Government was duty bound to act on the Board's recommendations. Yvonne stayed in Melbourne with Peter Jr. and Janis while Peter Sr. and Terri took E-meters to Adelaide for safe keeping. To make matters even worse for the Gillham family, in late fall of 1965, HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Melbourne, had Yvonne declared (kicked out of Scientology). Yvonne was accused of ripping off public (and thus income) from HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. The franchises would get new people into Scientology, give them basic services and then send them on to the HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). for advanced services. However the team of Yvonne and Peter, both SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor. graduates, had created such a wonderful environment at their Scientology franchise that their public wanted to stay with them. The HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., during that time period, is remembered as being dark, dingy, dirty and an unfriendly place to be in. It got to a point where even the public of HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). wanted to go to the Gillhams franchise for their services. Having been declared, Yvonne could no longer runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) their Scientology franchise, none of her public or friends could talk to her, she had to move out of her home and have nothing do with her children and husband! She didn't even have any family in Melbourne, they all lived in Brisbane. The declare destroyed her life as her life was not but Scientology. Yes, Yvonne was the whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) for HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).'s statsAbbreviation for statistics. A number or amount compared to an earlier number or amount of the same thing. Statistics refer to the quantity of work done or the value of it in money. (HCO PL 16 Dec 65) down trending and there was no changing of the declare forthcoming from them. The only recourse was to go to Scientology headquarters in England to have the declare rescinded. Yvonne left her children and husband, and headed off to England!

Picture Gallery - Scientology in Australia

The Euroa Kindergarten building (now a historical building), at 7 McGuiness Street, Euroa, Victoria
The Euroa Kindergarten building (now a historical building), at 7 McGuiness Street, Euroa, Victoria
The historical sign, in front of the old kindergarten building, Euroa, Victoria
Melbourne HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). in the 50’s
Front cover of the 1958 Melbourne Clearing Congress pamphlet
Backside of the 1958 Melbourne Clearing Congress pamphlet
Peter & Yvonne and children in 1960
Peter and Yvonne at the home of Peter's parents in December of 1961
The Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency, picture taken in 2002
The Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency, 39 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn
Scientologists with the Melbourne College of Personal Efficiency, 1962

Involvement with Scientology in England (1965 to 1966)

During her trip to England Yvonne stopped over in Hong Kong where she bought some gifts for her children; little transistor radios and Chinese silk pajamas. Terri's birthday celebration in November just wan't the same without her mother. While Yvonne was in England getting her declare lifted the situation for Scientology in Victoria was going from bad to worse! The Victorian legislature passed the Psychological Practices Act, 1965 on December 22, 1965. The new law made it a criminal offense to practice Scientology. Less than thirty minutes after the law took effect HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Melbourne was raided by the police. When they arrived they found two five-gallon dustbins, with files being burnt, behind the building as well as a file that had been passed through a side window into a waiting car. In all, about four thousand documents were seized, and HASIAbbreviation for Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). was ordered to cease and desist the practice of Scientology^[6]. Peter and the children attended a huge BBQ, where all the PC1. a person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20) 2. a spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69) 3. one who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 63) folders were at the bottom of the fire, and everyone hung out partying until the last folder had been burnt! One person even buried their PC1. a person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20) 2. a spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69) 3. one who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 63) folder in the compost pile in their backyard. Peter had built a false bottom in a rented station wagon and would load camping gear in it to hide the E-meters5. the meter tells you what the preclear’s mind is doing when the preclear is made to think of something. The meter registers before the preclear becomes conscious of the datum. It is therefore a pre-conscious meter. It passes a tiny current through the preclear’s body. This current is influenced by the mental masses, pictures, circuits and machinery. When the unclear pc thinks of something, these mental items shift and this registers on the meter. (EME, p. 8)...more that he smuggled out of the state to Adelaide. Christmas, that year, was celebrated while Yvonne was thousands of miles from home. The children had to stay at various people's homes while Peter worked. Sometimes someone would even come to the house to cook and clean and to help take care of his children, one of whom was Wilma Pouw. At times police would actually show up at Peter's home to check and make sure that no Scientology was being practiced! One day Cuddles was runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) over and passed away. While Yvonne was in England would send reel to reel tapes with messages to her family as well as letters. Phone calls from Yvonne, even if they were staying with another family (for example when they stayed at Bill and Bette Bundles for a week), were met with many tears on the children's part; they missed their mother so much.

In England, Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) was going through a tremendous boom in production and Yvonne was recruited to be on staff. This helped Yvonne support herself while her family was still in Australia. Towards the later part of March, 1966, Ron Budgeon returned to Melbourne from England with a slide show of pictures, made by LRHL. Ron Hubbard, that promoted coming to Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). By this time Yvonne and Peter had decided that the rest of the family should move to England so that they would be free to practice Scientology. With promises to the children of trampolines, swimming clubs etc. plans for moving were put in place. In England Yvonne went about coordinating everything so that not only her children but other families could easily arrive at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). For the next two months Peter did everything that he could so that his children could rejoin their mother in England. Peter had to borrow the money required for the ship fare and had to take time off of work to arrange passage and all the other details necessary for a six week ship ride to England. He had to find guardians who would accompany the children, who also had to wrap up their entire lives in Australia. All of the judge's furniture that Yvonne had inherited from her uncle Eric had to be put in shipping crates. Peter's mother came down, from Brisbane, and stayed with the family so that she could care for the children and spend time with them before they left. Finally at the end of May 1966, with guardians David and Peppie Kent, the children left for England aboard the ship "Fairsky"; Peter Jr. was thirteen, Terri was eleven and Janis had just turned ten.

The ship pulled into Southampton, England on July 5, 1966; the place where Yvonne had arranged to meet them. With nearly 1,500 people disembarking it took a long time to get off of the ship just to wait in another lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976) to get through immigration. Their cargo, which included tea chests packed with the gold trimmed dishes and silver servicing ware that had been passed down through the family to Yvonne from her great grandfather, Judge Harding, along with his dinning room table and buffet cabinets, had been unloaded during the night and was waiting for them at customs. After going into the crowd of all the other screaming and hugging family members, the children had expected to see their mother, who somehow was nowhere to be found. The new arrivals sat, with their luggage, atop of the shipping containers and waited. All of the other passengers had left by the time Yvonne opened the door to the big warehouse to find her children. Yvonne had meant to be there before they got through customs but a flat tire, during their 148 kilometer (93 miles) trip from Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R), caused them to be late. Everyone piled into Roz Vosper's car and headed back home; Yvonne having made arrangements for the cargo to be delivered the next day. Yvonne had been staying with Roz and Cyril Vosper while she had been in England, but due to her children arriving had arranged for a room at a boarding house owned by Cal and Val Wigney. The Gillhams had the front room of the boarding home, which was also the largest room in the house. It was big enough for a large bed for Yvonne, Terri and Janis, with a roll away bed for Peter Jr. The next day the children got to see Yvonne's newly purchased car, bought with what little money she had saved up from working at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). It was a big black car with doors that opened backwards and had to be hand cranked to start in cold weather. Yvonne introduced her children to everyone, even to a man known as Haskell Cook, who had a cute little red sports car. When the twelve crates of cargo arrived all of those items moved in with them, stacked wherever there was room! Eventually a young Danish man finished his courses at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) and left, freeing up a closet, just large enough for Peter Jr's bed, at the top of the stairs.

The Gillham family settled into life at 27 St. James's Road, the children making friends with all the kids on the street and in the boarding house. Yvonne and Phoebe Maurer's postsA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200) at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) consisted of running the Mission/Franchise network in the Monkey Room at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). The room got its name because of the monkeys that Sir Winston Churchill's grandson had painted on all the walls. Plastic covered the walls to protect the paintings. Yvonne's youngest daughter, Janis, created a job for herself in bringing her mom and Phoebe coffee from the canteen every day after school. Around mid July Yvonne, her children and several hundred other people all loaded up in vans and buses and went to the Heathrow Airport to welcome the arrival of LRHL. Ron Hubbard, just in from Rhodesia. Thjat summer Yvonne's children quickly became close friends with LRHL. Ron Hubbard's children, partly because Peter Jr. had gotten to know them when he was there with his parents in 1962 and also because all the children had become pen pals through the years. That summer Yvonne went Clear3. a Clear is not an all-knowing being. A Clear is somebody who has lost the mass, energy, space and time connected with the thing called mind . ( SH Spec 80, 6609C08) ...more, Clear #43, doing her solo auditingIn solo auditing the auditor is also the pc. (BTB 12 Dec 71 IV) (most of the time in her car) while her children were either horse back riding, swimming or in other activities.

Meanwhile in Australia, Peter Sr. was busy wrapping up his business affairs, selling their home and helping his fellow Scientologists arrange their move to England. Finally, on November 12, 1966, the day before his birthday, Peter Sr. arrived in England. While he was happy to see his children he was still miserable, Yvonne had told him that she wanted a divorce. Yvonne, having been gone so long from her husband, took stock of her life and came away with a different perspective, plus she had met Haskell Cook.

Yvonne's children on the Dianetic Course

Haskell was of Mexican descent, rather wild and crazy and seemingly without a care in the world. He would love to pound on any piano or guitar that he could get his hands on. However Peters focus was still on providing for his family. One of his first moves was to arrange for a place for everyone to live and see to it that the family had good transportation. He bought a blue Morris 1100 and everyone moved into a rented house located 6 Hammerhead Road, Ashurst Wood. Peter Sr. took the master room upstairs, Peter Jr. had his own room, Terri and Janis shared a room, and Yvonne along with her boyfriend, Haskell, lived downstairs in the guest room. Peter got a job at and also picked up some accounting and management work for a wealthy Texas man, Elmo Troop. Elmo had a company in England, "Troop Rowlands Property Investments", and one of their properties was the Apsley Arms; a pub and inn in Dormansland. The family quickly adopted a cat named Tigger who, later on, was joined by another cat named Elsa. The Gillhams enrolled their children onto a children's class, which kept them busy on the weekends and when not attending the local school.

