Two days later, Baba, Mehera, the other women and the mandali left Agra by the Punjab Mail train, reaching Aurangabad on the 8th at noon. Adi Sr. was waiting to meet them. He had arranged for another bungalow owned by the landlord of Prem Basera (also in the Ghati locality), where Baba had stayed previously.

Meanwhile correspondence continued with Baba's close ones in America about Myrtle Beach and other American center projects. In September 1944, Jean Adriel wrote informing Baba of her book project Avatar, and of Alexander Markey's interest and support for Baba's cause. As Elizabeth had written in her letter, Jean and Markey were establishing the New Life Foundation for spreading Meher Baba's messages, and attempting to establish a center in California in the Master's name. Eventually Jean and Markey did purchase 500 acres at La Crescenta, near Glendale, for this purpose.

Elizabeth and Norina had been to Myrtle Beach again in September 1944, and on 2 October, the site was finalized. The following is Elizabeth's letter charting developments:

130 E. 67th Street

New York, New York

October 8, 1944

Dear Baba,

Norina and I came back from Myrtle Beach yesterday. The day we arrived there, we received your cable accepting the property for the future. Later we received another cable telling us not to worry — which arrived just previous to a difficulty. It is a pioneer undertaking to take hundreds of acres of virgin timberland and make it into a suitable center for possibly hundreds of people, when your activities commence there. However, while war times are not good for building due to restrictions, it seems to be good for developing farmland as the government is extending aid of various kinds.

Furthermore, you will see from my rough drawing that the main highway from New York to Florida passes through our property. [The highway] has electric light and telephone poles, which can be connected after the war for our center, but cannot be installed now due to restrictions.

After plans for these developments were projected, the difficulty of mosquitoes came up ... We had a warning on the subject by Norina's getting what the doctor called "a flare-up of malaria." This was our difficulty and I was most happy you had cabled us in anticipation not to worry. We immediately moved from the camp, as we call it, to Father's house in Myrtle Beach and Norina's fever lasted only three days ... However, we started at once to solve the question of the marsh ... Father is buying our property, in installments, from the Myrtle Beach Farms Company.