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chose to openly ally itself with the
Greek O11hodox Church in
America-an institution that in the
'20s admittedly needed all the help
it could get. AHEPA maintained its
distance from religious affairs.
GAPA made its headquarters in
Pittsburgh, where it was founded,
amid a large Greek community.
AHEPA had quickly opted for
Washington.
The Royalist-Venizelist controversies
more or less a thing of the
past, the rivalry between AHEPA
and GAPA now kept community
affairs lively and sometimes hostile.
Though by 1928 GAPA had organized
fifty chapters, primarily in
cities with large Greek populations,
it never achieved the success
AHEPA enjoyed.
AHEPA would be inherently better
suited for the transition from a
strictly Greek-born membership to
one that accommodated Greeks born
in the old country and the new
world. It would prove more in tune
with what it recognized early on was
the inevitability of assimilation
resulting from undeniably permanent
residence in a multi-national
country like the United States.
Nor was AHEPA as radical as
its detractors charged. Once its superpatriotism
cooled off somewhat,
AHEPA adopted a blend of what its
members considered the most positive
aspects of both the Hellenic and
American cultures.
In 1924 AHEPA President V.I.
Chebithes appealed to chapters to
sponsor Greek orphans left homeless
following the Asia Minor
disaster of two years earlier. $5 a
month was required to sponsor a
child, and some AHEPA chapters
sponsored as many as thirty.
At its 1925 Chicago convention
AHEPA urged the U.S. government
to extend a $50 million loan to
Greece-and the aid came through.
$12,000 was also appropriated for a
scholarship fund. And, in an effort
to keep peace in the volatile Greek
American community, AHEPA took
pain to emphasize it did not oppose
the existence of the foreign-language
press in the United States.
AUXILIARIES
ADDED:
DAUGHTERS,
SONS AND MAIDS
At the 1926 convention in
Philadelphia a junior order, the Sons
of Pericles, was organized for the 1221
age group (see Sons and Maids
article on page 48. The first Sons
chapter was established a short time
later in Manchester, New Hampshire.
In time, AHEPA would add auxiliaries
for women and young women,
too. The Daughters of Penelope (see
article on page 37 and the Maids of
Athena would round out a complete
" AHEPA Family. "
In 1927 AHEPA raised more than
$53,000 for charitable and philanthropic
activities. The following
year, in a matter of a few critical
months, the members pooled over
$40,000 to aid the city of Corinth,
which had been devastated by an
earthquake. AHEPA was making a
difference, insisted its members, and
on both sides of the Atlantic.
A HIGHER PRO~ILE
IN WASHINGTON
In 1929 a corps of Ahepans
marched in President Herbert
Hoover's inaugural parade-a
" first " for any Hellenic-American
group. It was a proud and genteel
occasion that also included a visit to
the White House.
In the coming years AHEPA built
a stronger, more visible profile in
Washington. Seventy-five Senators
and Congressmen attended the
Order's first Congressional Banquet,
organized by George C. Vournas.
Today that biennial event is an
AHEPA tradition. In recent years
honorees have included Presidents
Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter,
Through
The Years
Ahepa
and the
Patriarch
(Clockwise from top} 1990: Past Supreme President Smyrnis, Past Gnncl President Julia Constantine, (89-90) Archbishop lakovot, the late Patriarch
Dimitrios, Past President Plumides, Past Supreme President Chartes Tsaffaras (89-90) and Metropolitan Bartholomew at the Washington Ahepa luncheon
in honor of the Patriarch. 1990: Past Supreme President Louis G. Manesiotls being greeted by the patriarch in Washington at the Ahepa luncheon in the
summer of 1990. 1989: Past Supreme President Steve Betzelos (88-89) wit11 Patriarch DimitrioL 1979: Past Supreme President Nick Smyrnis (79-81)
and past Supreme Vice President Gustav Coffinas with the late Dimitrios. 1981: Past Supreme V'ice President Peter Canlges, Spero Theros, Dimilrlos,
Past Supreme President Smyrnis and Past Supreme Vice President of Canada James Ann.
:
SUMMER 1997 * THE AHEPAN

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