Involvement with the Sea Organization (1966 to the founding of Celebrity Centre)

During November of 1966 Yvonne signed up for a special secret project in Scientology, not even letting her family know what she had done. Back in August of that year, less than a month after LRHL. Ron Hubbard returned from Rhodesia, he was already laying plans for a new secret operation - The Sea Project. He purchased a ship named the Enchanter^[7], a sixty-five foot ketch, and gathered together crew members. On August 24, 1966, he wrote the projects first order, Ships Order #1, naming Anton James as mate, John Lawrence as engineer and diver, Ray Thacker as purser and himself as captain. Ten days after Peter Gillham arrived in England, LRHL. Ron Hubbard incorporated, on November 22, 1966, the Hubbard Explorational Company Ltd^[8] (HEC). It's purpose was to explore the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and waters, lands and buildings in any part of the world and to seek for, survey, examine and test properties of all kinds. LRHL. Ron Hubbard had Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) send him recruits for the Sea Project, but in a short amount of time he became upset with this first group of people. He felt that Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) was sending him DB'sDegraded beings, taking a cue from SP associates, instinctively resent, hate and seek to obstruct any person in charge of anything...More, people that Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) wanted off of their staff. LRHL. Ron Hubbard wanted a very good crew for the Sea Project so in late November there was a notice posted on the reception notice board at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) for volunteers for a special Scientology project. The requirements were; you needed nautical experience, a passport; you needed to be a SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor. graduate and clear as well as a staff member with proven upstats''Short for upstatistic;'' The current number is more than it was. (HCO PL 16 Dec 65). All of these requirements Yvonne met easily, thus she became one of the charter members^[9] of this project. The members would meet in the basement of Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) and practice such things as knot tying or once a week go off to the south coast to a little a sailing boat, which belonged to Virginia Downsborough, and practice seamanship drills; activities that were fun and that taught them how to sail - somewhat!

Meanwhile many families from Australia were showing up at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R); in all, around one hundred families were assisted by Yvonne and Peter in their relocation to England as a result of the ban of Scientology in Victoria. Christmas of 1966, for the Gillhams, was strained because Peter and Yvonne had recently become officially separated, neither parent had much money (as Yvonne was working for Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) and Peter had just started working again), plus Yvonne was dating Haskell Cooke. Unknown to the children at the time, it would be the last Christmas they would ever get to spend with their mother! Shortly after the creation of the HEC, LRHL. Ron Hubbard bought an old rusty North Sea trawler named the Avon River and by March of 1967, Yvonne was at the Victoria Dock in Hull where the Avon River was moored. Yvonne had said her goodbyes to her children and that she was going off to join the Sea Project by special invitation from Hubbard. Haskell was going with her and she promised that she would send for her children soon. Eight months after being reunited with their mother, Yvonne was gone again; even leaving before her son's birthday, the third week of that same month.

In Hull, Yvonne was put to work as crew of the Avon River. Others that arrived after Yvonne described the Avon River as listing about 10 degrees, rusted, battered and pushed to her limits by her previous owners. As the Avon River was a fishing boat the decks were covered in about two inches of solid petrified fish oil, all of which had to be scraped off. For several weeks the crew worked long hours during the daylight hours getting the boat ready for use and at night they worked on the seamanship check sheets, hitting their bunks late at night totally exhausted. While doing the docking drills the novice crew snapped mooring lines and rammed the ship up against the concrete dock. On April 3, 1967 John Lawrence, a director of the HEC, published a hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more write up^[10] of the duties of the captain of a ship. In that issue he directed the captain of the Avon River to take responsibility to get the ship away to its destination.

In April the Avon River finally left Hull for Las Palmas, where the Enchanter was already being refitted for use as a Sea Project ship. As the Avon River was no speed boat, her average speed around 6 knots per hour, the roughly 1,900 nautical mile trip to Las Palmas would have taken about two weeks. However, problems in the engine room forced the ship to pull into Harwich for repairs. Once back underway the seas became rough causing all of the crew sea sickness. The ship then pulled into Falmouth in order to take on fuel and supplies for the long trip to Las Palmas. During refueling some of the black bunker fuel spilled all over the deck and into the water, causing cleanup boats to arrive at the scene. In their haste to depart they failed to properly secure the anchor to the forecastle, which allowed the anchor to bang on the side of the ship the rest of day and all of the night until it was finally secured. The ship headed west until it arrived at the longitude that led directly to Las Palmas, at which point it headed southward towards its destination. This course was determined so that they would stay away from the major shipping lanes. When they hit the Bay of Biscay a fierce squall arose which tossed the ship around like a cork in a bath. After four hours of this the seas calmed down to a gentle swell, but more engine trouble had them floating around while work was done to fix the problema problem is postulate-counter-postulate, terminal-counter-terminal, force-counter-force. It’s one thing versus another thing. You’ve got two forces or two ideas which are interlocked of comparable magnitude and the thing stops right there. All right, now with these two things one stuck against the other you get a sort of a timelessness, it floats in time. (SH Spec 82, 6111C21) 2 . a problem is a postulate-counter-postulate resulting in indecision. That is the first manifestation of problems, and the first consequence of a problem is indecision. (SH Spec 27, 6107C11) 3 . a multiple confusion. (SH Spec 26X, 6107C03) 4 . an intention counter-intention that worries the preclear. (HCOB 23 Feb 61) 5 . a problem is the conflict arising from two opposing intentions. A present time problem is one that exists in present time, in a real universe. (HCOB 3 Jul 59) 6 . something which is persisting, the as-is-ness of which cannot be attained easily. (PRO 16, 5408CM20). Near the end of May the Avon River finally anchored at Las Palmas; Yvonne and a few other brave souls even went for a swim in the harbor water!

Soon after the Avon River arrived in Las Palmas LRHL. Ron Hubbard came aboard to visit and give orders for its refit. When LRHL. Ron Hubbard heard of the incident in the Bay of Biscay he became furious that the captain had not heeded his orders to avoid that area. The Avon River remained in the water while the initial refit was underway. Some of the crew started work in the engine room, cleaning and installing an automatic oiling system for the engine. During this time Yvonne was acting as Chief Steward and also as LRHL. Ron Hubbard Steward, when Hubbard was visiting. As Chief Steward she was responsible for the needs of the ships company with respect to the serving of food, laying and clearing of tables, berthing, linen, laundry and the cleaning of the common domestic areas of the ship. When Hubbard was around, her job as LRHL. Ron Hubbard Steward, was to see to his needs; a position that endeared her to Hubbard. A base office for the project was set up in Las Palmas and a villa was rented for Hubbard's personal use. The Estrella (Hubbard's residence) was located outside of Las Palmas, about a fifteen minute drive from the base office. Walkie-talkies's were used to maintain communication1. the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source point across a distance to receipt point with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt point a duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source point. (HCOB 5 Apr 73)...more to the different locations, each one with a different channel. The Estrella was assigned channel A, the Avon River channel B, the base office channel C, and the Enchanter channel D. LRHL. Ron Hubbard used the base office to coordinate all the work that was being done on the two ships. His first series of orders, for the Sea Project in Las Palmas, were called base orders. LRHL. Ron Hubbard disliked the relationship between Yvonne and Cooke, and in his manner did whatever he could to curtail it; Base Order #9 ordered Cooke restricted to the Avon River for a period of ten days.

Base Order #21, dated June 11, 1967, listed eleven different sets of uniforms for the crew, sets that were assigned based on the kind of job the crew member was doing. LRHL. Ron Hubbard made three of the crew officers, which set of uniforms included an officer hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more. One day one of the officers was walking around the dockyard, being very important with his new hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more and looking somewhat like an ice cream salesman. Some of the crew had Yvonne go up to him and order one vanilla and two strawberry ice creams; which was not met with any amusement on the officers part! By the third week of June, when Amos Jessup arrived, the Avon River was just being hauled onto the ways at Bizan's Shipyard. Yvonne was posted as check sheet and checkoutThe action of verifying a student's knowledge of an item given on a checksheet. (HCOB 19 Jun 71 III) review officer as well as hostess of the Avon River. Her job required her to make sure that the crew had the proper Scientology and seamanship study materials and were actually learning them, plus as hostess she was in charge1. harmful energy or force accumulated and stored within the reactive mind, resulting from the conflicts and unpleasant experiences that a person has had. Auditing discharges this charge so that it is no longer there to affect the individual. (Scn AD)..more of all public relationsThe art of making good works well known. (HCO PL 21 Nov 72 I) ''Abbr.'' PR. One day LRHL. Ron Hubbard was there inspecting the supports that held up the ship at the bottom of the drydock and Yvonne had readied a silver tray with diet soda, Tab, for him. Amos, green as grass, asked Yvonne if he could take it down the long ladder, on the side of the ship, to Hubbard; to which Yvonne, without hesitation, readily agreed. Yvonne had entrusted someone she didn't even know to fulfill her job duties! Hubbard would have taken his anger1. true anger is a hate hold. At exactly 1.5 on the tone scale we have a total ridge. It’s hate. When we move a little above or a little below 1.5 we get a dispersal. (5904C08) 2. anger is simply the process of trying to hold everything still. (5203CM09A) out on Yvonne instead of Amos, had he made any mistake while doing this task. Yvonne was described as having an endless source of energy, friendliness, compassion and help, and was a joy to have around. About the only time her energy would flag was during the study periods in the petty officer's mess hall; she would slip into a deep slumber ten minutes into reading, but when she was awoken she was all full of energy once again. During the refit the crew was eating aboard the Avon River, base Order #76, dated June 30, 1967, appointed Yvonne as a temporary cook.

