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No. 30 Newsletter Roland John Ford Recording Secretary - Loucas Hajiantoni Corresp Office of Corresponding Secretary: Chapter Officers Loucas Hajiantoni (editor) Order of Ahepa William Bond President 6374 Montgomery Road Alec Hajimihalis 1st Vice President Elkridge MD 21075 Worthington Chapter Jim Constantinides 2nd Vice President Phone & Fax: 410-796-1238 Nicholas Krial Treasurer Cell 443-812-0499 John Stathopoulos Dues Secretary E-Mail: [email protected] No. 30 Newsletter Roland John Ford Recording Secretary www.ahepa30.com - www.ahepa30.org Loucas Hajiantoni Corresp. Secretary Baltimore, Maryland Appointed Officers Board of Governors Gus Letras Warden Our Mission is to promote Stephen Bourexis, (Chairman), Dr. Pete Tony Georgakis Chaplain the Hellenic Ideals of Nickolas, Nick Ioannou, Jordan Genetos, Tony Bill Koutrelakos Captain of the Guard Education, Philanthropy, Georgakis, Peter G. Samios, Mark Kaidy Bill Coutros Athletic Director Civic Responsibility, Nick Kiladis Sentinel Family, and Individual Excellence April 2011 - Volume: 87 - Issue: 8 May 22 nd . At our April meeting, we need to President’s Message elect our delegates to go to this convention. Brotherly News We also need to vote on a $100 ad for the ear Brothers convention program. No brothers were reported ill. Please let D The AHEPA National Convention will us know of any brother that may be ill or We had a great March meeting and new be held in Miami Beach, Florida at the needs prayer or support. member initiation at our Chapter’s lodge FONTAINEBLEAU HOTEL on July 18 th room at the Annunciation. We had 36 thru 24 th . April Birthdays members attending our meeting. We The chapter’s 2 nd Annual Golf welcomed (8) new members into our chapter Tournament will be held at the Wakefield Evan A. Chriss 4/7/1922 89 John Halkias, Emmanuel Matsos, Pete Valley Golf Club on Friday, May 13 th with a William G. Coutros 4/4/1938 73 Pakas, Pascalis Papouras, Christopher shotgun start at 1 PM. This year for the $125 John N. Stathopoulos 4/4/1940 71 Sakles, Kevin Walla, Lou Zagami, and fee you will get green fee, cart, free practice Gary T. Padussis 4/8/1956 55 Tony Ziesat . We are happy to have these balls, lunch (11 AM–12:30), dinner, prizes, K. Mavrophilipos 4/12/1956 55 new members in our chapter and look Hole In One Cash Prize of $12,500, and a Steven Kousouris 4/12/1957 54 forward to their participation in our meetings Goodie Bag. We are receiving registrations Nicholas Marsh 4/11/1985 26 and events. Our District Governor Steve for the tournament but need help from all Mavronis and Lt. Governor Demetrius of chapter members to sign up foursomes Happy Birthday Brothers & Many Years! Gavatsos also were in attendance and for this event . All profits from this event go assisted with the initiation ceremony. We to support our scholarship fund. Chapter News were very glad to have them with us on this Lastly, we had some items left over special night. I want to thank Alec from last year's golf tournament. They will be Hajimihalis, Gus Stavrides, and Pete Sourlis ~Welcome Brothers~ available to all members who come to the What Brother president Bond stated for the great food that they served for all the April 6th Chapter meeting: members and guests after our March meeting. earlier bears repeating. The brothers who A. AHEPA Hats (Blue & Tan) with have been initiated into the Order at the KUDOS GUYS! AHEPA Logo on them We presented a $1000.00 check to the March meeting need to be congratulated B. Oriole Tee Shirts (Orange) Good IOCC and the Director Constantine and also welcomed for their decision. They Quality with MATUSZ #17 on them. Brian Triantafilou was very grateful to our chapter are: John Halkias, Emmanuel Matsos, Peter Matusz is one the Orioles starting pitchers for the donation. The Hellenic Housing Corp. Pakas, Pascalis Papouras, Christopher this year. made their annual report to the chapter and Sakles, Kevin Walla, Louis Zagami, Dr. Call another brother and bring him to all members of the Hellenic Housing Board Harold Ziesat. the meeting! Come and meet our new of Directors were unanimously re-elected to All the chapter wishes to welcome you members! Help us make the golf tournament another term. all and hope your AHEPA experience meets a success! Looking forward to seeing you at We will continue the speaker your greatest expectations. the meeting! presentations at the April meeting with a talk by Harris “Buddy” George, Esquire on a Bill Bond book that he wrote “By George” about his , Membership Directory life as a Greek man. Our May meeting President speaker will be Jordan Genetos on ATM soon to come Fraud and Scamming Devices. Meeting Notice Brothers, Our Scholarship raffle