Yvonne, having missed two of her children's birthdays (Peter Jr. in March and Janis in May), was able to get back to England for a visit sometime in July. Peter Sr. took the children to the airport in London to meet Yvonne as she arrived. Many tears accompanied the event as Yvonne was only able to stay for a few days. Yvonne told her children that she was working it out for them to come and join her, although hre children had no idea as to what she was doing or where she was even living. Back in Las Palmas, Base Order #124, dated August 7, 1967, established the ships meal times at 8 am, noon and 6 pm; a tradition that continued on into the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. The Avon River had its hull and superstructure sand blasted down to bare metal and then repainted. Even though Haskell Cooke used to get pretty drunk at night during the days that the Avon River was in dry dock, he and Yvonne were still together. Base Order #134, dated August 9, 1967, noted that Haskell Cook was AWOL from the Avon River. Haskell had been up in the scaffolding painting the plimsol line when he tripped and fell to the ground. He sustained a blow-v. ''Slang'' unauthorized departure from an area. (HCOB 19 Jun 71 II) to the head and fractured both his knee and his back. He blew-v. ''Slang'' unauthorized departure from an area. (HCOB 19 Jun 71 II) the next day and never returned, eventually going back to Mexico.

On August 12, 1967, LRHL. Ron Hubbard issued Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) number 1, which created the Sea Organization (Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).). In this order he appointed himself as Commodore of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). and declared that the Avon River was now a flag vessel, the maritime headquarters of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). fleet. In that order Yvonne was posted as Flag Hostess of the ship. Her duties consisted chiefly of: public relationsThe art of making good works well known. (HCO PL 21 Nov 72 I) ''Abbr.'' PR, interesting the public in the ships activities, and ensuring that good relations were kept with the local officials. That flag order also posted Yvonne as the Commodore's Steward, whose duty it was to care for the Commodore's quarters, clothes and meals while afloat. It also ordered Yvonne to report to Estrella to carry out her duties. During this time there were times when the crew could relax with LRHL. Ron Hubbard. One night three of the crew were visiting him at his villa, and were asked what they would like to drink. Yvonne, as steward, served them all and they partied until the wee hours of the morning. When the three crew members were ready to leave, the car would not start, which resulted in LRHL. Ron Hubbard pushing the car until it finally did start. It was during this time at Estrella that LRHL. Ron Hubbard told Yvonne that she was one of the chosen, a loyal officer, that she had been the key person in Xenu's failure to make everyone on earth a complete slave. At first she was awed by this statement, but when he started hitting on her, while telling her special people had to stick together, Yvonne very quickly pulled away and refused his overtures. She was shocked when she realized what his intentions were, as well as confused as to whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) he was doing it, and guilty because she could not go along; an issue she was unable to resolve. That experience had a lasting effect on Yvonne; she felt that LRHL. Ron Hubbard had betrayed everything that he stood for, and while she loved him it just wasn't in a sexual way. He was furious, and ordered her demoted to taking care of his laundry, shoes, etc. She told no what was happening between her and LRHL. Ron Hubbard and quietly accepted the punishment.

During the middle of August the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). crew was thought to have been trained in seamanship and Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). technologyThe methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) ''Abbr.'' tech. LRHL. Ron Hubbard ordered Bill Robertson to create an exam that would test the crews knowledge. This exam was then given to the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). crew, including Hubbard (who scored at 95%). The results of the mates exam was published in Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #53, dated August 25, 1967. Twenty five crew took the exam; Ray Thacker placed second at 79%, Yvonne scored at 54.5%. That summer, when Mary Sue Hubbard came to visit her husband, she found out about Yvonne living at Estrella with LRHL. Ron Hubbard and had a fierce blowup with him. After the blowup Mary Sue came to Yvonne and consoled her, saying that despite men's position in life, they were basically all the same. On September 2, 1967, Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #89 placed both Joe Van Staden (third mate) and Bob Smith (medical officer) into a conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) of non-existenceEvery new appointee to a post begins in non-existence. Whether obtained by new appointment, promotion of demotion. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). (the lowest conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) at the time) for failing to take effective action when Haskell Cook fell; which LRHL. Ron Hubbard had just discovered. At that time, the penalty for non-existenceEvery new appointee to a post begins in non-existence. Whether obtained by new appointment, promotion of demotion. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). included; not being entitled to bedding, ships clothes, ships food; you simply did not exist. Plus you had to complete your amends projectAn individual may clean his own file by approaching ethics and offering to make amends. Any amends project must benefit the org and be beyond the routine duties. (HCO PL 1 May 65) in your own time (10:30pm to 8am).

By September the two ships, Enchanter and the Avon River, were nearly ready for full time duty as ships of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. Each one had been refitted and cleaned up. So on September 13, the Enchanter was sent on a mission to the Mediterranean, but had to stop in Arrecife three days later to repair it's propeller shaft. During this time Yvonne was having trouble and was the unhappiest that anyone had ever seen her. One of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). crew, who had been delivering telexes and packages to LRHL. Ron Hubbard and picking up his replies and orders, was finally able to get Yvonne to open up about what was bothering her. She was deeply troubled because of the advances from Hubbard, her loss of Haskell Cook and finally the fact that her children were still in England. Yvonne swore her friend to secrecy about Hubbard's advances toward her; no one was to ever know, especially her children! LRHL. Ron Hubbard had Yvonne investigated by issuing Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #183, dated September 28, 1967, which ordered the Master at Arms to find out whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) she was not performing her duties. Two days later LRHL. Ron Hubbard issued Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #201 (see a copy of the order in the picture gallery below), which placed Yvonne in a state of non-existenceEvery new appointee to a post begins in non-existence. Whether obtained by new appointment, promotion of demotion. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). and reduced her to the rank of swamper^[11], the lowest position in the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. Yvonne's amends projectAn individual may clean his own file by approaching ethics and offering to make amends. Any amends project must benefit the org and be beyond the routine duties. (HCO PL 1 May 65) consisted of chipping and repainting an old steam radiator. She was in despair as there was no way in the world she could remove all the old paint from inside the radiator ribs. Someone told her to take the radiator to the top of the stairwell leading down to the officers' quarters and clatter the front of the radiator with a large file. After a few minutes of CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK, one of the officers screamed "Yvonne, Go to bed"!

On October 10, 1967, #232, gave every member an amnesty if they wanted to resign.

1967 contract of employment

The reason for the amnesty was that the purpose of the had not been defined which, as Hubbard stated, people did not know when they volunteered. The purpose of the was stated as "to get in ethics1. The rules or standards governing the conduct of the members of a profession. (HCO PL 3 May 72). 2. A system of removing the counter-effort to the forward push. (6711C18SO)"; this was also when the famous billion year contracts were initiated. By this time Yvonne had worked her way out of and signed her contract. To the right is an actual copy of an original contract. It reads "14 October 1967, Sea Organization, Contract of employment, I, ..... DO HEREBY AGREE to enter into employment with the SEA ORGANIZATION and being of sound mind3. a network of communications and pictures, energies and masses, which are brought into being by the activities of the thetan versus the physical universe or other thetans. The mind is a communication and control system between the thetan and his environment. (FOT, p. 56)...MORE do fully realize and agree to abide by its purpose which is to get ETHICS IN on this PLANET and the UNIVERSE and fully and without reservation subscribe to the discipline, mores and conditions of this group and pledge to abide by them. THEREFORE I CONTRACT MYSELF TO THE SEA ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT BILLION YEARS. (As per Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) 232) Signed ..., witness ..., witness." #234, dated October 12, 1967 declared that the motto of the was "WE COME BACK".

By this time a Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). member was already in Glasgow, Scotland buying another ship, the Royal Scotsman, which was then delivered to Southampton. Hubbard ordered the Avon River to sail to Gibraltar, make arrangements for the arrival of the newly purchased ship, and then await for it's arrival. On November 8, 1967, Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #277 appointed Yvonne as the deputy Commodore's steward, based on the Avon River, as LRHL. Ron Hubbard had flown to England with his then current Commodore's Steward. The ship then left Las Palmas and headed to Gibraltar. After the Avon River ported, about ten crew members, nicknamed "the Delivery Crew", flew to Southampton to get the Royal Scotsman ready for the cruise to Gibraltar. However, the British Board of Trade required the ship to meet the British SOLAS (Safety of Life At Sea), which it did not, before they would permit the ship to depart, thus delaying the planned departure day. While all of this was going on Yvonne managed to get back to England to see her children, if only for a week. She was busy making arrangements for her children to join her in the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. With the purchase of a larger ship, children would now be allowed to be with their parents. Yvonne took advantage of the little time that she had with her children; taking them to Hastings Castle and the Tower of London, something she had promised to do when they first arrived in England, but never did.

In order to get the Royal Scotsman cleared to leave England, all without the necessary documentation, LRHL. Ron Hubbard sent Hana Eltringham on a mission back to Las Palmas. Once there Hana had the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).'s Las Palmas based lawyer accompany her to Sierra Leone where they re-registered the ship under the Sierra Leonese flag. The people in Sierra Leone had misspelt the name of the ship to Royal Scotman, which LRHL. Ron Hubbard felt was a bonus in getting around the British regulations. Finally, on November 28, 1967, the ship left England; cleared to sail to Brest, France. However, LRHL. Ron Hubbard never intended for the ship to arrive in Brest, instead he sailed the ship straight for Gibraltar in order to join up with the Avon River. The British, furious that Hubbard had defied them, sent this information to the English government in Gibraltar. When the Royal Scotman arrived near Gibraltar they were refused entry into the port, all this in spite of the fact that the ship was being bashed about in a terrible storm and operating under her emergency steering. Then only choice left to LRHL. Ron Hubbard was to continue cruising on into the Mediterranean, in the hopes of finding a port that would allow them in. Anchored off of Ibiza, John O'Keefe was rowed ashore with orders from LRHL. Ron Hubbard to head to Gibraltar and bring the Avon River to Cagliari, Sardinia. With supplies running very low, the Royal Scotman finally anchored off of Monte Carlo where they resupplied the ship. The Royal Scotman then sailed to Cagliari, where the Avon River was to join them. On December 11, 1967 the Avon River, with Yvonne aboard, left the port of Gibraltar, despite the fact that other boats were heading into the port, due to a storm brewing in the Mediterranean.

For some reason John headed the Avon River northward to between Valencia and Majorca, where they encountered a fierce storm. Blake Huffam was in the engine room during this storm. The storm got so violent that at times he was thrown from one side of the engine room to the other, a distance of some forty feet! Yvonne had come down the stairs of the engine room and had remained seated, on the bottom step, while helping Blake stay focused and somewhat calm, and all the while listening to all that Blake was worried about. With twenty eight people aboard Blake was the person responsible for keeping the engines running. With Yvonne sitting there in the engine room, Blake eventually calmed down and set about tending to the engine, the generator, the boiler, the rudder, the hydraulics, essentially everything that was keeping the ship under power. The main lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976) in the hydraulic steering system started leaking because of the constant pounding of the ship by the stormy seas. Blake knew that if he where to tighten the lineThe military type of organization form whereby there is a definite ascending and descending chain of command. Orders pass from top management down the line of command and compliances and data pass on up without by-passing the chain of command. (Modern Management Defined (c) L. Ron Hubbard, 1976) too much it could break and steering of the ship lost. He had to use two buckets to catch the hydraulic fluid and as the reservoir was on the bridge, every thirty minutes he had to take a bucket up there and refill the tank. This was dangerous as it had to be done in between the six to eight foot waves that were sweeping across the deck. One wave swept the life raft off of the poop deck. On the bridge Fred Payer had his foot braced against the window to keep it from being smashed in. When the main compass on the bridge went out, Yvonne and one other crew member had to relay the reading from the gyro compass in the tween deck area. Twenty two hours into the violent storm the boiler had used up all of its fresh water; they had not completely filled the tanks before heading out. Blake had no choice but to open the sea cock and use salt water in the boiler.

For two days they fought this awful storm. Seeking shelter from the storm, the Avon River headed to Ibiza. Finally they reached the lee side of Ibiza and were able to pull into a port for a well needed respite. This cruise is noted as the scariest sea passages in the history of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).! O'Keefe's telexed message to LRHL. Ron Hubbard told the tale - "This was a rough, tough one...". From there the Avon River headed towards Cagliari, but before it reached the port LRHL. Ron Hubbard sent lifeboat number eight (the only lifeboat on the Royal Scotman that had a motor) out to meet them. The Avon River looked beaten and bruised with pieces of it missing. Graig Lipsitz and Fred Payer looked like they hadn't slept for a week, Yvonne though tired, was smiling and quite expressive in her account of the event. Hubbard was furious that O'Keefe had not come directly to Cagliari and that by going off course he had nearly wrecked the Avon River and it's crew. O'Keefe was replaced and the Avon River sent to Valencia, Spain for refit. A few days later the Royal Scotman sailed to Valencia where they joined up with the Avon River and the Enchanter.

By December 23, 1967, LRHL. Ron Hubbard was already planning new missions for the Avon River and the Enchanter. The Avon River was ordered to repair the damage from the storm and be ready to sail by January 5, 1968. Yvonne was still posted as the assistant Commodores Steward aboard the Avon River. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #331, dated December 27, 1967, established the Advanced OrgOrganization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) (AOAbbreviation for Advanced Org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Organization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151)) aboard the Royal Scotman, the only place where the most advanced Scientology training and processing was available. The Avon River was still not ready to sail when Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #352, dated January 6, 1968, was issued. That order removed John O'Keefe and Roger Buckeridge from the Avon River and transferred them to the Royal Scotman until their casethe whole sum of past by-passed charge. (HCOB 19 Aug 63) could be disposed of in a Committee of EvidenceA fact-finding body composed of impartial persons properly convened by a convening authority which hears evidence from persons it calls before it, arrives at a finding and makes a full report and recommendation to its convening authority for his or her action. (HCO PL 7 Sept 63); the ethics1. The rules or standards governing the conduct of the members of a profession. (HCO PL 3 May 72). 2. A system of removing the counter-effort to the forward push. (6711C18SO) action for sailing into that bad storm. The mission was further delayed by Flag order #404, dated January 22, 1968. This delay was due to the request by Hank Laarhuis who, as the Avon River's purser, had not completed his mission at WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I)^[12]. Finally on January 28, 1968, the Avon River and the Enchanter sailed out on the Whole Track mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). The Enchanter had a crew of four people. The Avon River's crew consisted of; LRHL. Ron Hubbard as the captain, his daughter Diana (all of 15 years old), Yvonne and thirty seven other people. This mission was designed to explore LRHL. Ron Hubbard's whole trackThe whole track is the moment to moment record of a person's existence in this universe in picture and impression form. (HCOB 9 Feb 66) memories of his hidden stores of treasure and track them down to the present time locations, especially those memories that might include the recovery of long lost loot of one kind or another. The LRHL. Ron Hubbard book "Mission into Time", published in 1973, details this Whole Track mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R).

On January 31, 1968, just three days after the Avon River left, Yvonne's three children, Peter Jr., Terri and Janis, arrived at the Royal Scotman. They had been out of school since mid December. They were so excited at the thought of leaving England for Spain, that during their remaining cold nights in England, with nothing much to do (they didn't have a TV), Terri and Janis pulled out the Legos and built what they thought would be their new home in Spain. The children knew they would be leaving near the end of January; but they thought that they'd only be there for a short period of time and that they'd be living on land, having a normal type life. They certainly had no idea that they would be living on a ship for the next eight years of their life! With Yvonne away on the cruise and their father still in England, the children were in a new environment without parental supervision. Peter Jr. was fourteen years old, Terri was thirteen and Janis was eleven. The children were taken to the Director of Personnel and assigned postsA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200), Peter Jr. went to the decks and Terri and Janis were assigned to the galley as dishwashers. Just three young children, with no schooling available, put to work eight am to midnight and told to get the job done. After a while Janis was assigned to the Department of Communications. Part of her job required her to go into town to relay the ships telexes to WWAbbreviation for World Wide. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I), which meant that she had to either walk or take a cab to a pay phone. Janis would normally be gone from the ship for thirty to sixty minutes. After a few days someone finally realized how dangerous it was that an eleven year old girl was traveling one her own in a foreign country, and a dictatorship at that! Janis was replaced and made a full time watchEvery member of a ship's company has two general types of activities, one of these is as a member of watches, wherein he handles his duties of steering, lookout, engines, etc., including emergency drills. (FO 1109) messenger.

Meanwhile Yvonne and the rest of the Whole Track crew were off exploring the coastlines of Sardinia, Sicily and Italy. At numerous inlets and headlands, LRHL. Ron Hubbard would have the crew study a large clay demoAbbreviation for clay demonstration. A Scientology study technique whereby the student demonstrates definitions, principles, etc. in clay to obtain greater understanding by translating significance into actual mass. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) and/or listen to a briefing of his whole trackThe whole track is the moment to moment record of a person's existence in this universe in picture and impression form. (HCOB 9 Feb 66) recollections, and then a small crew would go ashore in small boats and scramble around the headland or the coastal hills looking for evidence of things he remembered, allowing for the centuries that had since passed. One of the places they investigated was surrounded by barbed wire, out of bounds to the public and guarded by armed Italian guards. LRHL. Ron Hubbard sent an attractive female crew member and an Italian speaking crew member, armed with a couple of cartons of cigarettes, to visit the guards. It didn't take long to lure the guards into the guard hut and distract them while a couple of the crew jumped the fence and carried out their mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). In some areas the crew used an electronic scope called an M-Scope, made by Fisher or a T-scope to try and find buried metallic objects or hidden voids. The correlations that the missions came up with were enough to satisfy LRHL. Ron Hubbard that he had been right. The Enchanter was ordered back to Valencia and the Avon River then explored parts of Tunisia. On March 6, 1968, the Avon River arrived back in Valencia. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #478, dated that same day, commended both crews, forty three people in total, for their service on the mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R); Yvonne was one of seventeen who were highly commended.