has raised The next regular Chapter meeting $5400.00 to date. We are still $600.00 short The Chapter Corresponding Secretary will be held on Wednesday, April 6 th at of our goal. For any of you that have not will be handing out info forms to the brothers turned in their raffle tickets yet, get them to the Ikaros Restaurant in Baltimore 7 at the next meeting in order to update their me quickly as our 1 st drawing ($600.00) will PM . Come meet our new members and information for the upcoming Membership be at the April 6 th meeting. make them feel at home in our chapter. Directory. The District #3 Convention will be held Note that the Directory is available on in Newport News, Va. from May 19 th thru line though not updated yet. The Order of AHEPA was founded on July 26, 1922 in Atlanta, Georgia - Worthington Ch. #30 was founded on October 5, 1923 in Baltimore, MD Worthington Chapter No. 30 Newsletter ~ Page 1 of 6 ~ April 2011 Volume 87 – Issue 8 Commentaries & Items of Interest days in the storeroom describing the finds and preparing his book on MYCENAE Mycenae. Before he went to work in the storeroom on Monday morning, Part VI Henry wrote an article for the London Times in which he said that despite By Nicholas P. Krial the fact that he had uncovered only two bodies thus far in the fourth tomb, this was “the tomb which tradition of the ancients designated as The village was abuzz. It was no longer possible to keep it a secret. the tomb of the King of Men, Agamemnon, Cassandra, Eurymedon and Everyone knew that gold jewelry of great worth had been found in the their companions.” tombs. Rumors were flying right and left but aside from the rumors, all Henry took Professor Phindicles to the storehouse. The professor one had to do was to look at the Schliemann faces: the glowing pride, the was stunned, his eyes glazed as he handled one by one some of the ecstasy of fulfilment. Or to note the admiration, the reverence the hundreds of gold ornaments, masks, diadems. “You have indeed hit the villagers felt and showed for Henry and Sophia. The Dases family and royal tombs” he said. Henry was delighted with the professor’s reaction. the entire village had understood what the Schliemanns had He suggested they go up to the dig immediately. “I am convinced” he accomplished, something no others ever had throughout their history; said, “there are more bodies in that fourth tomb. I want you to see them their appreciation and gratitude were deeper than the tombs. Demetrios, covered with gold from head to foot. It is an incredible experience!” the alert and independent young man whom Henry had trusted with Professor Phindicles was a graduate of the University of Athens and had responsible work admitted to Schliemann that he, and practically served for many years as vice-president of the Greek Archaeological everyone else in the village, was wrong when he said there was nothing Society. He had a solid education in archaeology and ancient history. The in the acropolis. Schliemann corrected him: “No Demetrios, you were two men liked and respected each other but they were diametrically right. You said, ‘ What there is to find, Dr. Schliemann will find.’ ” opposite on their attitude towards science. Henry was constantly accused The calendar showed November 25 . Sophia and her crew had of publishing too quickly, of been obliged to contradict himself with unearthed a round altar constructed of cyclopean stones at the level of succeeding reports. Phindicles, on the other hand, was too timid to twenty-five feet from the surface of the mount. release the scientific material he had accumulated. The crew dismantled the altar, numbered the At the age of fifty-six he had published nothing. stones one by one and removed them to He admired Schliemann for his audacity even reconstruct in Athens. Once that was though he was convinced there were pitfalls in accomplished Henry set his crew to excavate the publishing opinions, theories, even educated darker soil. He found the top of the fourth tomb guesses before the finds had been counter-checked six feet below where Sophia’s altar had stood. It half a dozen times by pier review. was the largest tomb yet. The excavation site was On the way to the citadel the professor by then about twenty four feet long and twenty stopped to inspect Sophia’s dromos and the feet wide and close to ten feet high. They cleared treasury. He congratulated her warmly on her away the pebbles and under it, in this tomb, they accomplishment. He had missed the luncheon found four inches of white clay. Under the clay there with Dom Pedro. Shortly, they went down to they found two bodies. There was evidence of the the floor of the fourth tomb.
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