Finally after eight months apart, Yvonne and her children were reunited, if only for a few hours. Yvonne gave them a tour of the Avon River, which included showing them her solo auditingIn solo auditing the auditor is also the pc. (BTB 12 Dec 71 IV) room - the broom closet. Peter Jr. requested to be transferred to the Avon River as an assistant communicator for HCO in order to be with his mother; however the girls were too young to be allowed to live on the Avon River, so they remained on the Royal Scotman. Each day that the Avon River was in port, Yvonne would either join her girls for lunch on the Royal Scotman or they would visit her on the Avon River. On March 13, 1968, a USUnited States. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Navy ship was coming into port which required that the Royal Scotman move from the main dock. During the move the Royal Scotman backed into the outer harbor wall and damaged both propellers, which resulted in LRHL. Ron Hubbard ordering a Comm EvAbbreviation for Committee of Evidence. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) on those who were responsible for the incident. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #520, dated March 18, 1968, issued the findings of the Comm EvAbbreviation for Committee of Evidence. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976); Yvonne was the secretary. Four crew members were demoted from their postsA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200), their ranks and placed into the conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) of non-existenceEvery new appointee to a post begins in non-existence. Whether obtained by new appointment, promotion of demotion. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. In addition to the hitting of the wall there were numerous other mistakes occurring aboard the Royal Scotman. When Hubbard discovered them he issued Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #546, dated March 23, 1968, which listed all of the goofs. In this order LRHL. Ron Hubbard assigned the Royal Scotman the conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) of liabilityBelow non-existence there is the condition of liability. The being has ceased to be simply non-existent as a team member and has taken on the color of an enemy. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., a first for any ship of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. All allowances were stopped, no one was allowed to go ashore unless it was vital ships business, and a large dirty gray rag was tied around the funnel of the ship. The Advanced OrgOrganization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) was then transferred to the Residencia Reycar in Alicante, Spain (179 kilometers or 111 miles away). The move by the AOAbbreviation for Advanced Org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Organization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) was to be only temporary, lasting until a permanent location could be obtained. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #563, dated March 25, 1968, ordered that a mission be sent out to find a permanent home for an Advanced OrgOrganization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151). Hana Eltringham and Peggy Bankston were sent to Guernsey, and Scilly Isles, which were found to be unsuitable; while Yvonne was sent to check out Edinburgh. Less than three weeks since rejoining with her children, off she went again.

On March 30, 1968, LRHL. Ron Hubbard issued Flag order #576 which ordered the Royal Scotman on a training cruise; now known as the Liability Cruise. Peter Gillham Sr. arrived from England a couple of hours before the cruise as crew of the Royal Scotman, joining both of his daughters. Candy Chaleff, a newly graduate of the SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor., also arrived before the ship left. One of her jobs was the tutor of all the children that were on the ship, except for the Hubbard's. The crew was ordered to enter and anchor in every anchorage feasible on the eastern coast of Spain. They were to practice anchoring, up-anchoring, maneuvering and coastal navigation. As the propellers were still damaged they were ordered to not exceed nine knots when cruising. One day about forty crew members, manning three non-motorized life boats, embarked on a life boat drill. Each boat had a mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R); draw a picture of the coast of Spain, get a sample rock from the bay, and a sample rock from the shore. The only person that was allowed off of the boats was the one getting the rock from the shore. Due to the combination of windy conditions and the tides coming in, the boats were being driven towards the rocks, and only by rowing like mad did they manage to make it to a sandy beach. Spain, at that time, was under the rule of dictator Franco; so the crew, including Peter Sr., Terri and Janis Gillham, had basically entered the country illegally. Within in short amount of time armed guards of the Guarda Civil arrived and arrested all of the crew. None of them had any ID on them and most only had pocket change. Candy was the only crew member that knew a little Spanish. The crew were loaded into open bed trucks, transported to a nearby fishing village where they were loaded into a fishing boat. The skipper, of the shipping boat, tried to take them back to the ship but, as there was a storm coming in, the seas were too rough to get close enough for anyone to jump into the Royal Scotman. That night the crew slept on the tile floor of an open air restaurant, guarded by the Guarda Civil. The next morning buses showed up and the crew were taken back to their lifeboats, which had become beached during the night when the tide went out. The boats had to be dug out and drug back to the water where they headed back to the ship, tired and hungry.

On April 7, 1968, #595 assigned Yvonne as Chief Steward of the Avon River, joining with her son, Peter Jr., who now fifteen years old. The Ship, with aboard, sailed to Alicante, but was not allowed to dock. then had the ship sail to Marseille, France. Along the way the ship encountered rough seas, yet Peter Jr. remained on his job as sea at the helm of the ship. In Marseille went ashore and took up residence in a villa in Cassis. By this time Yvonne was getting pretty good at doing missions for the , so shortly after arriving in Marseille she was dispatched off on another mission to Edinburgh to help set up what would become the United Kingdom ( ).

Dry dock, Valencia, 1968

On April 25, 1968, the Liability Cruise ended when the Royal Scotman arrived back in Valencia. The ship went into dry dock to repair the propellers that were damaged earlier in the previous month (see picture to the right). Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #631, dated April 25, 1968, appointed Peter Gillham Sr. as Flag Banking OfficerThe ship will have a Flag Banking Officer who receives all income as a bank for Flag and is answerable to Flag and under Flag only. (FO 401), operating off of the Royal Scotman. Yvonne rejoined the Royal Scotman as ordered by Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #685, dated May 8, 1968. This order assigned Yvonne the task of creating and running a Mission School, in which Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). members were taught how to undertake and execute a Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R), a task that Yvonne proved she could competently handle. Amos Jessup had this to say about Yvonne as a Missionaire; "I had the wonderful opportunity to travel with her on a mission to evaluate the potential of a couple of cities as bases in Corsica, which succeeded solely because of her creative instincts in assembling the various bits of data we had collected. She really was a gem to work with, a breath of fresh air and good cheer in all but the very worst of situations." Yvonne's daughters were very excited to see her, after being separated for nearly six weeks. Candy Chaleff had been Terri and Janis's tutor, and pretty much the only person that paid any attention to them. The girls took Candy to Yvonne's small private cabin and introduced them to each other. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #702, dated May 8, 1968, contained a program for the Royal Scotman. In that order LRHL. Ron Hubbard was already thinking of creating a new and special course as a kick off for AOAbbreviation for Advanced Org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Organization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) Edinburgh, the Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) Course.

Since the early days of June 1967, the Avon River had always been the Flag Ship. Around the middle of May 1968, LRHL. Ron Hubbard transferred over to the Royal Scotman, which then became the Flag Ship for the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. It was a much larger ship, capable of easily carrying over three hundred people. Peter Gillham Jr. transferred over to the Royal Scotman and was assigned to the deck crew; Janis Gillham was already the Director of CommunicationsThe purpose of the Director of Communications is to help LRH handle and speed communications from the public to the org, the org to the public and establish and supervise the internal communications system of the organization and link it with other orgs. (HCO PL 25 Feb 66). The night after LRHL. Ron Hubbard moved aboard Janis and Quentin Hubbard were told to go runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) messages for the Commodore, which garnered them the title of the Commodore's Messengers. Many young crew members came and went as Commodore's Messengers, one of which was Julie Blundell, who Yvonne had known as a small child in Melbourne, and Sharone Stainforth, who lasted longer than most. The Commodore's Messengers were assigned six hour watches, seven days a week. This was a job that Janis would hold for next eleven years!

#731, dated May 16, 1968, described the qualifications for receiving the Naval Dirk of the .

The Pavilion (in the background) at

The member had to have taken part in a , which had attained the of , and who was mission ready; qualifications that Yvonne easily met. She was awarded

Letter from Mary Sue Hubbard

one for her work as a Missionaire. Less that three weeks after joining with her children, Yvonne was sent to Edinburgh as its temporary commanding officer. During her time there production soared. By June a new and very important mission had been created for which Yvonne was to report back to the Royal Scotman for a briefing. But first she dropped by , where her personal an family possessions had been stored, only to find that they had been broken into. This is the reason that there exists so few pictures and mementos of Yvonne's early life. The big pieces of furniture were moved to for safe keeping, of which, as of the mid 80's, some of them were still in use at the Pavilion. Flag Mission Order #13, dated June 6, 1968, created the mission known as the "Mission International Books". The purpose of that mission was to go around the world, to every Scientology Org, armed with a and fully prepared data, and rigorously teach the entire staff on how to get books into bookstores. Doreen Casey had already been successful in getting Scientology books placed in three bookstores in the United Kingdom and Yvonne was ordered to assist Doreen with this large . The two of them did not forget May Sue Hubbard's (MSH) birthday on June 17, 1968. They sent her some stockings, which prompted a nice reply from her (see a copy of the letter to the left).

That June, several of Yvonne's family members had some major changes occur in their lives. Peter Gillham Sr. left the Royal Scotman and did Scientology lecture tours in Ireland and Wales; he was never to return to the Royal Scotman. Sharone Stainforth left for Denmarkand Terri Gillham, who had been working in the engine room, took her place as a Commodore's Messenger. Peter Gillham Jr. was assigned to the engine room as fourth engineer.

On July 25, 1968, Minister for Health, United Kingdom, Kenneth Robinson introduced into the House of Commons a ban on the immigration of foreign Scientologists. This law stated that foreign Scientologists who were studying Scientology could not return to the UKAbbreviation for United Kingdom. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) if they were to leave the country. Furthermore, people from outside of the UKAbbreviation for United Kingdom. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) would no longer be admitted into the country to study Scientology. Because of these bans the upper part of the Bridge1. the route to Clear, the Bridge , which we call the Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart. (Aud 107 ASNO) 2. a term originating in early Dn days to symbolize travel from unknowingness to revelation. (Aud 72 ASNO)., delivered only at Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) and AOAbbreviation for Advanced Org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Organization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) UKAbbreviation for United Kingdom. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976), would be shut off to thousands of Scientologists around the world. LRHL. Ron Hubbard put the wheels in motion to establish new advanced OrgsShort for organization. (HCO PL 8 Sept 69) around the world, the most critical of all places was the United Stateswith Los Angeles chosen as the home of the new Advanced OrgOrganization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151) Los Angeles (AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course.). Similarly, the American Saint HillThe name of LRH's home in East Grinstead, Sussex, England. (BTB 12 Apr 72R) Organization (ASHOAbbreviation for American Saint Hill Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).) had to also be created. Yvonne and Doreen were still working their way around the world on the book mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). By August they were at the Seattle Org where they worked with Dorothy Broaded on her erroneous Scientology declare. Yvonne and Doreen published Ethics Order #117, dated August 12, 1968, (Seattle) which cancelled Dorothy's declare and her conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) of enemyWhen a person is an avowed and knowing enemy of an individual, a group, project or org, a condition of enemy exists. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. Later that August, Bill Robertson and the American Scientology students, who were in the UKAbbreviation for United Kingdom. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) at the time, were sent to Los Angeles where AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. was then set up.

By the end of August Yvonne and Doreen had completed their book mission and were back on the Royal Scotman. According to LRHL. Ron Hubbard and MSH the mission had been an enormous success. It was on that mission that Doreen and Yvonne had made contact and met with the original publisher/distributor of Dianetics1. DIA (Greek) through, NOUS (Greek) mind, deals with a system of mental image pictures in relation to psychic (spiritual) trauma. The mental image pictures are believed on the basis of personal revelation to be comprising mental activity created and formed by the spirit, and not by the body or brain. (BPL 24 Sept 73 V) 2. Dn addresses the body. Thus Dn is used to knock out and erase illnesses, unwanted sensations, misemotion, somatics, pain, etc. Dn came before Scn. It disposed of body illness and the difficulties a thetan was having with his body. (HCOB 22 Apr 69)...more, The Modern Science of Mental Health, which then agreed to publish that book in paper back form. It was also on this mission that the two ladies found out which celebrities had done Scientology services. During the mission it was pretty obvious, to Yvonne and Doreen, that the techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) was out pretty much everywhere they went. When they got back to the ship and reported the issue, of the out techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65), to the executives in charge1. harmful energy or force accumulated and stored within the reactive mind, resulting from the conflicts and unpleasant experiences that a person has had. Auditing discharges this charge so that it is no longer there to affect the individual. (Scn AD)..more, they were told in no uncertain terms to say nothing of this to LRHL. Ron Hubbard. However that night, while Yvonne and Doreen were having a celebratory dinner with LRHL. Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue and the top aides, LRHL. Ron Hubbard looked straight at Doreen and Yvonne and asked about the techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) out in the field. Doreen's statement, as best as she could remember some forty four years later, was "there is no question that you and the techAbbreviation for technology. The methods of application of an art or science as opposed to mere knowledge of the science or art itself. (HCOB 13 Sep 65) are very much loved, it would however appear that it is not implemented as well as it could be, judging by some lack of wins that they should have had". LRHL. Ron Hubbard took it well and asked what should be done to correct this situation, which resulted in the idea that all the top auditors, in their respective areas, be brought to Flag for further training. This idea would eventually result in the creation of the Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) Course. Both Yvonne and Doreen were awarded Kha Khan status by RH for their successful mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R).

However, before the Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) course could be put together , LRHL. Ron Hubbard had to complete one more Whole Track mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). On September 4, 1968 the Royal Scotman docked in Corfu, Greece, joining up with the Avon River and the Enchanter. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #1296, dated September 5, 1968, posted the crew of the Avon River for the second Whole Track mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). Yvonne was posted as the supercargo and Peter Jr. as chief engineer. an age exception was made for Janis to be on the cruise as the Commodores Messenger. Peter Jr. thought it was ridiculous and complete lunacy for him to be made Chief Engineer at fifteen and a half years old. This cruise started on the seventh of September and lasted two weeks, much shorter than the first mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R). The islands north of Corfu were explored.

Once this cruise was over put together the course. On September 24, 1968, the first lecture was given by to students on the course aboard the Royal Scotman in Corfu, Yvonne was one of those first thirty five students. The students wore bright green boiler suits, open toed brown sandals, and a rope around their neck when they received a Very Well Done from on a session that they had completed.

Overboarding a student

The course was a grueling one, from 7:30 am to well past midnight, students were expected to study and . They were expected to deliver perfect sessions, the penalty for goofing was known as "Overboarding" as defined in #1479, dated October 16, 1968. In the morning the students would up on the deck of the Royal Scotman and those who flubbed were thrown overboard into the dirty water of the harbor, Yvonne was no exception to this procedure! On October 17, 1968, all thirty five new Class VII's were returned to their respective ; Yvonne was sent to which was located at 835 South Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles. She brought with her the service silverware and gold plates along with some of the smaller furniture items of her great grandfathers, which were then stored in the basement of on Beacon Street.

At AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. Yvonne was the highest trained auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more, which meant that she both auditedThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) and C/SedA case supervisor direction of what to audit on a pc. (HCOB 23 Aug 71), putting in very long hours every day. In November AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. moved to 916 South Westlake Avenue. By December Yvonne was the commanding officer (COAbbreviation for 1. Commanding Officer. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The org is commanded by the Commanding Officer (SO orgs). (HCO PL 7 Mar 72)) of AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course., filling in for Bill Robertson who had been called back to the Apollo (the Royal Scotman was renamed the Apollo while docked in Corfu, Greece, November 17, 1968). Yvonne even took time out of her busy schedule in order to perform a marriage on December 28, 1968 and December 29, 1968. As COAbbreviation for 1. Commanding Officer. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The org is commanded by the Commanding Officer (SO orgs). (HCO PL 7 Mar 72) She felt that the Gross Income (GI) of AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. would increase if they were open 24/7, a change she implemented which ultimately failed. On January 12, 1969, Yvonne was the guest speaker when the Pacific Coast Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ship, the Bluefin was commissioned (see newsletter in the picture gallery). Three days later, on January 15, 1969, Yvonne was on a local TV news program on KTTV. The fifteen minute program featured three Scientology OrgsShort for organization. (HCO PL 8 Sept 69) in the LA area, and Yvonne was one of the people who were interviewed. Bill Robertson returned to AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. sometime after the first of the year, which allowed Yvonne to devote more of her time to auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) and C/SingA case supervisor direction of what to audit on a pc. (HCOB 23 Aug 71). However, Yvonne had a certain concept in her mind3. a network of communications and pictures, energies and masses, which are brought into being by the activities of the thetan versus the physical universe or other thetans. The mind is a communication and control system between the thetan and his environment. (FOT, p. 56)...MORE - a Scientology Org especially for celebrities.

Picture Gallery - The Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).

Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #201, September 30, 1967, page 1.
Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #201, September 30, 1967, page 2.
Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). children on beach in Valencia, April 1968.
Mary Sue Hubbard and Otto Roos, Valencia, April 1968.
Edinburgh's newspaper article about the AOAbbreviation for Advanced Org. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Organization whose function is to run the Clearing and OT Courses. (FO 1151), July 1968.
Yvonne Gillham, Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) auditor1. one who listens and computes; a Scn practitioner. 2. one who has been trained in the technology of Scn. An auditor applies standard technology to preclears. 3. a person who through church training becomes skilled in the successful application of Dn and Scn to his family, friends and the public to achieve the ability gained as stated on the Gradation Chart for his class of training...more, October, 1968.
Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975)'s; Yvonne and others, Athens, October, 1968.
AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. in 1969.
Yvonne with 5 new Class VIIIThe Class VIII Course teaches exact handling of all cases up to 100 per cent result, as well as Class VIII procedures, all case setup actions, all processes and corrective actions, as well as flubless Class VIII auditing. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975)'s, AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course..
AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. Newsletter of January 1969, page 1.
AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. Newsletter of January 1969, page 2.

Scientology's Celebrity Centres (1969 to 1977)

Yvonne Doreen Gillham had landed in the right spot at the right time. Scientology was expanding and here she was, right next to Holly wood, with its movie stars, producers, musicians; all sorts of celebrities. Having been raised in a high society environment, Yvonne felt right at home amongst the movers and shakers of the entertainment business. She loved music, Broadway and the movies, and when she had the time she would watchEvery member of a ship's company has two general types of activities, one of these is as a member of watches, wherein he handles his duties of steering, lookout, engines, etc., including emergency drills. (FO 1109) Rogers and Hammerstein type movies, show tunes or musical style movies. During her time at AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course., Yvonne had already been catering to special people and celebrities. She leant her personal touch to seeing that certain people were booked into the various OrgsShort for organization. (HCO PL 8 Sept 69), at specific times, with a little more care to the details. Yvonne felt that there should be a Scientology church where celebrities could gather, at their leisure, and obtain Scientology services. At AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course. she had started keeping separate files for celebrities, some from the book mission and some that she had created after coming to Los Angeles.

On March 18, 1969, Hana Eltringham and thirteen other Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). members left the Apollo and arrived at AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course., with the mission to effectively replace the top administrative personnel of the Org. Bill Robertson and the other executives were were assigned to work aboard the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ship, the Neptune, based out of Long Beach, California. With her close friend now running AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course., Yvonne felt comfortable enough to hatch her plans. She wrote to Hubbard and outlined her idea. Hubbard gave the original briefing that set everything in motion and called in Dianna Hubbard, who was CSAbbreviation for 1. Case Supervisor. 2. Commodore's Staff. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). 6 at the time, to oversee the operation. The orders named the mission "The Booking Office". This name was reminiscent of the old style ticket booth at a movie theater or Broadway type show. Sort of a place where you bought a seat to watchEvery member of a ship's company has two general types of activities, one of these is as a member of watches, wherein he handles his duties of steering, lookout, engines, etc., including emergency drills. (FO 1109) the show, not just any seat but one specifically reserved just for you. This is what Yvonne wanted with her new project, a special place reserved just for you. Hana Eltringham received the first set of printed "Booking Office" orders in the mail from Hubbard. In that packet there was a letter from Hubbard to Hana, which stated that a center be set up for celebrities and that the project be kept confidential. He asked that the project be given priority and for Hana to personally keep an eye on the operation. Hana was excited for Yvonne, as it was exactly what she was suited and talented to do. The first set of orders consisted of the taking of various surveys. One survey was designed to find out what people thought of a center for celebrities; a place that was dedicated to their specific needs and wants, not just auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) and training, but other issues as well. Another survey contained questions such as; what kind of building such a center should be housed in, where it should be, what its name should be. Yvonne was involved in all of these early actions.

The second set of Mission Orders (MO'sAbbreviation for 1. medical officer, 2. mission order. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).) arrived on Easter, April 6, 1969. Marylou DeVries (along with her daughter, Lauren) arrived from the Apollo, orders in hand, and gave them to Yvonne. The MO'sAbbreviation for 1. medical officer, 2. mission order. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). included a copy of the new Org's Org Board, posting for key personnel, the procurement of Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). uniforms for Yvonne and her officers and so on. The first two actions that were done were, Fred Payer helped Yvonne get through an ethics1. The rules or standards governing the conduct of the members of a profession. (HCO PL 3 May 72). 2. A system of removing the counter-effort to the forward push. (6711C18SO) conditionA condition is an operating state. (SH Spec 62, 6505C25) and then a small office was set up in the OTOperating Thetan - 7. this state of being is attained by drills and familiarity after the state of Clear has been obtained. A real OT has no reactive bank, is cause over matter, energy, space, time and thought and is completely free. (HCOB 12 Jul 65)...More Liaison (OTLAbbreviation for Operating Thetan Liaison Office. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)) building at 835 South Westlake Avenue, next door to AOLAAdvanced Organization Los Angeles. Delivers OT levels I-V and the Class VIII course.. From then on Yvonne lived and worked out of the OTLAbbreviation for Operating Thetan Liaison Office. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976); she was briefed on all the mission1. A group granted the privilege of delivering elementary Scn and Dn services. Does not have church status or rights. (BTB 12 Apr 72R). 2. A formally authorized individual or group sent out to perform a specific task or duty. (FO 2530R)'s papers, letters and MO'sAbbreviation for 1. medical officer, 2. mission order. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. She began looking for a building while selecting key personnel and staff for the project. A large space at the OTLAbbreviation for Operating Thetan Liaison Office. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) was set up to act as a mini course room, where her new staff trained on Scientology and Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). basic materials. All of the staff had to be briefed on the MO'sAbbreviation for 1. medical officer, 2. mission order. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). and do them in clay demoAbbreviation for clay demonstration. A Scientology study technique whereby the student demonstrates definitions, principles, etc. in clay to obtain greater understanding by translating significance into actual mass. (BTB 12 Apr 72R)'s. Some of the new recruits were sent to the two Long Beach based Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). ships, the Neptune and the Aries, to do their AB Checksheets (Able Bodied Seaman). Yvonne was busy gathering together her celebrities and booking them into the OrgsShort for organization. (HCO PL 8 Sept 69) for their services, with that personal touch of hers. Hana saw to it that Yvonne and her first crew were properly hattedEach org staff member is a specialist in one or more similar functions. These are his specialties. If he is fully trained to do these he is said to be hatted. (HCO PL 28 Jul 72) and that everything, that was needed for the project, was procured. Then the mission was launched.

By the middle of April a temporary building for the "Booking Office" was rented near the Los Angeles Farmers Market. The Booking Office, located at 8227 Blackburn, consisted of three rooms, was inexpensive and was a good space for public. It was used as a staging place, no or training was held there.

Yvonne with the rock group "The People"

It was just a temporary fix while they looked for a permanent location. The crowd that Yvonne was gathering, or that were naturally drawn to her, were a varied group, a potpourri of interesting and successful people. Right from the start Ingo Swann, the painter, and his partner were there. People wanted to be with Yvonne, and to be a part of what she was doing. It was extremely natural and easy for Yvonne to communicate, and people were often mesmerized. Her style was so natural and charismatic that she made each person feel like they were her best friend, and she made every person (almost without exception) feel like they were absolutely needed. By June 16, 1969 Yvonne had the project up and running, reporting to Hubbard about the musical group People playing before fifteen thousand concert goers (see the picture to the right of Yvonne with the musicians).

Finally, on July 11, 1969, a permanent location was obtained, an old empty supermarket located at 1809 West 8th Street. Frank Dunn was instrumental in finding and making arrangements for this location, but Yvonne had to go in and sign the papers with the landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Freistadt. Mr. Freistadt was in his upstairs office when Yvonne showed up, all ready to get more concessions for the lease. The rent was supposed to be twelve hundred dollars a month, but when Yvonne, with her incomparable charm, told him that they were a church and all they could afford was eight hundred dollars, he agreed. When Mr. Freistadt was later asked whyThat basic outness found which will lead to a recovery of stats. (HCO PL 13 Oct 70 II) he agreed to Yvonne's wishes, his response was - "You know Yvonne don't you? Well then you know the way she is, nobody can say no to Yvonne!" She was in business; she had her staff, her public and now her building, all that was needed now was the name for the place. She chose - Celebrity Centre (CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).), the British/Australian spelling of center. Part of DeVries' job was to help Yvonne set up CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., which was complicated due to the fact that everyone wanted to be, or thought of themselves as Yvonne's best friend. DeVries spent a considerable amount of time running interference for Yvonne, so that she could concentrate on the task of getting CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). open and running. There was an intense push to get the place ready for her celebrity public. One staff member remembered the exhaustion that came from working long hours to fix the building up for the grand opening ceremonies. Yvonne moved her belongings into the place; a cabinet, an ornament shelf, a coffee table and a sitting bench. She had found that most of the silver serving ware had been stolen, but she still had what was left of the gold plates that had not been broken from all the moving. Yvonne's magnetism naturally drew in many creative and artistic people who wanted to help her. These volunteers helped her create her vision of what CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). should be. They painted, got big rectangular carpet samples, from carpet stores, and cut them into puzzle pieces to make the floor covering, found/created displays for books, and found the chairs for the meeting area. While all of this was occurring more and more people started drifting in, eagerly awaiting the grand opening of Celebrity Centre.

Yvonne had promotional material, which had news of what was all about, sent out to all of the Scientology and franchises. Posters were created that announced , a place that Hubbard established just for celebrities, and for people to contact Yvonne. The grand opening occurred in the early evening of July 15, 1969.

Celebrity Centre on 8th Street

The staff and volunteers had beautifully decorated the main entrance and lobby area, and the rooms beyond. Toward the back a large room had tables full of food, sodas (of all kinds), and champagne. was packed full of people, it was standing room only. Some of the celebrities that were there included: Karen Black, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Ingo Swann, a doctor from New Mexico who was working with Ingo, as well as other artists and singers. Bob Thomas and Artie Maren, USGO, and Mary Maren were there. Some of the staff who attended were: Mike and Jean Smith, Al Boughton, Kima Dunleavy Douglas, Jan Barthol, Guy Eltringham, Susan Swift, Allan Long -captain of two ships, Stuart Moreau, and Margo Clark. Staff from and who attended were; David and Judy Ziff, Ira Chaleff, and Fred Payer. Yvonne spoke for about fifteen minutes, giving thanks to L. Ron Hubbard and dedicating Celebrity Centre to him and to all the artists who would be coming through its doors in the future. She spoke about Ron's concern that artists be taken care of, that they have a place where they could express themselves freely, and grow, and how important they were to society and the world as a whole. She then read from an article about creation and artists. Hana Eltringham was next to speak, and she welcomed Yvonne, on behalf of , to her new position. She told the crowd that had appointed Yvonne with specific orders to provide a safe space for celebrities, from all occupations, where they could reach their full potential and their attain their dreams. Yvonne had been chosen because of her love of people, her desire to help, and that she was the perfect person for the job. Hana read from the some of the areas that should put its attention on - musicians, painters, singers, dancers, designers etc. She read from notes that Yvonne had prepared for her. Yvonne came back up and introduced her executive staff and division heads. She wanted every celebrity to know who they were, and if she was not available, to feel free to talk to them. Yvonne and Hana then declared Celebrity Centre open for business as they cut the huge red ribbon that had been strung across the front of the building. A band started playing, and the champagne started to !

Yvonne had set CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). up a lot like the way that she had runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75) her Melbourne franchise. She had created her franchise to be a community; a place for people to gather - NOT like minded people, just people, different kinds of people, mankind! It was always a soft sell, sort of like we are not going away tomorrow, we don't need you to sign up today, we will be here when you need us. It was like a lasting relationship, not a hit and runUndergo processing. (Science of Survival, p.75). In Australia, Yvonne had made everything a game, made it fun, and she set about doing the same thing at CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. She held socials, parties, dances, workshops, meetings, Sunday services and was constantly brainstorming with everyone for ideas on how to draw more people into her doors. At first the building was mostly a big open space, then booths were set up. They were of a varied mixture; for example there was a calligraphy booth, a candle making booth, tie-die and many others. A coffee maker appeared and a booth was created for making coffee, eventually it added snacks. This era, inside of CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., was short lived as the theater evolution started. The first play that was put on was Cinderella. There was Friday night "Poetry by Candlelight", Heber Jentzsch would sing his dog song and participate in the Key Out Players skits. A piano showed up and Amanda Ambrose would perform her amazing songs, and Mario Feninger would perform in the big space. Ingo Swann put on an art show and displayed his paintings all over CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. Many people brought their talents through the doors of Celebrity Centre. Introductory services, such as auditingThe application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor. (Dianetics & Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) up to Expanded Grade Four and training to Class Four, were delivered in order to keep the doors open. Yvonne performed a marriage on August 18, 1969. She was a great orchestral leader who put people together. Each week Yvonne would have people come in for the Opinion Leaders Meeting. Some who attended included; Robert Lyons, Geoffrey Lewis, Tom Solari, Geoff Levin, Robb Levin, Frank Dunn, and Clark Carr. Yvonne would go around the room, one person at a time, and ask "what do you need help with" and people would answer her. Then she would ask "what could you help us with" and people would answer her. Those who attended these meetings made new connections which resulted in people doing projects with one another, including things that helped each others careers. Richard Royce remarked to Yvonne that he would like to create CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).'s own Improv group as he had a student of The Committee prior to Scientology. Yvonne's response was her usual one - "of course dear!" These meetings fostered bright ideas to help CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).. One project consisted of a group of people going out to Griffith Park on the weekend and performing group processingTechniques, usually already codified, administered to groups of children or adults. (Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary (C) 1975) with bullhorns.

By 1970 was outgrowing the abilities of its staff level. Yvonne held a big rally to enlist additional staff and Richard Royce was the first to sign as a five year contracted staff member. Candy Swanson (Chaleff) had begun her leave of absence from the and became 's celebrity , being paid directly from her pc's. Candy had been dating Heber Jentzsch, but when she met and started dating Frank Dunn she introduced Heber to Yvonne. Heber had gotten Frank into Scientology after they met on the set of Paint Your Wagon.

The sign near the front door of Celebrity Centre

The four of them, Yvonne, Heber, Frank and Candy, two couples, became fast friends. Yvonne wanted a unique sign for the front of . She supplied the wording for the sign and Ed Berwick created and affixed it near the front door (see picture to the right).

Picture Gallery - Celebrity Centre

Director of the Public Relations Org (1977)

Yvonne's legacy

Celebrity Centres established by Yvonne
Celebrity Centre International
Celebrity Centres WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I)^[13]
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). International	Hollywood, California, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Baton Rougue	Baton Rougue, Louisiana, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Boulder	Boulder, Colorado, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). El Paso	El Paso, Texas, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Lewisburg	Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Maine	Lubec, Main, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Mountainview	Mountain View, California, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). New York	New York, New York, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Phoenix	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). San Francisco	San Francisco, California, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Santa Fe	Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Steamboat Springs	Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Washington, D.C.	Washington D.C., United States
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Melbourne	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Mexico	Col. Roma, Mexico 7DF, Mexico
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Sweden	191 61 Sollentuna, Sweden
CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Toronto	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Celebrity Centre was Yvonne's baby. She created it, she nurtured it, she raised it and then she let it take on life on its own. In the eight years that Yvonne was involved, CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). grew from an inconspicuous desk nestled in an out-of-the way corner of a small room to an international organization. The International Headquarters is housed in the beautifully renovated Chateau Elysee, a place Yvonne so desperately wanted for CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). when she was still alive.

Notes

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^ ^a ^b http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Harding
^ ^a ^b http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-walter-horatio-9146
^ ^a ^b http://www.toowong.cemetery.org.au/images/Trails/Toowong%20Identities%20Tour%20Course%20B.pdf
^ ^a ^b http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm28/1/awm28-1-20part1-0118.pdf
^ ^a ^b http://books.google.com/books/about/Foreign_exchange.html?id=VEwJAQAAIAAJ
^ ^a ^b http://www.suburbia.com.au/~fun/scn/press/1965.html
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. Welcome to the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Course, Sea Organization Product Zero, Glossary. Church of Scientology, 1990
^ ^a ^b http://www.xenu.net/archive/books/bfm/bfm16.htm
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. Celebrity Magazine, 1978
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. Ships Org Book, no volume number, PDF file
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #1, August 12, 1967. A swamper is "one who cleans up" and the rank is below deckhand.
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. Modern Management Technology Defined, Church of Scientology of California, Publications Organization, United Sates, 1976. "WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I) is the corporation the owns and controls Scientology Organizations, currently under the advices of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).."
^ ^a ^b Hubbard, L. Ron. The Volunteer Minister's Handbook, Church of Scientology of California, Publications Organization, United Sates, 1976. Hubbard, L. Ron. The Auditor, WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I) 110, Volume 12, April 1975.

References

On November 28, 1930 Lionel Harding-Wilson started a family scrap book for Yvonne. A great deal of information about her early life was gathered from this family heirloom.

[Harding1-1] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Harding

[Wilson1-2] ttp://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-walter-horatio-9146

[Wilson2-3] ttp://www.toowong.cemetery.org.au/images/Trails/Toowong%20Identities%20Tour%20Course%20B.pdf

[Wilson3-4] ttp://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm28/1/awm28-1-20part1-0118.pdf

[Docker1-5] ttp://books.google.com/books/about/Foreign_exchange.html?id=VEwJAQAAIAAJ

[Raid1-6] ttp://www.suburbia.com.au/~fun/scn/press/1965.html

[Sea-7] Hubbard, L. Ron. Welcome to the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Course, Sea Organization Product Zero, Glossary. Church of Scientology, 1990

[SeaOrg1-8] ttp://www.xenu.net/archive/books/bfm/bfm16.htm

[CC1-9] Hubbard, L. Ron. Celebrity Magazine, 1978

[SeaOrg2-10] Hubbard, L. Ron. Ships Org Book, no volume number, PDF file

[SeaOrg3-11] Hubbard, L. Ron. Flag OrderThis is the equivalent to a policy letter in the Sea Org. Contains policy and sea technical materials. (HCO PL 24 Sept 70R) #1, August 12, 1967. A swamper is "one who cleans up" and the rank is below deckhand.

[Tech-12] Hubbard, L. Ron. Modern Management Technology Defined, Church of Scientology of California, Publications Organization, United Sates, 1976. "WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I) is the corporation the owns and controls Scientology Organizations, currently under the advices of the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976).."

[CC2-13] Hubbard, L. Ron. The Volunteer Minister's Handbook, Church of Scientology of California, Publications Organization, United Sates, 1976. Hubbard, L. Ron. The Auditor, WorldwideThe corporation the owns and controls Scientology Orgs. (HCO PL 9 Mar 72I) 110, Volume 12, April 1975.

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 However, before the Class VIII course could be put together , LRH had to complete one more Whole Track mission.  On September 4, 1968 the Royal Scotman docked in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu '''Corfu'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece '''Greece'''], joining up with the Avon River and the Enchanter.  Flag Order #1296, dated September 5, 1968, posted the crew of the Avon River for the second Whole Track mission.  Yvonne was posted as the supercargo and Peter Jr. as chief engineer. an age exception was made for Janis to be on the cruise as the Commodores Messenger.  Peter Jr. thought it was ridiculous and complete lunacy for him to be made Chief Engineer at fifteen and a half years old.  This cruise started on the seventh of September and lasted two weeks, much shorter than the first mission.  The islands north of Corfu were explored.
-Once this cruise was over LRH put together the Class VIII course.  On September 24, 1968, the first Class VIII lecture was given by LRH to students on the course aboard the Royal Scotman in Corfu, Yvonne was one of those first thirty five students.  The students wore bright green boiler suits, open toed brown sandals, and a rope around their neck when they received a Very Well Done from LRH on a auditing session that they had completed.  The course was a grueling one, from 7:30 am to well past midnight, students were expected to study and audit.  They were expected to deliver perfect sessions, the penalty for goofing was known as "Overboarding" as defined in Flag Order #1479, dated October 16, 1968.  In the morning the students would line up on the deck of the Royal Scotman and those who flubbed were thrown overboard into the dirty water of the harbor, Yvonne was no exception to this procedure!  On October 17, 1968, all thirty five new Class VII's were returned to their respective Orgs; Yvonne was sent to AOLA which was located at 835 South Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles.  She brought with her the service silverware and gold plates along with some of the smaller furniture items of her great grandfathers, which were then stored in the basement of FOLO on Beacon Street.
+Once this cruise was over LRH put together the Class VIII course.  On September 24, 1968, the first Class VIII lecture was given by LRH to students on the course aboard the Royal Scotman in Corfu, Yvonne was one of those first thirty five students.  The students wore bright green boiler suits, open toed brown sandals, and a rope around their neck when they received a Very Well Done from LRH on a auditing session that they had completed.  [[File:Overboarding.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Overboarding a student]]The course was a grueling one, from 7:30 am to well past midnight, students were expected to study and audit.  They were expected to deliver perfect sessions, the penalty for goofing was known as "Overboarding" as defined in Flag Order #1479, dated October 16, 1968.  In the morning the students would line up on the deck of the Royal Scotman and those who flubbed were thrown overboard into the dirty water of the harbor, Yvonne was no exception to this procedure!  On October 17, 1968, all thirty five new Class VII's were returned to their respective Orgs; Yvonne was sent to AOLA which was located at 835 South Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles.  She brought with her the service silverware and gold plates along with some of the smaller furniture items of her great grandfathers, which were then stored in the basement of FOLO on Beacon Street.
 At AOLA Yvonne was the highest trained auditor, which meant that she both audited and C/Sed, putting in very long hours every day.  In November AOLA moved to 916 South Westlake Avenue.  By December Yvonne was the commanding officer (CO) of AOLA, filling in for Bill Robertson who had been called back to the Apollo (the Royal Scotman was renamed the Apollo while docked in Corfu, Greece, November 17, 1968).  Yvonne even took time out of her busy schedule in order to perform a marriage on December 28, 1968 and December 29, 1968.  As CO She felt that the Gross Income (GI) of AOLA would increase if they were open [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24/7 '''24/7'''], a change she implemented which ultimately failed.  On January 12, 1969, Yvonne was the guest speaker when the Pacific Coast Sea Org ship, the [http://scientolipedia.org/index.php?title=Bluefin '''Bluefin'''] was commissioned (see newsletter in the picture gallery).  Three days later, on January 15, 1969, Yvonne was on a local TV news program on KTTV.  The fifteen minute program featured three Scientology Orgs in the LA area, and Yvonne was one of the people who were interviewed.  Bill Robertson returned to AOLA sometime after the first of the year, which allowed Yvonne to devote more of her time to auditing and C/Sing.  However, Yvonne had a certain concept in her mind - a Scientology Org especially for celebrities.

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